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Santa the Strength-Blind Leader

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Of course, you know how things work out…Santa studied his Peter Drucker: The effective executive makes strength productive. Santa ignores Rudolph’s obvious leaping skills because of his nose. The workshop foreman ridicules Harvey (the elf with dentistry aspirations). He knows that one cannot build on weakness.

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Create a Strategy for Creating a Strategy

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As Peter Drucker said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Each year, they are challenged by their stakeholders to do better than they did the prior year. To succeed, a leader needs to focus on business as usual and at the same time spend time thinking about the future. How do we best focus on strategy? Visualize the future.

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June 2019 Leadership Development Carnival

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’ Peter Drucker called her ‘the mother of modern management.’ Jesse explains: “According to Warren Bennis, ‘Just about everything written today about leadership and organizations comes from Mary Parker Follett’s writings and lectures.’ ’ Today’s world is ready for and needs her wisdom.

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Focusing on “We” Instead of “Me”

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Organizational development and management consultant Peter Drucker said, “The most important thing in communications is hearing what isn’t said.” Because he couldn’t or wouldn’t or both clarify his expectations, my finished project didn’t please him, and everyone lost. They listen.

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