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

Peter Drucker

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
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Deep Different Leadership Right
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
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Difficult People
If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.
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Inspirational Stop Yourself
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.
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Communication Deep Important
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
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
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?
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Customer Mission Ourselves Planning Result
It is more productive to convert an opportunity into results than to solve a problem – which only restores the equilibrium of yesterday.
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Opportunity Problem Result
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
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
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Character Leadership Result
People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
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Mistake People Risk
Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
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Efficient Moral Right
Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.
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Business Innovation
Effectiveness must be learned.
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Learning One Liner
Entrepreneurship is risky mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.
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Entrepreneur Risk
Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.
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Drive Future Light Night Road

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

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