Decisions of the kind the executive has to make are not made well by acclamation. They are made well only if based on the clash of conflicting views...The first rule in decision-making is that one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement.
Peter DruckerBy themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else.
Peter DruckerThere are just two questions to ask to attain success in business: First, "What business am I in?" Second, "How's business?"
Peter DruckerMore business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject.
Peter DruckerThe "non-profit" institution neither supplies goods or services not controls. Its "product" is neither a pair of shoes nor an effective regulation. Its product is a changed human being. The non-profit institutions are human-change agents. Their "product" is a cured patient, a child that learns, a young man or woman grown into a self-respecting adult; a changed human life altogether.
Peter Drucker