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Peter Drucker on The Effective Executive

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But Peter Drucker, whose work has played a defining role in my own growth as a manager and leader, identified eight practices of effective executive based on his observations over 65 years of his consulting career. – Peter Drucker, What Makes an Effective Executive. The first two practices gave them the knowledge they needed.

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Future of Work: Four Shifts Leaders Must Focus on

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In this context, I read an excellent post by Kenneth Mikkelsen titled “ Seeing the World with Fresh Eyes ” at Drucker Forum blog. Peter Drucker understood that better than most people. Drucker saw these gaps as an invitation to innovate.

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Micro-Habits of High Impact Managers

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Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.” – Peter Drucker. Leaders carry a responsibility to ensure their team’s physical as well as mental well being, while enabling them to do their best work.

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Being a Self-Aware Leader: Tasha Eurich

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Because only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence.” – Peter Drucker, Managing Oneself. As human beings, we evolve and change continuously. Over a period of time, our interests, world view, ways of working, speed of thinking, approach to learning changes.

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Micro-Habits of High Impact Managers

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Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.” – Peter Drucker In this context, I recently read the article “ 25 Micro-Habits of High-Impact Managers ” that contains some very useful insights from First Round Community.

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Designing Our Work: 5 Factors That Drive Job Satisfaction

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We have touched upon the topic of how to build self-awareness and here are a few posts and sketchnotes that can help: Leading the Self in Tough Times: Drucker Revisited. It starts with self-awareness – and then key characteristics that you look for in the work in order to make your biggest contributions. Self-awareness. Job Characteristics.

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Drucker’s Err – The Purpose of Business

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Drucker got it wrong. Drucker famously wrote that “ the purpose of business is to create and keep a customer. ” I’m as much a fan of Drucker’s as any management scholar, but I have to part ways with him here. The purpose of business is NOT to create or to keep a customer.

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