It is more productive to convert an opportunity into results than to solve a problem – which only restores the equilibrium of yesterday.
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.
More Peter Drucker Quotes
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Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.
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Effectiveness must be learned.
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The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.
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Plan, organize, integrate, motivate, and measure.
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A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw.
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Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
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There is no such thing as a good man. Good for what? is the question.
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Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
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It takes far more energy and work to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence.
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Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
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Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
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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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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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The computer is a moron.
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There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.
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