Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes – it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm.
Peter Drucker
Change, Adaptability, Business, Progress, Upheaval, Evolution
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“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” Peter Drucker
Reflection, Action, Leadership, Success, Growth, Strategy
Peter Drucker Reflection, Action, Leadership, Success, Growth, Strategy“When the business grows, the person who founded it is incredibly busy. Rapid growth puts an enormous strain on a business. You outgrow your production facilities. You outgrow your management capabilities.” Peter Drucker
Business, Growth, Management, Strain, Expansion, Leadership
Peter Drucker Business, Growth, Management, Strain, Expansion, Leadership“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker
Efficiency, Work, Productivity, Prioritization, Success, Focus
Peter Drucker Efficiency, Work, Productivity, Prioritization, Success, Focus“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.” Peter Drucker
Leadership, Rank, Responsibility, Power, Authority, Management
Peter Drucker Leadership, Rank, Responsibility, Power, Authority, Management“The single most important thing to remember about any enterprise is that there are no results inside its walls. The result of a business is a satisfied customer.” Peter Drucker
Business, Customer, Results, Success, Leadership, Strategy
Peter Drucker Business, Customer, Results, Success, Leadership, Strategy“No society can function as a society, unless it gives the individual member social status and function, and unless the decisive social power is legitimate.” Peter Drucker
Society, Leadership, Status, Function, Power, Social Responsibility
Peter Drucker Society, Leadership, Status, Function, Power, Social Responsibility“Management has authority only as long as it performs.” Peter Drucker
Management, Authority, Performance, Leadership, Responsibility, Success
Peter Drucker Management, Authority, Performance, Leadership, Responsibility, Success“It takes far less energy to move from first-rate performance to excellence than it does to move from incompetence to mediocrity.” Peter Drucker
Performance, Excellence, Success, Leadership, Growth, Improvement
Peter Drucker Performance, Excellence, Success, Leadership, Growth, Improvement“Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision; it is at best a good intention.” Peter Drucker
Decision, Action, Leadership, Intentions, Productivity
Peter Drucker Decision, Action, Leadership, Intentions, Productivity“The manager is a servant. His master is the institution he manages and his first responsibility must therefore be to it.” Peter Drucker
Management, Leadership, Responsibility, Service, Organization, Success
Peter Drucker Management, Leadership, Responsibility, Service, Organization, Success“The better a man is, the more mistakes he will make, for the more new things he will try.” Peter Drucker
Mistakes, Success, Learning, Innovation, Growth, Risk
Peter Drucker Mistakes, Success, Learning, Innovation, Growth, Risk“No single piece of macroeconomic advice given by the experts to their government has ever had the results predicted.” Peter Drucker
Macroeconomics, Advice, Government, Predictions, Economy, Leadership
Peter Drucker Macroeconomics, Advice, Government, Predictions, Economy, Leadership“I find more and more executives less and less well informed about the outside world, if only because they believe that the data on the computer printouts are ipso facto information.” Peter Drucker
Executives, Information, Business, Leadership, Strategy, Knowledge
Peter Drucker Executives, Information, Business, Leadership, Strategy, Knowledge“Thus, for those who are willing to go out into the field, to look and to listen, changing demographics is both a highly productive and a highly dependable innovation opportunity.” Peter Drucker
Demographics, Change, Innovation, Opportunity, Strategy, Growth
Peter Drucker Demographics, Change, Innovation, Opportunity, Strategy, Growth“If leaders are unable to slough off yesterday, to abandon yesterday, they simply will not be able to create tomorrow.” Peter Drucker
Leadership, Change, Future, Success, Innovation, Strategy
Peter Drucker Leadership, Change, Future, Success, Innovation, Strategy“A success that has outlived its usefulness may, in the end, be more damaging than failure.” Peter Drucker
Success, Failure, Leadership, Business, Change, Strategy
Peter Drucker Success, Failure, Leadership, Business, Change, Strategy“An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic.” Peter Drucker
Executive, Realism, Leadership, Success, Cynicism, Strategy
Peter Drucker Executive, Realism, Leadership, Success, Cynicism, Strategy“Business, that’s easily defined – it’s other people’s money.” Peter Drucker
Business, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Economy, Profit, Risk
Peter Drucker Business, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Economy, Profit, Risk“What the customer buys and considers value is never a product. It is always utility, that is, what a product or a service does for the customer.” Peter Drucker
Customer, Value, Business, Marketing, Success, Service
Peter Drucker Customer, Value, Business, Marketing, Success, Service“In the next economic downturn there will be an outbreak of bitterness and contempt for the supercorporate chieftains who pay themselves millions. In every major economic downturn in US history the villains have been the heroes during the preceding boom.” Peter Drucker
Economy, Business, Leadership, Crisis, Finance, Society
Peter Drucker Economy, Business, Leadership, Crisis, Finance, Society