Rosabeth Moss Kanter Power Quotations

Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.

The degree to which the opportunity to use power effectively is granted to or withheld from individuals is one operative difference between those companies which stagnate and those which innovate.

Power is America's last dirty word. It is easier to talk about money - and much easier to talk about sex - than it is to talk about power.

It is easier to talk about money -- and much easier to talk about sex -- than it is to talk about power. People who have it deny it; people who want it do not want to appear to hunger for it; and people who engage in its machinations do so secretly.

Power stems from 'rainmaking,' as law firms put it: the ability to bring resources into the company.