Inspirational Quotes

Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.

Peter Drucker Quotes

Efficiency Leadership Management Organizational Behavior Workplace Dynamics Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

Effectiveness Efficiency Management Performance Productivity Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Action Growth Reflection Wisdom Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Development Growth Knowledge Learning Progress Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

Knowledge Leadership Management Performance Responsibility A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

Change Curriculum Education Innovation Obsolescence When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

Technology and Employment Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them 'operators' or 'programmers.'

Courage Decision Making Growth Mistakes Risk Taking People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.

Adaptability Growth Innovation Leadership Opportunity The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

Business Customer Focus Marketing Purpose Value Creation The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

Communication Etiquette Interpersonal Relationships Organization Culture Social Norms Manners are the lubricating oil of an organization. It is a law of nature that two moving bodies in contact with each other create friction. This is as true for human beings as it is for inanimate objects.

Perception Planning Risk Uncertainty 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.

Creativity Innovation Leadership Optimism Proactivity The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Customer Understanding Marketing Sales Strategy The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.

Artificial Intelligence Critique Humor Technology The computer is a moron.

Communication Listening Non-verbal cues Perception Understanding The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

Clarity Communication Efficiency Goals Management Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

Attributes Communication Influence Leadership Results Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Adaptability Change Education Learning Lifelong Learning 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.

Acceptance Community Humility Responsibility Volunteerism Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.

Future Trends Industry Evolution Innovation Uncertainty We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information.

Business Economics Finance Investment Money Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

Management Responsibility Workplace Efficiency The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.

Efficiency Prioritization Productivity Resource Management Time Management Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

Decision Making Evaluation Knowledge Leadership Self-Improvement Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.

Curiosity Growth Humility Learning Self-awareness My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

Decision Making Growth Leadership Skills Success Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

Efficiency Management Optimization Organization Production The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as many as possible of the activities needed to turn out the product.

Leadership Organization Performance Responsibility Work Ethic Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.

Decision Making Ethics Guidance Leadership Management Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.