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
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organization definitions meetings
Meetings are by definition a concession to a deficient organization. For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time.
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.
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
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.
leadership jobs firsts
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.
work enough
To make a living is no longer enough. Work also has to make a life.
inspiring business creativity
If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old
social function enterprise
The enterprise can fulfill its human and social functions only if it prospers as a business.
strategy structure missions
Mission defines strategy, and strategy defines structure.
change teacher educational
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.
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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.
excellence enemy adequacy
Adequacy is the enemy of excellence.
knowing people life-is
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.