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

Peter Drucker

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.
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Commitment Failure Man Mistake Oneself Phone Safety Trust
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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Secret Time Worth
Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.
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Business Innovation
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
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Difficult People
The computer is a moron.
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Stupidity Technology
If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.
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Inspirational Stop Yourself
Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time.
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Business Job Oneself Time
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.
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Communication Deep Important
Effective executives know that their subordinates are paid to perform and not to please their superiors.
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Job Pay
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
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Courage Decision See Success Yourself
Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
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Opportunity Problem Result
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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Danger Result True Wrong
Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.
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Art Entrepreneur Practice Science
One cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.
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Business Hands Man Oneself
A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw.
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Choice Decision
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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Change Development Fundamental Goal Need People Structure Training Value

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