black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.

Peter Drucker

There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
PETER DRUCKER

Greatness Quite
People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
PETER DRUCKER

Mistake People Risk
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
PETER DRUCKER

Difficult People
A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw.
PETER DRUCKER

Choice Decision
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
Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
PETER DRUCKER

Efficient Moral Right
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
Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time.
PETER DRUCKER

Business Job Oneself Time
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.
PETER DRUCKER

Change Development Fundamental Goal Need People Structure Training Value
It is more productive to convert an opportunity into results than to solve a problem – which only restores the equilibrium of yesterday.
PETER DRUCKER

Opportunity Problem Result
Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.
PETER DRUCKER

Business Innovation
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
PETER DRUCKER

Education Important
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
PETER DRUCKER

Character Leadership Result
This defines entrepreneur and entrepreneurship – the entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
PETER DRUCKER

Change Entrepreneur Opportunity Search
Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge are essential resources, but only effectiveness converts them into results.
PETER DRUCKER

Imagination Intelligence Result
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
PETER DRUCKER

Goodness Planning

There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Peter Drucker Quotes