Quotes by Peter Drucker

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.

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

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

Never mind your happiness do your duty.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations… They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them ‘operators’ or ‘programmers.’

The computer is a moron.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.