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"He always, at the end of his meetings, goes back to the opening statement and relates the final conclusions to the original intent."
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If one cannot increase the supply of a resource, one must increase its yield. And effectiveness is the one tool to make the resources of ability and knowledge yield more and better results.
Knowledge work is not defined by quantity. Neither is knowledge work defined by its costs. Kn...
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Brilliant men are often strikingly ineffectual; they fail to realize that the brilliant insight is not by itself achievement.
They never have learned that insights become effective only through hard systematic work.
Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge are essential resources, ...
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What seems to be wanted is universal genius, and universal genius has always been in scarce supply. The experience of the human race indicates strongly that the only person in abundant supply is the universal incompetent.
Therefore, we have to staff our org...
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One can be an effective executive by:
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To ask, “What can I contribute?” is to look for the unused potential in the job. And what is considered excellent performance in a many positions is often but a pale shadow of the job’s full potential of contribution.
Every organization needs performance in three major areas: It ne...
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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 simply“operating.” He may be excellent but is certain to waste his knowledge and ability and to throw away what little effectiveness he might have achieved....
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