Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.
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.
The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.
The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.
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.'
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.
Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.
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.
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked leadership is defined by results not attributes.
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.
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.
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.