116 Quotes by Margaret Heffernan

The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it.

Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership.

Huge open source organizations like Red Hat and Mozilla manage the collaboration of hundreds of people who don't know one another and have spent no time hanging around the water cooler.

As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame but for learning

Bosses and leaders everywhere should cherish the people who bring them bad news, disappointing data or hard problems.

The healthiest companies are always characterized by organic talent development.

A fantastic model of collaboration: thinking partners who aren't echo chambers.

A thinking partner who isn't an echo chamber... How many of us dare to have such collaborators?

Companies don't have ideas. Only people do. And what motivates people are the bonds of loyalty and trust they develop around each other.