The purpose of an organization is to enable ordinary humans beings to do extraordinary things.
Peter DruckerRead
Leaders shouldn?t attach moral significance to their ideas: Do that, and you can?t compromise.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Leaders should remain flexible and not view their ideas as morally absolute, allowing for compromise and collaboration.
This quote by Peter Drucker emphasizes the importance of flexibility in leadership. When leaders attach moral significance to their ideas, they create an environment where compromise becomes difficult, potentially leading to conflict and stagnation. Drucker suggests that effective leaders need to approach their ideas as tools for achieving goals rather than sacred convictions, which enables them to negotiate and adapt as necessary in the ever-changing landscape of leadership.
Themes
LeadershipCompromiseIdeasFlexibilityNegotiation
In practice
Example use cases
In a business meeting to discuss project proposals.
More from Peter Drucker
All quotes βIn the Western tradition, we have focused on teaching as a skill and forgotten what Socrates knew: teaching is a gift, learning is a skill.
Peter DruckerRead
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
Peter DruckerRead
The basic economic resource - the means of production -_x000D_ _x000D_ is no longer capital, nor natural resources, nor labor._x000D_ _x000D_ It is and will be knowledge.
Peter DruckerRead
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.
Peter DruckerRead
The strength of the computer lies in its being a logic machine. It does precisely what it is programed to do. This makes it fast and precise. It also makes it a total moron; for logic is essentially stupid.
Peter DruckerRead
Similar quotes
What remarkable strength is shown by the person who can lay aside personal prejudices and work without friction with a group of individuals with whom he or she is not in accord on many subjects.
Napoleon HillRead
We want women leaders today as never before. Leaders who are not afraid to be called names and who are willing to go out and fight. I think women can save civilization. Women are persons.
Emily MurphyRead
After years of telling corporate citizens to 'trust the system,' many companies must relearn instead to trust their people - and encourage their people to use neglected creative capacities in order to tap the most potent economic stimulus of all: idea power.
Rosabeth Moss KanterRead
Hold firm to your vision but don't be a tyrant on set.
Werner HerzogRead
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.
David HackworthRead
He who finds a new path is a pathfinder, even if the trail has to be found again by others; and he who walks far ahead of his contemporaries is a leader, even though centuries pass before he is recognized as such.
Ibn KhaldunRead