“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
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“By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.” — Peter Drucker, The Effective Executive
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“When a change in perception takes place, the facts do not change. Their meaning does.” — Peter Drucker, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Driving Change
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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.” — Peter Drucker, The New Realities
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“Some of the toughest problems we face are those created by the successes of the past.” — Peter Drucker, The New Realities
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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.” — Peter Drucker, Managing the Non-Profit Organization
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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.” — Peter Drucker, The Wharton Magazine, Fall 1976
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“When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.” — Peter Drucker, The Wharton Magazine, Fall 1976
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“So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.” — Peter Drucker, The Wharton Magazine, Fall 1976
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“We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.” — Peter Drucker, The Wharton Magazine, Fall 1976