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
leader followers definitions
The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.
firsts first-things-first
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
effectiveness focus secret
If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.
leadership should-have organization
People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete - the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.
yesterday risk definitions
All economic activity is by definition "high risk." And defending yesterday--that is, not innovating--is far more risky than making tomorrow.
looks obstacles look-up
Look upon every obstacle as part payment towards your success.
organization friction disorder
The only things that evolve by themselves in an organization are disorder, friction and malperformance.
success stress mean
Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs, the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service. It is capable of being presented as a discipline, capable of being learned, capable of being practiced. Entrepreneurs need to search purposefully for the sources of innovation, the changes and their symptoms that indicate opportunities for successful innovation. And they need to know and to apply the principles of successful innovation.
ignorant-masses asking-questions asking-too-many-questions
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.
leadership personality empowering-others
The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
data marketing action
Great wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data.
education wise knowledge
Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.
loyalty educational selling-products
The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.
leadership wise responsibility
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.