Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
PETER DRUCKERPlan, organize, integrate, motivate, and measure.
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Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
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There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.
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One cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.
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Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
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Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
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The problem in my life and other people’s lives is not the absence of knowing what to do but the absence of doing it.
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A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
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It is more productive to convert an opportunity into results than to solve a problem – which only restores the equilibrium of yesterday.
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Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
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History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.
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Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
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Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant.
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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.
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Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.
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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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