Peter Drucker

A business is not defined by its name, statutes, or articles of incorporation. It is defined by the business mission. Only a clear definition of the mission and purpose of the organization makes possible clear and realistic business objectives.

Peter Drucker

A fundamental responsibility of leadership is make sure that everybody knows the mission, understands it, lives it.

Peter Drucker

A man should never be appointed into a managerial position if his vision focuses on people’s weaknesses rather than on their strengths.

Peter Drucker

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

Peter Drucker

A manager’s task is to make the strengths of people effective and their weakness irrelevant – and that applies fully as much to the manager’s boss as it applies to the manager’s subordinates.

Peter Drucker

A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all.

Peter Drucker

A success that has outlived its usefulness may, in the end, be more damaging than failure.

Peter Drucker

A well-managed factory is boring. Nothing exciting happens in it because the crises have been anticipated and have been converted into routine.

Peter Drucker

Absolute size by itself is no indicator of success and achievement, let alone of managerial competence. Being the right size is.

Peter Drucker

All good strategy eventually degenerates into work.

Peter Drucker