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The entrepreneurial personality turns the most trivial condition into an exceptional opportunity. The Entrepreneur is the visionary in us. The dreamer. The energy behind every human activity. The imagination that sparks the fire of the future. The catalyst for change.
Michael E. Gerber • The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
Peter Drucker • The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)
A strong component of Deming’s approach to management is called MBM, or management by means, the counter to management by objectives (MBO) and management by results. The key difference between MBMs and MBOs is Deming would ask by what means did you achieve your goal? If you don’t know how you achieved your objective, how do you know if you can do i
... See moreJohn Willis • Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge: How Deming Helped Win a War, Altered the Face of Industry, and Holds the Key to Our Future
Experience has convinced me, however, that for those who are responsible for a business, two important factors are motivation and opportunity. The former is supplied in good part by incentive compensation, the latter by decentralization.
Alfred P Sloan Jr. • My Years With General Motors
Another managing partner, well informed about a variety of professions, observes that “professional service firms are managed in one of two ways: badly or not at all.”
David H. Maister • Managing The Professional Service Firm
The larger the organization, therefore, the less actual time will the executive have.
Peter F. Drucker • The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)
Peter Drucker has written that the purpose of a business is to create a customer.
Neil Bendle • Marketing Metrics: The Definitive Guide to Measuring Marketing Performance
If the executive lets the flow of events determine what he does, what he works on, and what he takes seriously, he will fritter himself away “operating.”