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Sometimes, we pick a fake problem that has a convenient and easy fake solution. Because, the thinking goes, we're taking action, so things must be getting better.

“There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.” — Peter Drucker, “Managing for Business Effectiveness,” Harvard Business Review, May 1963

Author YahooeyPosted on March 20, 2017March 6, 2017Categories QuotationsTags effectiveness, efficiency, Managing for Business Effectiveness, Peter Drucker, useful2 Comments on Quote of the Day

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By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.

“By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.” — Peter Drucker, The Effective Executive

Author YahooeyPosted on June 5, 2016May 31, 2016Categories QuotationsTags character, integrity, Peter Drucker, The Effective ExecutiveLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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When a change in perception takes place, the facts do not change. Their meaning does.

“When a change in perception takes place, the facts do not change. Their meaning does.” — Peter Drucker, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Driving Change

Author YahooeyPosted on January 31, 2016December 13, 2019Categories QuotationsTags facts, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, meaning, perception, Peter Drucker3 Comments on Quote of the Day

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Some of the greatest impediments to effectiveness are the slogans, the commitments, the issues of yesterday, which still dominate public discourse, still confine vision.

“Some of the greatest impediments to effectiveness are the slogans, the commitments, the issues of yesterday, which still dominate public discourse, still confine vision.” — Peter Drucker, The New Realities

Author YahooeyPosted on November 19, 2015December 27, 2019Categories QuotationsTags effectiveness, impediments, Peter Drucker, The New Realities, yesterdays2 Comments on Quote of the Day

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Some of the toughest problems we face are those created by the successes of the past.

“Some of the toughest problems we face are those created by the successes of the past.” — Peter Drucker, The New Realities

Author YahooeyPosted on June 20, 2015May 25, 2015Categories QuotationsTags challenges, past successes, Peter Drucker, problems, success, The New Realities, tough problemsLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Listening is not a skill, it is a discipline. Anybody can do it. All you have to do is to keep your mouth shut.

“Listening is not a skill, it is a discipline. Anybody can do it. All you have to do is to keep your mouth shut.” — Peter Drucker, Managing the Non-Profit Organization

Author YahooeyPosted on May 21, 2015May 1, 2015Categories QuotationsTags listening, Managing the Non-Profit Organization, Peter DruckerLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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The schoolmaster since time immemorial has believed that the ass is an organ of learning. The longer you sit, the more you learn.

“The schoolmaster since time immemorial has believed that the ass is an organ of learning. The longer you sit, the more you learn.” — Peter Drucker, The Wharton Magazine, Fall 1976

Author YahooeyPosted on April 3, 2015February 26, 2015Categories QuotationsTags learning, Peter DruckerLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

“When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.” — Peter Drucker, The Wharton Magazine, Fall 1976

Author YahooeyPosted on March 2, 2015January 26, 2015Categories QuotationsTags education, Peter Drucker2 Comments on Quote of the Day

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So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.

“So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.” — Peter Drucker, The Wharton Magazine, Fall 1976

Author YahooeyPosted on January 14, 2015December 7, 2014Categories QuotationsTags complicating work, management, Peter Drucker3 Comments on Quote of the Day

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We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.

“We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.” — Peter Drucker, The Wharton Magazine, Fall 1976

Author YahooeyPosted on November 19, 2014November 9, 2014Categories QuotationsTags motivation, Peter DruckerLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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