Executives Quote by Peter Drucker

“Executives also owe it to the organization and to their fellow workers not to tolerate nonperforming individuals in important jobs. It may not be…

— Harvard Business School Press

For top executives to award themselves these kinds of compensation packages in the midst of this economic crisis is not only bad taste, it's…

— Barack Obama

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack…

— Peter Drucker

Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a dangerous mistake.

— Peter Drucker

Decision making is the specific executive task.

— Peter Drucker

If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a…

— Peter Drucker

An effective executive builds on strengths - their own strengths, the strengths of superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and on the strength of the situation.

— Peter Drucker

Innovative efforts should never report to line managers charged with responsibility for ongoing operations. The new project is an infant and will remain one…

— Peter Drucker

Everything requires time. It is the only truly universal condition. All work takes place in time and uses up time. Yet most people take…

— Peter Drucker

An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic.

— Peter Drucker

No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.

— Peter Drucker

“If we are unable to tolerate ourselves when we are alone, how can we expect anyone else to be enriched by our company? Before…

— Gerald Corey