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.
Peter Drucker
Manners, Organization, Leadership, Collaboration, Efficiency, Teamwork
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“It’s amazing how many things busy people are doing that never will be missed.” Peter Drucker
Productivity, Time, Efficiency, Busywork, Prioritization, Focus
Peter Drucker Productivity, Time, Efficiency, Busywork, Prioritization, Focus“Tomorrow always arrives. It is always different. And even the mightiest company is in trouble if it has not worked on the future. Being surprised by what happens is a risk that even the largest and richest company cannot afford, and even the smallest business need not run.” Peter Drucker
Future, Risk, Business, Innovation, Strategy, Growth
Peter Drucker Future, Risk, Business, Innovation, Strategy, Growth“Finally, don’t try to innovate for the future. Innovate for the present! An innovation may have long-range impact; it may not reach its full maturity until twenty years later.” Peter Drucker
Innovation, Future, Present, Change, Strategy, Business
Peter Drucker Innovation, Future, Present, Change, Strategy, Business“Marketing is not a function, it is the whole business seen from the customer’s point of view.” Peter Drucker
Marketing, Business, Customer, Perspective, Strategy, Success
Peter Drucker Marketing, Business, Customer, Perspective, Strategy, Success“Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.” Peter Drucker
Knowledge Economy, Success, Self-Knowledge, Strengths, Performance, Values
Peter Drucker Knowledge Economy, Success, Self-Knowledge, Strengths, Performance, Values“The purpose of an organization is to enable ordinary human beings to do extraordinary things.” Peter Drucker
Organization, Purpose, Leadership, Achievement, Empowerment
Peter Drucker Organization, Purpose, Leadership, Achievement, Empowerment“Spontaneity is an infinite number of rehearsed possibilities.” Peter Drucker
Spontaneity, Creativity, Innovation, Strategy, Leadership, Potential
Peter Drucker Spontaneity, Creativity, Innovation, Strategy, Leadership, Potential“Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.” Peter Drucker
Leadership, Energy, Influence, Management, Success, Motivation
Peter Drucker Leadership, Energy, Influence, Management, Success, Motivation“Teamwork is neither “good” nor “desirable.” It is a fact. Wherever people work together or play together they do so as a team. Which team to use for what purpose is a crucial, difficult and risky decision that is even harder to unmake. Managements have yet to learn how to make it.” Peter Drucker
Teamwork, Collaboration, Management, Leadership, Decision
Peter Drucker Teamwork, Collaboration, Management, Leadership, Decision“Work is a process, and any process needs to be controlled. To make work productive, therefore, requires building the appropriate controls into the process of work.” Peter Drucker
Work, Productivity, Process, Management, Efficiency
Peter Drucker Work, Productivity, Process, Management, Efficiency“The enterprise, by definition, must be capable of producing more or better than all the resources that comprise it.” Peter Drucker
Business, Resources, Efficiency, Production, Innovation, Success
Peter Drucker Business, Resources, Efficiency, Production, Innovation, Success“The question that faces the strategic decision maker is not what his organisation should do tomorrow. It is, what do we have to do today to be ready for an uncertain tomorrow?” Peter Drucker
Strategy, Decision-Making, Leadership, Organization, Change, Uncertainty
Peter Drucker Strategy, Decision-Making, Leadership, Organization, Change, Uncertainty“The three most charismatic leaders in this century inflicted more suffering on the human race than almost any trio in history: Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. What matters is not the leader’s charisma. What matters is the leader’s mission.” Peter Drucker
Leadership, Charisma, History, Influence, Politics, Power
Peter Drucker Leadership, Charisma, History, Influence, Politics, Power“Marketing and innovation make money. Everything else is a cost.” Peter Drucker
Marketing, Innovation, Business, Profit, Strategy, Success
Peter Drucker Marketing, Innovation, Business, Profit, Strategy, Success“In the managerial organization, the top people sit in judgment; in the innovative organization it is their job to encourage ideas, no matter how unripe or crude.” Peter Drucker
Management, Innovation, Leadership, Ideas, Creativity
Peter Drucker Management, Innovation, Leadership, Ideas, Creativity“Work is an extension of personality. It is achievement. It is one of the ways in which a person defines himself, measures his worth, and his humanity.” Peter Drucker
Work, Achievement, Personality, Success, Leadership, Identity
Peter Drucker Work, Achievement, Personality, Success, Leadership, Identity“Business exists to supply goods and services to customers and economic surplus to society, rather than to supply jobs to workers and managers or even dividends to shareholders.” Peter Drucker
Business, Purpose, Customers, Economy, Society
Peter Drucker Business, Purpose, Customers, Economy, Society“Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality.” Peter Drucker
Customers, Quality, Value, Business, Service
Peter Drucker Customers, Quality, Value, Business, Service