Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.
PETER DRUCKEREntrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.
PETER DRUCKERMeetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time.
PETER DRUCKERIf you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.
PETER DRUCKERThe aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.
PETER DRUCKERManagement is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.
PETER DRUCKERA decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw.
PETER DRUCKERThere is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
PETER DRUCKERThe most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.
PETER DRUCKEREffectiveness must be learned.
PETER DRUCKERIt takes far more energy and work to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence.
PETER DRUCKERTrying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.
PETER DRUCKERThe most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.
PETER DRUCKERPeople who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
PETER DRUCKERBy themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else. Here, therefore, is the one area where weakness is a disqualification by itself rather than a limitation on performance capacity and strength.
PETER DRUCKERA 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.
PETER DRUCKEREfficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
PETER DRUCKER