Great Leadership By Dan

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The Leader is the One That Gets Things Done

Great Leadership By Dan

Peter Drucker, the “father of modern management” had a favorite leadership book. Was Drucker One who Got Things Done? Drucker was only 28 when he came to the U.S. Drucker consulted a dictionary. Drucker Meets “The Man” Escorted to the presence of the colonel by an armed soldier did not ease his distress.

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Culture is Not Enough

Great Leadership By Dan

As a result, Peter Drucker's alleged comment that “Culture eats strategy for lunch” has become popular in our collective memory. In the high tech industry, the emergence of culture as a critical factor has been greeted with a sense of relief, a respite from the reductionistic venture investor sole focus on numbers.

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Key Performance Indicators of Good Leadership

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Guest post from Dr. Greg Alston : “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” - Peter Drucker This quote by one of the most respected management theorists of the last 100 years crystallizes the essence of how to determine whether someone is a good leader or not.

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Effective Leadership Is Just Seven Questions Away

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But I’ve discovered that to have more of an impact, to be what Peter Drucker would call “the effective executive,” managers and leaders need to stay curious a little longer and rush to action and advice a little slower. As a manager, it’s tempting to see your role as being to give advice and encourage action. That’s part of it, for sure.

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Leading From Within: Shifting Ego, Ceding Control, and Rising Empathy

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Autonomy is a key one that impacts leaders’ positions and roles which has been found to be a critical component for increasing employee engagement and thence productivity, as noted already by Peter Drucker decades ago, especially in relation to knowledge workers.

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Self-awareness (plus action) Translates to the Bottom-line

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Management guru Peter Drucker once said: “The problem in my life and other people's lives is not the absence of knowing what to do but the absence of doing it.” I’ve written about other ways to get feedback – where there’s a will there’s a way, if a leader is willing to ask and listen. It’s called the “knowing-doing gap”.

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Is it Time to Create your own Succession Plan?

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Francis Hesselbein, considered by Peter Drucker to be one of the greatest leaders of all time, said it best: “Successful transition is the last act of a great leader”. The heck with that promotion, maybe it’ll be time to replace you for not doing your job. If self-interest and fear aren’t enough motivation, then think about your legacy.

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