Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Peter Drucker Quotes
Customer UnderstandingMarketingSales Strategy The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.
LeadershipOrganizationPerformanceResponsibilityWork Ethic Executives owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs.
CuriosityGrowthHumilityLearningSelf-awareness My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.
Decision MakingEthicsGuidanceLeadershipManagement Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Future TrendsIndustry EvolutionInnovationUncertainty 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.
Decision MakingGrowthLeadershipSkillsSuccess Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.
EfficiencyPrioritizationProductivityResource ManagementTime Management Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.
BusinessEconomicsFinanceInvestmentMoney Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.
EfficiencyManagementOptimizationOrganizationProduction 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.
ManagementResponsibilityWorkplace Efficiency The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.
Decision MakingEvaluationKnowledgeLeadershipSelf-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.
EffectivenessEfficiencyManagementPerformanceProductivity Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
DevelopmentGrowthKnowledgeLearningProgress Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.
KnowledgeLeadershipManagementPerformanceResponsibility A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
ActionGrowthReflectionWisdom Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
EfficiencyLeadershipManagementOrganizational BehaviorWorkplace Dynamics Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.
CourageDecision MakingGrowthMistakesRisk 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.
ClarityCommunicationEfficiencyGoalsManagement Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.
AdaptabilityGrowthInnovationLeadershipOpportunity The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
ChangeCurriculumEducationInnovationObsolescence 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.'
PerceptionPlanningRiskUncertainty 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.
AcceptanceCommunityHumilityResponsibilityVolunteerism Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.
CommunicationListeningNon-verbal cuesPerceptionUnderstanding The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.
AdaptabilityChangeEducationLearningLifelong 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.
CommunicationEtiquetteInterpersonal RelationshipsOrganization CultureSocial 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.
CreativityInnovationLeadershipOptimismProactivity The best way to predict the future is to create it.
