Peter Drucker on Opportunities
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Problems feel present even though they occurred in the past. Negatives exert stronger pull than positives. How to get a grip on opportunities.
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Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Problems feel present even though they occurred in the past. Negatives exert stronger pull than positives. How to get a grip on opportunities.
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 4, 2019
Welcome to the June Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Chip Bell shared The Secret Sauce of Leadership Communications. Communication. Who is Mary Follett?
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Leadership Freak
JUNE 19, 2013
Bob Buford, founder of Halftime, was mentored by Peter Drucker for over twenty years. Yesterday, Bob told me the four contributions Drucker made to him as a mentor. Before: Before sharing the four contributions, Bob reminded me that Drucker was the consummate question asker. […].
Leadership Freak
MAY 16, 2014
Extend your influence by following the example of Peter Drucker. Drucker’s 9 channels of influence: “Define the landscape.” Expose ‘white space’ – define opportunities – what is needed now.” Clarify strengths and capacities.”
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
………………………………………… Peter Drucker I caught an awkward glimpse of myself when I asked my wife, “Would you like me to tell you what I think you should do?” Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer. If I […].
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
You work to develop productive patterns. Peter Drucker Bad habits come naturally. Most leaders don’t need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop.”
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 23, 2016
Peter Drucker Wrong questions when promoting from within: When you need a supervisor for a team of engineers, the question isn’t, “Is this potential… Continue reading → “The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong questions.”
Leadership Freak
AUGUST 13, 2013
Encouragement Leading Personal Growth Taking others higher development opportunity Feedback great leaders Leadership Development peter drucker self neglect welcome feedback' Take responsibility for the swamp you slipped into. Despise downward stagnation before you […].
Leadership Freak
JUNE 1, 2014
The greatest “ship” in leadership is relationship. The priority of relationship came home to me in a follow-up call with Bob Buford.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 7, 2014
Lafley Leadership Leadership Development organizational success peter drucker' Leaders who don’t understand others become irrelevant. 10 things to understand about others: Pain […]. Influence Leading Success Taking others higher Values A.G.
Leading Blog
MARCH 7, 2012
He writes in The Shaping of an Effective Leader : Our understanding of leadership does not come to us all at once. In our instant-oriented culture we often want to short-circuit the thinking, reflecting and acting that mar our progressive development as leaders. Leadership development is a process. It takes time.
Lead Change Blog
DECEMBER 23, 2014
Year after year, Christmas after Christmas, I’ve watched the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer TV special and cringed at the atrocious leadership displayed by nearly every adult character. Of course, you know how things work out…Santa studied his Peter Drucker: The effective executive makes strength productive.
The Practical Leader
OCTOBER 10, 2012
I’ve been delivering keynotes, webinars, facilitating workshops, and discussing our Strengths-Based Leadership Development System for the past month with many highly experienced HR, Learning, and OD executives. To actually build leadership development around strengths means a big change in our models/frameworks.
The Practical Leader
NOVEMBER 28, 2012
One of the first management books I read when I became a supervisor at Culligan Water in the mid-seventies was Peter Drucker’s slim and wisdom packed book, The Effective Executive. Chapter 4; “Making Strengths Productive,” was especially helpful.
The Practical Leader
DECEMBER 17, 2012
Harvey Schachter reviewed dozens and dozens of business, leadership, and management books for The Globe & Mail last year. As I wrote in the September issue of The Leader Letter we spent an extremely busy summer getting up to speed on ZF’s powerful and very revolutionary strengths-based leadership approaches.
Leadership Freak
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Peter Drucker Bad is an erasure. “Half the leaders I have met don’t need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop.” One dingbat behavior erases many noble behaviors.… … Continue reading →
Marshall Goldsmith
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
By asking for feedback, analyzing the results, developing a focused action plan for change and following-up, leaders are perceived as more effective. Recently, one executive was asked, “How much do you spend each year on leadership development programs?” Leadership' by Marshall Goldsmith.
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Peter Drucker Top Ten toxic Behaviors of Lousy Leaders: #1. “Most leaders don’t need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop.” Neglecting relationships. A short conversation about someone’s… Continue reading →
Leadership Freak
DECEMBER 4, 2019
Peter Drucker 5 step project: #1. “A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all.” List the top three strengths of… Continue reading →
Kevin Eikenberry
AUGUST 24, 2010
Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe Leadership Lagniappe by Kevin Eikenberry on August 24, 2010 in Decision Making , Leadership Lagniappe (pronounced LAN-yap ). What is on your leadership lagniappe list? read the full Wikipedia entry ).
Leading Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
Doing Leadership. Mike Henry Sr: Un-Acts of Leadership. From @CharlesSpecht: A list of top 50 leaders on leadership. Mike Henry Sr: 8 Reasons Why Pride Is The Core Of Leadership Failure. Why Most Leadership Development Efforts Fail by @KevinEikenberry. Part 1 of 6 by @Mark_Sanborn. by @LollyDaskal.
Leadership Freak
MARCH 8, 2015
Peter Drucker believed leaders of nonprofits had lots to teach corporate leaders.
Leadership Freak
JULY 8, 2017
Peter Drucker wrote, “A person can perform only from strength. It’s too easy to point out weaknesses. Successful leaders know the top three strengths of everyone on the team. One cannot build performance… Continue reading →
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 7, 2018
Peter Drucker The leaders’ job is to help their team identify the RIGHT problem before coming up… Continue reading → “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.”
