Peter Drucker
Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Druckerwas an Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business corporation. He was also a leader in the development of management education, he invented the concept known as management by objectives and self-control, and he has been described as "the founder of modern management"...
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth19 November 1909
Peter Drucker quotes about
teamwork done efficiency
Efficiency is doing better what is already being done.
leader followers definitions
The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.
opportunity achievement genius
Many studies of research scientists have shown that achievement (at least below the genius level of an Einstein, Bohr, or a Planck) depends less on ability in doing research than on the courage to go after opportunity.
school years important
The single most important thing to remember about any enterprise is that results exist only on the outside.The result of a business is a satisfied customer. The result of a hospital is a satisfied patient. The result of a school is a student who has learned something and puts it to work ten years later. Inside an enterprise there are only costs.
mean organization people
Morale in an organization does not mean that “people get along together”; the test is performance not conformance.
leadership should-have organization
People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete - the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.
organization cost profit
Inside an organization there are only cost centers. The only profit center is a customer whose check has not bounced.
goal demand
To make the future demands courage. It demands work. But it also demands faith.
inspirational risk
There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take.
motivational business loyal-customers
The purpose of a business is to create a customer.
looks answers blank
Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at you with a blank stare, or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the wrong answer.
firsts first-things-first
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
smart ambition opportunity
We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: If you’ve got ambition and smarts, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession, regardless of where you started out.
inspirational leadership mistake
People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.