A Quote by Thomas J. Sergiovanni

(In schools) There is an emphasis on doing things right rather on doing the right things.

Thomas J. Sergiovanni

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Thomas J. Sergiovanni
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Born: April 18, 1937

Our concept of eco-effectiveness means working on the right things - on the right products and services and systems - instead of making the wrong things less bad. Once you are doing the right things, then doing them "right," with the help of efficiency among other tools, makes perfect sense.

William McDonough

The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.

Peter Drucker

I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell products. We're not doing it to be popular. We're doing it because in our judgment these stories are important to do, and at this length and this much depth.

Bob Edwards

The race for Quality has no finish line - so technically, it's more like a death march. Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Peter Drucker

Innovation needs to be nurtured throughout an organization. Management is doing things right, whereas leadership is doing the right things.

Dean Kamen

Doing things right in politics is no different than doing things right in life: Tell the truth, be yourself.

Jason Kander

What is the major problem? It is fundamentally the confusion between effectiveness and efficiency that stands between doing the right things and doing things right. There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.

Peter Drucker

The key is to make sure you are doing the "right things" before you worry about doing things "right".

Bill Capodagli

We must progress to the stage of doing all the right things for all the right reasons instead of doing all the right things for all the wrong reasons.

R. Buckminster Fuller

So the better thing to do is to be right and be doing the right things for the right reasons rather than trying to be cool and popular and saying whatever thing is going to get good headlines or a big cheer at Glastonbury.

James Cleverly

Doing the right things is more important than doing things right.

Ko Wen-je

Being trustworthy requires: Doing the right thing. And doing things right.

Don Peppers

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.

Bo Bennett

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

Colin Powell

There's a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing.

Chris Fussell

People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they are doing the right things.

Stephen Covey

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