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

Quote by Peter Drucker

Topics: Charisma Quotes, Leaders Quotes

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who...

People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who...

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time...

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time...

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,...

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

The computer is a moron.

The computer is a moron.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

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

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

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...

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It...

No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It...

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They...

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They...

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...

We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that...

We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that...

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

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...

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

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

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.