Occupation: Author Birth: November 19, 1909 Death: November 11, 2005
Any organisation develops people; it either forms them or deforms them..
In the modern corporation the decisive power, that of the managers , is derived from no one but the managers themselves controlled by nobody and noth….
Managing innovation will increasingly become a challenge to management, and especially to top management, and a touchstone of its competence..
What's absolutely unforgivable is the financial benefit top management people get for laying off people. There's no excuse for it. No justification. ….
Entrepreneurship is “risky” mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing..
Planning is actually incompatible with an entrepreneurial society and economy. Planning is the kiss of death of entrepreneurship..
The building of a personality beyond its normal limitations..
Leadership is defined by results not attributes..
"Value added" is a meaningless concept for a retail business , for a bank, for a life insurance company, and for any other business which is not prim….
The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question..
For new technology to replace old, it has to have at least ten times the benefit..
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions..
The days of the 'intuitive' manager are numbered..
Providing more desirable products, services, and customer experiences is vital to the continued existence of any business. And that is INNOVATION..
The one to distrust is the person who never makes a mistake, never commits a blunder, never fails in what he tries to do. Either he is a phony, or he….
A success that has outlived its usefulness may, in the end, be more damaging than failure..
The ultimate resource in economic development is people. It is people, not capital or raw materials that develop an economy..
As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong..
Absolute size by itself is no indicator of success and achievement, let alone of managerial competence. Being the right size is..
Nothing else, perhaps, distinguishes effective executives as much as their tender loving care of time..
Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision; it is at best a good intention..