“Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.”
Time
“Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.”
LeadershipAll Quotes by Peter Drucker
“Never mind your happiness do your duty.”
Happiness“Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.”
Leadership“Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.”
Knowledge“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.”
Change“People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.”
Leadership“The computer is a moron.”
Computers“The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.”
Computers“Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.”
Business“Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.”
Future“Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.”
Knowledge“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.”
Communication“The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.”
Business“A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.”
Knowledge“So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.”
Work“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.'”
Computers“When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.”
Education“My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.”
Strength“The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.”
Future“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”
Power