QUOTATION 53
MARY PARKER FOLLETT ON WHY THERE ARE ALWAYS MORE THAN TWO CHOICES (TOP TEN ENTRY)
Use this to remind you that there is always an alternative course of action – you just haven’t thought of it yet.
Mary Parker Follet (1868–1933) was an American social worker, management consultant and pioneer of organisational theory at a time when there were very few women in the field of management studies.
We should never allow ourselves to be bullied by an either-or. There is often the possibility of something better than either of these two alternatives.
Mary Parker Follett
Among her many accomplishments, Mary Parker Follett was also a philosopher. It’s perhaps for that reason that she refused to believe that in the social world any decision ...
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