Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
PETER DRUCKERTo 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.
More Peter Drucker Quotes
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The less an organization has to do to produce results, the better it does its job.
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Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
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There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.
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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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Effectiveness must be learned.
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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.
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Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge are essential resources, but only effectiveness converts them into results.
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The best way to predict your future is to create it.
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One cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.
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Plan, organize, integrate, motivate, and measure.
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This defines entrepreneur and entrepreneurship – the entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
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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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Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
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Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.
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