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People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete – the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.

Peter Drucker

1. What is our mission? 2. Who is our customer? 3. What does the customer value? 4. What are our results? 5. What is our plan?
PETER DRUCKER

Customer Mission Ourselves Planning Result
A man should never be appointed to a managerial position if his vision focuses on people’s weaknesses rather than on their strengths. The man who always knows exactly what people cannot do, but never sees anything they can do, will undermine the spirit of his organization.
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Focus Man People Spirit Strength Vision Weakness
The first rule in decision-making is that one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement.
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Decision Oneself Rule
If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.
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Secret Time Worth
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
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Acceptance Change Learning People Teaching
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
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Commitment Hope Planning Promise
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
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Action Deep Inspirational Quiet Reflection
There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.
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Greatness Quite Wasted Time
What’s measured improves.
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Improvement One Liner
Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.
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Business Innovation
People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
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Mistake People Risk
Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.
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Human People Strength Weakness
The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.
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Danger Result True Wrong
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
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Best Creation Future Yourself
Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
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Opportunity Problem Result
Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.
PETER DRUCKER

Change Help Job Leadership Yourself

People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete – the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.

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