Occupation: Author Birth: November 19, 1909 Death: November 11, 2005
Follow effective action with quiet reflection..
Knowledge has become the key resource of the world economy..
An effective executive builds on strengths - their own strengths, the strengths of superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and on the strength of the si….
Once a year ask the boss, "What do I or my people do that helps you to do your job?" and "What do I or my people do that hampers you?".
I have been saying for many years that we are using the word 'guru' only because 'charlatan' is too long to fit into a headline..
We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it..
Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves - their strengths, their values, and how they best perform..
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge..
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work..
The talk you hear about adapting to change is not only stupid, it's dangerous. The only way you can manage change is to create it..
It's amazing how many things busy people are doing that never will be missed..
Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement..
It is easier to raise the performance of one leader than it is to raise the performance of a whole mass..
The company is not and must never claim to be home, family, religion, life or fate for the individual. It must never interfere in his private life or….
I'm a writer. I could not or would not ever run a business. I don't even have a secretary. And contrary to some of the stereotypes, entrepreneurs are….
Leaders grow; they are not made..
Business purpose and business mission are so rarely given adequate thought is perhaps the most important cause of business frustration and failure..
People who need certainty are unlikely to make good entrepreneurs..
Brilliant men are often strikingly ineffectual. They fail to realize that the brilliant insight is not by itself achievement. They never have learned….
Entrepreneurs believe that profit is what matters most in a new enterprise. But profit is secondary. Cash flow matters most..
I think the growth industry of the future in this country and the world will soon be the continuing education of adults. ...I think the educated pers….