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 DRUCKEROne cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.
More Peter Drucker Quotes
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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.
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Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective.
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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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To be sure, the fundamental task of management remains the same: to make people capable of joint performance through common goals, common values, the right structure, and the training and development they need to perform and to respond to change.
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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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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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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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The first rule in decision-making is that one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement.
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If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.
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The computer is a moron.
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A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all.
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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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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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Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
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Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.
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