Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Quote by Peter F Drucker

Topics: Leadership Quotes, Management Quotes, Speech Quotes

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

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...

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

It's not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

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...

Long range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present...

Long range planning does not deal with future decisions, but with the future of present...

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective...

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective...

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.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

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...

A business exists to create a customer

A business exists to create a customer

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new...

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship. The act that endows resources with a new...

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. And that's...

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. And that's...

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

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

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

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.

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...

My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that...

My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that...

Verse, Fame and Beauty are intense indeed, But Death intenser - Death is Life's high...

Verse, Fame and Beauty are intense indeed, But Death intenser - Death is Life's high...

Nothing lasts for ever but the Earth and sky.

Nothing lasts for ever but the Earth and sky.