Edwin H Friedman Born : 1932 Died : 1996 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Edwin H Friedman Communication does not depend on syntax, or eloquence, or rhetoric, or articulation but on the emotional context in which the message is being heard. People can only hear you when they are moving toward you, and they are not likely to when your words are pursuing them. Edwin H Friedman communication emotional moving Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies and expands a vision of the future. Edwin H Friedman visions-of-the-future leadership inspirational The colossal misunderstanding of our time is the assumption that insight will work with people who are unmotivated to change. Edwin H Friedman unmotivated understanding people The function of a leader within any institution: to provide that regulation through his or her non-anxious, self-defined presence. Edwin H Friedman leadership self inspire A major criterion for judging the anxiety level of any society is the loss of its capacity to be playful. Edwin H Friedman anxiety judging loss Attitudes are the real figures of speech. Edwin H Friedman speech real attitude
