Peter Drucker
Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Druckerwas an Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation. He was also a leader in the development of management education, he invented the concept known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as "the founder of modern management"...
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth19 November 1909
Peter Drucker quotes about
- yesterday
- tomorrow
- inspirational
- change
- leadership
- management
- evolve
- intuitive
- managers
- perception
- fragility
- dangerous
- institutions
- effectiveness
- focus
- secret
- deep-understanding
- excellence
- weakness
- risk
- definitions
- agents
- change-agent
- measurement
- measure-for-measure
- cant-change
- top-management
- innovation
- challenges
- people
successful opportunity careers
Successful careers are not planned. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they know their strengths, their method of work, and their values. Knowing where one belongs can transform an ordinary person - hardworking and competent but otherwise mediocre - into an outstanding performer.
leadership teamwork jobs
The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I." And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I." They don't think "I." They think "we"; they think "team." They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.
effectiveness confusion done
What is the major problem? It is fundamentally the confusion between effectiveness and efficiency that stands between doing the right things and doing things right. There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
greatness keys people
The key to greatness is to look for people's potential and spend time developing it.
work trying right-thing
Do the right things instead of trying to do everything right.
time unique yesterday
One cannot buy, rent or hire more time. The supply of time is totally inelastic. No matter how high the demand, the supply will not go up. There is no price for it. Time is totally perishable and cannot be stored. Yesterday's time is gone forever, and will never come back. Time is always in short supply. There is no substitute for time. Everything requires time. All work takes place in, and uses up time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable and necessary resource.
inspirational leadership basketball
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
communication information hiding
Knowledge is power. In post-capitalism, power comes from transmitting information to make it productive, not hiding it.
leadership future-leaders great-leader
Leadership is defined by results not attributes.
uncomfortable ifs paid
As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong.
inspirational success confidence
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
teaching leader half
We spend a lot of time teaching leaders what to do. We don't spend enough time teaching leaders what to stop. Half the leaders I have met don't need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop
decision choices facts
Once the facts are clear the decisions jump out at you.
needs building process
Work is a process, and any process needs to be controlled. To make work productive, therefore, requires building the appropriate controls into the process of work.