Quotes

The Effective Executive, Page 1663

Human excellence can only be achieved in one area, or at the most in very few.

The Effective Executive, Page 1669

To staff from what there is not and to focus on weakness is wasteful—a misuse, if not abuse, of the human resource.

The Effective Executive, Page 1695

Jobs have to be objective; that is, determined by task rather than by personality.

The Effective Executive, Page 1697

Jobs in an organization are interdependent and interlocked.

The Effective Executive, Page 1711

Achievement must be measured against objective criteria of contribution and performance.

The Effective Executive, Page 1765

…the test of organization is not genius. It is its capacity to make common people achieve uncommon performance.

The Effective Executive, Page 1843

That so few executives use the official appraisal is thus hardly surprising. It is the wrong tool, in the wrong situation, for the wrong purpose.

The Effective Executive, Page 1848

All one can measure is performance. And all one should measure is performance.

The Effective Executive, Page 1871

The effective executive knows that to get strength one has to put up with weaknesses.

The Effective Executive, Page 1897

Altogether it must be an unbreakable rule to promote the man who by the test of performance is best qualified for the job to be filled.