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Coffee House Book Review – “The Drucker Lectures” by Peter F. Drucker

Tanveer Naseer

One of the new features I will be adding to my blog this year is what I’m calling the “Coffee House Book Review”, which will feature reviews on books from the fields of leadership, management, marketing, and other areas of interest to those who are running or managing a business or organization.

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“Leadership is Marketing” – Peter Drucker Said What?

Tanveer Naseer

Drucker was a genius. Drucker didn’t even care to emulate Albert Einstein and imagine himself on the business end of a beam of light. Drucker’s Contributions You can’t talk about Drucker’s spectacular success as a management guru and fortune teller without noting that his first big public prediction was a bust.

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How To Write Your Company's Mission Statement

Eric Jacobson

Drucker provides the following good advice in one of my favorite book's of his, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization : Every mission statement has to reflect three things : Opportunities Competence Commitment In other words, he explains: What is our purpose? Author Peter F.

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First Look: Leadership Books for November 2013

Leading Blog

Here''s a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in November. The Practical Drucker : Applying the Wisdom of the World''s Greatest Management Thinker by William A. Choosing Change : How Leaders and Organizations Drive Results One Person at a Time by Walter McFarland and Susan Goldsworthy.

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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

On the one hand, most CEOs agree with with the statement attributed to Peter Drucker: culture eats strategy for breakfast. Typically, a large organization will administer a culture survey — a large inventory of questions that results in placing the “company culture” into one of several “culture types” or “culture orientations.”

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Must-Read Book For Nonprofit Leaders

Eric Jacobson

If you lead a nonprofit organization, the one hour it will take you to read Peter F. Drucker's book called, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization , will be well worth it. This book may fundamentally change the way you work and lead your organization.

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A Peter F. Drucker Book For Leaders Of Nonprofits

Eric Jacobson

If you lead a nonprofit organization, the one hour it will take you to read Peter F. Drucker''s book called " The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization " will be well worth it. This book may fundamentally change the way you work and lead your organization.

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