Peter Drucker

“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.”

“Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.”

“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”

“So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.”

“Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.”

“The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.”

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

“Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.”

“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.”

“Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.”