If you want to know what the future is, be part of its development. Peter Drucker More Quotes by Peter Drucker More Quotes From Peter Drucker The leader sees leadership as responsibility rather than as rank and privilege. Peter Drucker rankingresponsibilityleadership Inside an organization there are only cost centers. The only profit center is a customer whose check has not bounced. Peter Drucker checkscostorganization In the modern corporation the decisive power, that of the managers , is derived from no one but the managers themselves controlled by nobody and nothing and responsible to no one. It is in the most literal sense unfounded, unjustified, uncontrolled and irresponsible power. Peter Drucker corporationsmodernresponsible Systematic decision review also shows executives their own weaknesses, particularly the areas in which they are simply incompetent. In these areas, smart executives don't make decisions or take actions. They delegate. Peter Drucker smartdecisionaction There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take. Peter Drucker riskinspirationallife Leaders grow; they are not made. Peter Drucker leaderleadershipmade Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got. Peter Drucker changetryingcountry As soon as you move one step up from the bottom, your effectiveness depends on your ability to reach others through the spoken and written word. Peter Drucker effectivenessstepsmoving People in any organization, including bureaucrats and politicians, are always attached to the obsolete; the obsolescent; the things that should have worked but didn't; the things that once were productive and no longer are. Peter Drucker organizationleadershipshould-have Most organizations staff their problems & starve their opportunities. Peter Drucker organizationproblemopportunity You can't manage what you don't measure. Peter Drucker manage The true business of every company is to make and keep customers. Peter Drucker companycustomersbusiness The aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous. Peter Drucker sellinghelpfulmarketing Leadership is defined by results not attributes. Peter Drucker future-leadersgreat-leaderleadership To make knowledge productive, we will have to learn to see both forest and tree. We will have to learn to connect. Peter Drucker foreststreeknowledge It’s up to you to carve out your place, to know when to change course, and to keep yourself engaged and productive during a work life that may span some 50 years. Peter Drucker up-to-youmayyears Every organization has to prepare for the abandonment of everything it does. Peter Drucker organizationbusinessdoe Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else. Peter Drucker kick-assmanagetime The job of a professional manager is not to like people. It is not to change people. It is to put their strengths to work. Peter Drucker managersjobspeople We all have a vast number of areas in which we have no talent or skill and little chance of becoming even mediocre. In those areas a knowledge workers should not take on work, jobs and assignments. It takes far more energy to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence. Peter Drucker skillsnumbersjobs
