The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)

by Peter F. Drucker

Drucker taught that what gets measured gets managed.

Focus on opportunities Good executives focus on opportunities rather than problems. Problems have to be taken care of, of course; they must not be swept under the rug. But problem solving, however necessary, does not produce results. It prevents damage. Exploiting opportunities produces results.

Effective executives put their best people on opportunities rather than on problems.

“De minimis non curat praetor” [The magistrate does not consider trifles],