Peter Drucker

the question is not

What needs to be done?

I have never encountered an executive who remains effective while tackling more than two tasks at a time.

However, after completing the original top-priority task, the executive resets priorities rather than moving on to number two from the original list

In the successful family company, a relative is promoted only if he or she is measurably superior to all nonrelatives on the same level.

Knowledge is useless to executives until it has been translated into deeds.

The action plan is a statement of intentions rather than a commitment.

every success creates new opportunities

Without an action plan, the executive becomes a prisoner of events

has no way of knowing