57 Quotes by Mary Parker Follett

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.

Law should seek far more than mere reconciliation; it should be one of the great creative forces of our social life.

Fear of difference is fear of life itself.

Leader and followers are both following the invisible leader-the common purpose.

We must face life as it is and understand that diversity is its most essential feature.

That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation.

There are three ways of dealing with difference: domination, compromise, and integration. By domination only one side gets what it wants; by compromise neither side gets what it wants; by integration we find a way by which both sides may get what they wish.

It is possible to conceive conflict as not necessarily a wasteful outbreak of incompatibilities, but a normal process by which socially valuable differences register themselves for the enrichment of all concerned.

Part of the task of the leader is to make others participate in his leadership. The best leader knows how to make his followers actually feel power themselves, not merely acknowledge his power.