Leadership Freak
JANUARY 10, 2018
Peter Drucker believed the five most important questions you will ever ask about your organization are: What is our Mission? Who is our Customer? What does the Customer Value? What are our Results?… … Continue reading →
Leadership Freak
JULY 27, 2017
Peter Drucker The right… Continue reading → Look for leaders with forward-facing curiosity. The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong questions.”
Career Advancement
JULY 1, 2019
“Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” Peter Drucker. What should we be looking for in a training meant to prepare them for executive positions?
Coaching Tip
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015
Highly effective leadership is needed throughout every organization, from the first-level managers to the CEO. The chief human resources officer must take the lead in developing leadership programs, processes, and events to ensure that leaders are ready and effective. Can't Get Enough Leadership (ebook at $.99).
Michael Lee Stallard
AUGUST 8, 2010
Effective leadership, employee engagement and employee motivation are closely linked to the alignment of behavior with personal values. Effective leadership, employee engagement and employee motivation are closely linked to the alignment of behavior with personal values. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?
Leadership Freak
NOVEMBER 11, 2011
Peter Drucker encouraged leaders to ask, “How do we make ourselves useful?” Combining Drucker and Pink: Leaders are useful when they honor the contribution of others. Daniel Pink’s research indicates three drives motivate us. Autonomy: the desire to be self-directed. Mastery: the urge to get better at stuff.
First Friday Book Synopsis
SEPTEMBER 7, 2013
He also holds the role of Head of Learning & Collaboration at TELUS where he is responsible for the overarching leadership development, learning and collaboration strategy for the company where he introduced the TELUS Leadership Philosophy and the Learning 2.0 framework […].
Leadership Freak
JUNE 1, 2012
Peter Drucker said, “The purpose of business is to create a customer.” Sick organizational cultures focus on themselves rather than customers. Everything that distracts, dilutes, or diverts from creating customers suggests sickness. Sick organizations: Sink inward rather than reach outward. Stop learning. Struggle to keep things the same.
The Practical Leader
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
.” She wanted delegation skills to be part of the leadership development workshops we were designing for their organization. Delegation is one tip of the leadership iceberg. There is a skill set with dos and don’ts for effective delegation. Falling down the meeting sinkhole.
First Friday Book Synopsis
SEPTEMBER 28, 2013
He also holds the role of Head of Learning & Collaboration at TELUS where he is responsible for the overarching leadership development, learning and collaboration strategy for the company where he introduced the TELUS Leadership Philosophy and the Learning 2.0 framework […].
LDRLB
JANUARY 25, 2012
They need to practice personal leadership. Defining Personal Leadership. Personal leadership is the leadership of the self. In addition to the visible and interactive work of organizational leadership, personal leadership is the private, introspective part of leadership that takes place within.
Marshall Goldsmith
JUNE 19, 2014
As a 10-year board member of the Peter Drucker Foundation, I had many opportunities to listen to Peter Drucker, the world’s authority on management. During this time, Peter taught me some very important lessons about life and leadership. How do you use “What to Stop” in coaching and leadership development?
Leadership Freak
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
Drucker said, “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” The people you try to please control you and your organization. Customers drive organizations, you don’t. You are all about pleasing customers. Pleasing others, however, presents problems for you. The more people you try to please: The more frantic you and your [.].
Next Level Blog
APRIL 13, 2012
This week, I’m highlighting links on how how conductors use their whole bodies to lead their players, an exercise for being more present, the power of speaking up, and the importance of saying no, and a roundup of lessons from Peter Drucker. Click headline to continue.
Tanveer Naseer
FEBRUARY 11, 2011
Thanks BestColleges.org for selecting my blog as one of the “25 Best Management & Leadership Blogs of 2011″ [link] #. Why we can’t really assess our own skills and performance [link] # leadership #perception #. RT @ TheHollandGroup : Coffee House Book Review – The Drucker Lectures by Peter F. Thanks Wally!
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 4, 2011
The man who always knows what people cannot do, but never sees what they can do, will undermine the spirit of the organization,” Peter Drucker. “A man should never be appointed to a managerial position if his vision focuses on people’s weaknesses rather than on their strengths. John Zenger, co-author of the HBR article, Making [.].
Leadership Freak
OCTOBER 8, 2011
Drucker said, “The truly dangerous thing is asking the wrong questions.” Image source: Who ever said there are no stupid questions was wrong. ” Your questions establish, limit, and maintain the focus of others. A question: How many passes? (55 video) Wrong questions – wrong direction: Questions control perceptions.
Eric Jacobson
NOVEMBER 26, 2014
Perhaps a book that will help you improve your leadership skills. A couple years ago, members of five groups on the professional social media web site LinkedIn voluntarily recommended their favorite books about leadership. They responded to a group discussion question, "Best Leadership Books -- What''s Your Favorite?"
Marshall Goldsmith
MARCH 4, 2013
As a board member of the Peter Drucker Foundation for 10 years, I had the privilege of listening to Peter speak on many occasions. One of my favorite Peter Drucker quotes is, “The leader of the past knew how to tell – the leader of the future will know how to ask.” Learning to Ask. Start asking. ” Asking works.
Michael Lee Stallard
JULY 15, 2010
Michael Lee Stallard Insights on Leadership and Employee Engagement Home About Hire to Speak Press Kit US Navy and U2: What Connection? The Institute was formed to promote strong leadership in the social sector. Jason and I support the Institute’s work by sharing our work and ideas related to Connection Cultures.
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