Peter Drucker

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are a means to mobilize resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.

Peter Drucker

Of all the decisions an executive makes, none is as important as the decisions about people, because they determine the performance capacity of the organization.

Peter Drucker

Once the facts are clear the decisions jump out at you.

Peter Drucker

One can either work or meet. One cannot do both at the same time.

Peter Drucker

One cannot hire a hand; the whole man always comes with it.

Peter Drucker

One does not ‘manage’ people. The task is to lead people.

Peter Drucker

One of the great movements in my lifetime among educated people is the need to commit themselves to action. Most people are not satisfied with giving money; we also feel we need to work.

Peter Drucker

Only a clear, focused, and common mission can hold the organization together and enable it to produce results.

Peter Drucker

Only productivity of the knowledge worker can make it possible for developed countries to maintain their high standard of living against the competition of low-wage, developing economies.

Peter Drucker

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

Peter Drucker