Quotes

The Effective Executive, Page 2051

…the standard of any human group is set by the performance of the leaders.

The Effective Executive, Page 2066

Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.

The Effective Executive, Page 2091

The more one can concentrate time, effort, and resources, the greater the number and diversity of tasks one can actually perform.

The Effective Executive, Page 2115

The people who get nothing done often work a great deal harder.

The Effective Executive, Page 2116

…as every executive knows, nothing ever goes right.

The Effective Executive, Page 2116

The unexpected always happens—the unexpected is indeed the only thing one can confidently expect.

The Effective Executive, Page 2119

Effective executives do not race. They set an easy pace but keep going steadily.

The Effective Executive, Page 2130

Executives, whether they like it or not, are forever bailing out the past. This is inevitable.

The Effective Executive, Page 2138

Yesterday’s successes, however, always linger on long beyond their productive life.

The Effective Executive, Page 2159

The assumption should rather be that all programs outlive their usefulness fast and should be scrapped unless proven productive and necessary.