Quotes

The Effective Executive, Page 2541

A decision, to be effective, needs to satisfy the boundary conditions. It needs to be adequate to its purpose.

The Effective Executive, Page 2594

The trouble with miracles is not, after all, that they happen rarely; it is that one cannot rely on them.

The Effective Executive, Page 2733

To go and look for oneself is also the best, if not the only, way to test whether the assumptions on which a decision had been made are still valid or whether they are becoming obsolete and need to be thought through again.

The Effective Executive, Page 2735

…one always has to expect the assumptions to become obsolete sooner or later. Reality never stands still very long.

The Effective Executive, Page 2779

The effective decision-maker assumes that the traditional measurement is not the right measurement.

The Effective Executive, Page 2781

The traditional measurement reflects yesterday’s decision.

The Effective Executive, Page 2807

Finding the appropriate measurement is thus not a mathematical exercise. It is a risk-taking judgment.

The Effective Executive, Page 2820

Unless one has considered alternatives, one has a closed mind.

The Effective Executive, Page 2823

Decisions of the kind the executive has to make are not made well by acclamation.

The Effective Executive, Page 2825

The first rule in decision-making is that one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement.