The document contains 10 famous quotes by Peter Drucker on topics such as leadership, management, planning, risk-taking, and efficiency. The quotes emphasize doing the right thing over doing things right, stopping old practices to adopt new ones, measuring what is important to drive improvement, and focusing on opportunities rather than just problems. Drucker also notes that meetings often indicate an inefficient organization and that management ensures things are done correctly while leadership determines the right things to do.

1. PETER DRUCKER
Famous quotes

2. "DOING THE RIGHT THING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
DOING THE THING RIGHT."

3. "IF YOU WANT SOMETHING NEW, YOU HAVE TO STOP
DOING SOMETHING OLD."

4. "THERE IS NOTHING QUITE SO USELESS AS DOING WITH
GREAT EFFICIENCY SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE
DONE AT ALL."

5. "WHAT GETS MEASURED GETS IMPROVED."

6. "RESULTS ARE GAINED BY EXPLOITING OPPORTUNITIES,
NOT BY SOLVING PROBLEMS."

7. "SO MUCH OF WHAT WE CALL MANAGEMENT CONSISTS
OF MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO WORK."

8. "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."

9. "LONG-RANGE PLANNING DOES NOT DEAL WITH THE
FUTURE DECISIONS, BUT WITH THE FUTURE OF PRESENT
DECISIONS."

10. "MEETINGS ARE BY DEFINITION A CONCESSION TO A
DEFICIENT ORGANIZATION. FOR ONE EITHER MEETS OR
ONE WORKS. ONE CANNOT DO BOTH AT THE SAME
TIME."

11. "MANAGEMENT IS DOING THINGS RIGHT. LEADERSHIP IS
DOING THE RIGHT THINGS"