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Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the ‘naturals,’ the ones who somehow know how to teach.
My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.
Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
Business, that’s easily defined – it’s other people’s money.
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.
No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.
Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.
People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
Management is doing things right leadership is doing the right things.