• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

1. black
2. grey
3. blue
4. red
5. brown
6. white

Effective executives know that their subordinates are paid to perform and not to please their superiors.

Peter Drucker

Related Topics

JobPay

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Prevoius| Next

More Peter Drucker Quotes

• 

  It is more productive to convert an opportunity into results than to solve a problem – which only restores the equilibrium of yesterday.

  PETER DRUCKER
  OpportunityProblemResult
• 

  A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw.

  PETER DRUCKER
  ChoiceDecision
• 

  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.

  PETER DRUCKER
  SecretTimeWorth
• 

  Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.

  PETER DRUCKER
  DeepTime
• 

  Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.

  PETER DRUCKER
  ArtEntrepreneurPracticeScience
• 

  The one man to distrust, however, is the man who never makes a mistake, never commits a blunder, never fails in what he tries to do. He is either a phony, or he stays with the safe, the tried, and the trivial.

  PETER DRUCKER
  CommitmentFailureManMistakeOneselfPhoneSafetyTrust
• 

  No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.

  PETER DRUCKER
  ForceLearningOneselfTeaching
• 

  Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.

  PETER DRUCKER
  OpportunityProblemResult
• 

  Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

  PETER DRUCKER
  ActionDeepInspirationalQuietReflection
• 

  The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.

  PETER DRUCKER
  BusinessCreationCustomerPurpose
• 

  A well-managed factory is boring. Nothing exciting happens in it because the crises have been anticipated and have been converted into routine.

  PETER DRUCKER
  BusinessExcitement
• 

  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 DRUCKER
  FocusManPeopleSpiritStrengthVisionWeakness
• 

  Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

  PETER DRUCKER
  CourageDecisionSeeSuccessYourself
• 

  History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

  PETER DRUCKER
  HistoryMotivationalTalentWriting
• 

  Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.

  PETER DRUCKER
  KnowledgeStrengthSuccessValue
• 

  There is no such thing as a good man. Good for what? is the question.

  PETER DRUCKER
  GoodnessManPhilosophy