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

Tanveer Naseer

To start off this new series, I’d like to share my review of the book “The Drucker Lectures” which I received as a review copy courtesy of the publisher. Of course, having coined the term “knowledge worker”, many of the lectures featured in this book touch on the realities of today’s information age.

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20 Quotes From The Daily Drucker

Six Disciplines

Harry Joiner over at Marketing Headhunter , posted his favorite Top 20 quotes from the Daily Drucker , with respect being paid to management thought-leader, Peter Drucker. The ultimate test of an information system is that there are no surprises. Worth reading!! The critical question is not "How can I achieve?"

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3 Practices CEOs Can Learn from the Girl Scouts

Michael Lee Stallard

During her twenty-four-year tenure, Girl Scout membership quadrupled to nearly three and a half million, diversity more than tripled, and the organization was transformed into what Peter Drucker described as “the best-managed organization around.” Rather than lecturing, her style is to ask insightful questions to draw out relevant issues.

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Leading For A Better Tomorrow

Tanveer Naseer

Peter Drucker, who was considered to be the “father of modern management,” did not mince words when he advised managers and leaders about the dangers of complacency and putting off the future. In regards to the future, Drucker advocated using this with kaizen, or continuous, ongoing improvement.

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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. Questions also enable leaders to gather more complete information, especially in times of crisis or change. Author Gary Cohen calls this tendency the “just tell” style of leadership.

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Gary Hamel on “The Core Incompetencies of the Corporation”

First Friday Book Synopsis

To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Note: This post is part of a series leading […]. Here is an excerpt from an article written by Gary Hamel for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network.

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Thoughts on the Presidency

Leading Blog

The President is, first of all, a manager.” — Peter Drucker, How to Make the Presidency Manageable, Fortune November 1974. Some do not.” — Elizabeth Drew, The New Yorker , Running, November 23, 1975. You can’t just appoint smart people.” Newt Gingrich, 2011. Inspiring rhetoric is necessary—but only in moderation.