American - Businessman | November 19, 1909 - November 11, 2005
The purpose of a business is to create a customer.
Peter Drucker
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Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
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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.
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The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.
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When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
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Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.
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Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.
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Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
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Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.
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The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.
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Never mind your happiness; do your duty.
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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.
LeadershipSurviveWayHumanAverage
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