My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

Quote by Peter Drucker

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Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are,...

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are,...

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed...

Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed...

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get...

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get...

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

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

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of...

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of...

The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.

The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.

Charisma becomes the undoing of leaders. It makes them inflexible, convinced of their own infallibility,...

Charisma becomes the undoing of leaders. It makes them inflexible, convinced of their own infallibility,...

Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only...

Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only...

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at...

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at...

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product...

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product...

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations......

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations......

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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

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