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

Quote by Peter F Drucker

Topics: Commitment Quotes, Planning Quotes

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.

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is...

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A business exists to create a customer

A business exists to create a customer

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

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

If a single person in a country is cold or hungry, the leader is at...

If a single person in a country is cold or hungry, the leader is at...

As leader, you're not allowed to go out and have beers on Friday night and...

As leader, you're not allowed to go out and have beers on Friday night and...

A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone - even when the crowd...

A true leader must have enough backbone to stand alone - even when the crowd...

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate...

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate...

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to...

Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to...