Quotes by Peter Drucker
Effectiveness is not a gift, but a habit. Practice it daily.
The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths in ways that make a system's weaknesses irrelevant.
Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.
Effectiveness lies not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.
Long-range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present decisions.
Innovation is not about technology. It is about creating customer value.
The greatest danger in turbulent times is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.
What gets measured, gets managed. But what gets managed, must first be understood.
Innovation is not about technology; it is about people. And people are complex.
The most dangerous phrase in business isn't 'We don't know,' it's 'We've always done it this way.'
Knowledge is not power; it is only potential. Applying that knowledge is power.
The purpose of a business is to create a customer.
The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths, making weaknesses irrelevant.
Knowledge is the raw material; insight is the finished product.
Effectiveness is not a gift, but a habit. Practice it.
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, increased constantly, or it vanishes.
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
The greatest danger in turbulent times is not the turbulence, it is to act with yesterday's logic.
The greatest risk is not taking one; stagnation is a slow form of failure.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Innovation is not about doing new things, but doing old things in a new way.
The most valuable asset of a 21st-century institution, whether business or not, will be its knowledge workers and their productivity.
Innovation isn't about bright ideas alone, it's about disciplined execution.
The greatest danger in turbulent times isn't the turbulence; it's acting with yesterday's logic.