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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.

Peter Drucker

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
PETER DRUCKER

Commitment Hope Planning Promise
The three most charismatic leaders in this century inflicted more suffering on the human race than almost any trio in history: Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. What matters is not the leader’s charisma. What matters is the leader’s mission.
PETER DRUCKER

History Human Leadership Suffering
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.
PETER DRUCKER

Acceptance Change Learning People Teaching
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.
PETER DRUCKER

Focus Man People Spirit Strength Vision Weakness
Is this still worth doing? And if it isn’t, he gets rid of it so as to be able to concentrate on the few tasks that, if done with excellence, will really make a difference in the results of his own job and in the performance of his organization.
PETER DRUCKER

Difference Excellence Job Result Worth
Entrepreneurship is risky mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.
PETER DRUCKER

Entrepreneur Risk
Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.
PETER DRUCKER

Knowledge Strength Success Value
Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge are essential resources, but only effectiveness converts them into results.
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Imagination Intelligence Result
Managing yourself requires taking responsibility for relationships.
PETER DRUCKER

Relationship Responsibility Yourself
The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.
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Customer Himself Understand
A well-managed factory is boring. Nothing exciting happens in it because the crises have been anticipated and have been converted into routine.
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Business Excitement
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
PETER DRUCKER

Difficult People
There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.
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Business Creation Customer Purpose
Effective executives know that their subordinates are paid to perform and not to please their superiors.
PETER DRUCKER

Job Pay
Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant.
PETER DRUCKER

Eyes Job Yourself
Plan, organize, integrate, motivate, and measure.
PETER DRUCKER

Integrity Motivational Planning

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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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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