Peter Drucker on confusing efficiency with effectiveness https://t.co/rEFOWSrjsU
Peter Drucker on confusing efficiency with effectiveness https://t.co/rEFOWSrjsU
“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” — Peter Drucker
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” ― Stephen Covey
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” ― Stephen Covey
Effective… or efficient? Each has its place.
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.” He may be an excellent man. But he is certain to waste his knowledge and ability and to throw away what little effectiveness he might have achieved. What the executive needs are criteria which ena
... See morePeter F. Drucker • The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)
Effectiveness knows what efficiency will never learn.
Dee Hock • Autobiography of a Restless Mind: Reflections on the Human Condition Volume 2
Efficiency is, in fact, not a word much used by the groups in this book. Driven by a belief in their mission, unconcerned by working hours or working conditions, these groups aim to make a difference, not to make money. Could efficiency, productivity, and the desire for immediate pay-offs occasionally be road blocks on the way to greatness?
Patricia Ward Biederman • Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
“Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.” – Peter Drucker
