In Memory of Peter Drucker

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The great business management guru, Peter Drucker, passed away last week. He has helped a lot of leaders.

In memory of Mr. Drucker, I would like to submit his Most Important Questions for Non-Profit Oranizations:

1. What is our mission?

2. Who is our customer?

3. What does the customer value?

4. What are our results?

5. What is our plan?


"Often people feel the church exists to take care of problems. And it's terribly hard for the church to say no. And yet the effective ones say no. They know what their mission is, and they make no apologies for sticking to that."- Peter Drucker, in a 1989 Leadership magazine interview

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