Doing the Right Things Right Quotes

“At the very least, your idea can change your organization. But it won’t go anywhere unless you know how to present it to those in power—and fight for it through the worst of their criticism.”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time

“You can succeed in the future only by facing today’s challenges head-on, reframing them as opportunities, and taking advantage of them.”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. –PETER F. DRUCKER”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time

“Modern companies live and die based on how quickly they can face, embrace, and absorb change.”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time

“Like the captain of a ship, you should always consult with your officers before making a decision, taking their viewpoints and suggestions into account. But the decisions are ultimately yours, and you must make them. If you don’t, circumstances will make your decisions for you.”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time

“By its very nature, strategic thinking requires you to learn to make the best decisions you can as quickly as possible, boosting innovation and flexibility, helping your team adapt to circumstances as they change.”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time

“Effectiveness refers to successfully producing the expected or desired result; it’s the degree to which you achieve your objectives, solve problems, and realize profits. In business, effectiveness is summed up by “doing the right things.” Efficiency is the accomplishment of a job with the minimum expenditure of time, effort, and cost—the shortest distance between a goal and a checkmark. In business, efficiency is summed up by “doing things right.”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time

“Inflexible things break, sometimes spectacularly, when stressed.”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time

“One of the many things Peter Drucker taught us was that only two things actually generate profit: marketing and innovation. Everything else is an expense.”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time

“Destiny isn’t a matter of chance; it’s a matter of choice”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time

“Rather than dividing your attention between twenty goals and doing none of them well, pick one to three goals and execute them brilliantly. Multitasking works no better for team achievement than it does for individual productivity; you’re better off single-tasking in a fierce, focused way.”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time

“Executives execute. No one cares how many hours you spend at work and how many items you check off your to-do list. Execution and results are all that really matter in any business.”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time

“The great thing about goals is that it’s as easy to think big as it is to think small. Thinking big not only tests our reach and abilities; it also stretches our mental boundaries.”
― Laura Stack, Doing the Right Things Right: How the Effective Executive Spends Time