Many shall be restored that are now fallen and many shall fall that are now in honor. Horace.
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Many shall be restored that are now fallen and many shall fall that are now in honor. Horace.
Quality is not an act. It is a habit. Aristotle
It's not what we don't know...it's what we know for sure, that's just not true that get's us into trouble., Will Rogers
Because the purpose of a business is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two and only two-basic functions: Marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; the rest are "costs." Peter Drucker, People and Performance...
It's opinons that give meaning to facts. Everyone knows how to find facts to support their decisons, that's why you need dissenting opionons, seek disagreement. Peter Druker.
As a general rule, only the very smartest people can make truly catastrophic mistakes. Charles Morris, Trillion Dollar Meltdown, WSJ, April 6, 2008.
It is precisely the obvious which needs to be pointed out since it is so often overlooked. Peter Drucker
Plans get you into things, but you've got to work your own way out. Will Rogers
The
difference between who wins and loses in business has much less to do
with technical knowledge and skills and has much more to do with an attitude for creativity and continuous improvement for self, others and systems. Peter Drucker.
Your business is a direct reflection of your resolved and unresolved issues...Dan Smith, CEO, Smith & Fong Co., San Francisco, CA, CAgroup client
To be persuasive, we must be believable. To be believable, we must be credible. To be credible, we must be truthful. Edward R. Murrow
Vision and strategy are to the business what the spine and nervous system are to the human body. The entire business must align its skeleton to the muscles and nerves of its business activity both vertically: people with vision and strategy, & horizontally: procedures and systems with the customer and markets. Peter Drucker, On Business...
First who, then what: find the best people possible, they can adapt better to change. With the right people, problems motivating people and managing others are reduced significantly. With the wrong people, strategy dosen't matter. Jim Collins, author, ‘Good to Great’
The last of the deadly sins is feeding problems and starving opportunties. All one can get by problem solving is damage containment. Only opportunties produce results and growth. Peter Drucker, Managing in a Time of Change...