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Leading Through Questions: The Transformative Power of Inquiry

CO2

“The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask questions,” wrote management guru Peter Drucker. ” “How can I elicit more diverse perspectives?” And follow up on execution by inquiring about progress instead of demanding compliance.

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Your Strategy Has to Be Flexible — But So Does Your Execution

Harvard Business Review

Peter Drucker said : “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” Drucker’s exhortation, “What gets measured gets managed” is often invoked when approaching execution. Emphasizing compliance with a plan can, under stable conditions, accelerate fruition of a strategy.

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More of Us Are Working in Big Bureaucratic Organizations than Ever Before

Harvard Business Review

Writing for the Harvard Business Review in 1988, Peter Drucker predicted that in 20 years the average organization would have slashed the number of management layers by half and shrunk its managerial ranks by two-thirds. Who else is going to meet all those new compliance requirements around diversity, risk mitigation and sustainability?