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5 Core Values For The Workplace

Tim Milburn

Peter Drucker has pointed out that our educational system is obsessed with people’s weaknesses. Indeed, a diligent commitment to improving their already powerful position is what makes the Japanese a formidable competitor in the electronic and automotive industries. Too often, schools turn diligence into drudgery. PERSEVERANCE.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Frances Hesselbein – Former CEO, Girl Scouts of America and Peter Drucker Foundation. Formerly a leader in the automotive, retail, restaurant, media innovation and consulting industries. Three iconic leaders inspired the 100 Coaches project. They are key 100 Coaches members and faculty. They are also extremely kind and generous.

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Guest Post: Dilenschneider on Workplace Core Values

Eric Jacobson

Peter Drucker has pointed out that our educational system is obsessed with people''s weaknesses. Indeed, a diligent commitment to improving their already powerful position is what makes the Japanese a formidable competitor in the electronic and automotive industries. Too often, schools turn diligence into drudgery.

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To Understand the Future of Tesla, Look to the History of GM

Harvard Business Review

If you want to understand the future of Tesla, and Elon Musk’s role in it — something many are keen to do, given the spate of negative headlines about the company — you should start with a bit of automotive history from the 20th century. automotive industry grew to become one of the drivers of the U.S.

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Don’t Be Tyrannized by Old Metrics

Harvard Business Review

Many business leaders are fond of the spurious Peter Drucker quote that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Consider the automotive industry. ” This attractive, apocryphal quote breaks down upon inspection. Mismeasurement can lead to mismanagement. For years, U.S.