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Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.
Peter Drucker
We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information.
Peter Drucker
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
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
Peter Drucker
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
Peter Drucker
Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.
Peter Drucker
Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.
Peter Drucker
Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.
Peter Drucker
Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.
Peter Drucker
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
Peter Drucker
Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
Peter Drucker
Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.
Peter Drucker
Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'
Peter Drucker
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
Peter Drucker
Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.
Peter Drucker
Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.
Peter Drucker
Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.
Peter Drucker
Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.
Peter Drucker
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Peter Drucker
Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.
Peter Drucker
Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.
Peter Drucker
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.
Peter Drucker
Never mind your happiness; do your duty.
Peter Drucker
No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.
Peter Drucker