Lead from Within

JUNE 10, 2018

” –Peter Drucker. “Leadership is the ability to establish standards and manage a creative climate where people are self-motivated toward the mastery of long-term constructive goals, in a participatory environment of mutual respect, compatible with personal values.” .” —-Tony Blair.

Leadership 161

Leadership Definition Follow-up Influence 161

CO2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

When you consider the values in your company do you consider them in terms of bounded or unbounded values. If we really admit it to ourselves we don’t really care – we just love to explore ideas to make things better. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against? John Sullivan FORA.tv

Innovation 74

Innovation Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Definition 74

CO2

JANUARY 3, 2011

Once you have done this you then look at that information in terms of context or Orientation. The idea is that when moving to action you first observe the battlefield or what ever areana you are operating in. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against? John Sullivan FORA.tv

Executive Coaching 68

Executive Coaching Blog Execution Strategic Planning 68

Marshall Goldsmith

APRIL 5, 2011

Peter Drucker Peter Drucker has written extensively about the impact of the knowledge worker in modern organizations. To again quote Drucker, “The person of knowledge has always been expected to take responsibility for being understood. Every organization has limited resources, time and energy.

Influence 139

Influence Drucker Guidelines Ethics 139

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2018

Note, for example, the spirited defense by Paul Polman of Unilever of his long-term, sustainable business philosophy in the wake of a takeover attempt. We must use these technologies to unleash human potential — undoubtedly the most underused resource on the planet — and bring greater purpose, meaning, and values to work.

Drucker 13

Drucker Long-term Short-term Decentralization 13

CO2

OCTOBER 12, 2010

When you consider the values in your company do you consider them in terms of bounded or unbounded values. If we really admit it to ourselves we don’t really care – we just love to explore ideas to make things better. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against? John Sullivan FORA.tv

Innovation 60

Innovation Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Definition 60

CO2

JANUARY 4, 2011

At the time our mission statement was, “ Anything for a buck, as long as it is legal and ethical. &# So we were paid to take a newsletter promotion Sid was doing for his business, we was a gifted writer (and a student of great copy writers), and attach a penny to each of the 18,000 newsletters. John Sullivan FORA.tv

Execution 88

Execution Blog Executive Coaching USP 88

CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

The idea of vision goes back to a term that says we must look past the horizon for something that can only be seen in the minds eye but not really seen by our senses. Vision,” Jonathan Swift wrote, “is the art of seeing things invisible. Many organizations struggle with their vision because they only look to the horizon and not past it.

Executive Coaching 104

Executive Coaching Execution Strategic Planning Marketing 104

CO2

DECEMBER 10, 2010

The idea of vision goes back to a term that says we must look past the horizon for something that can only be seen in the minds eye but not really seen by our senses. Vision,” Jonathan Swift wrote, “is the art of seeing things invisible. Many organizations struggle with their vision because they only look to the horizon and not past it.

Executive Coaching 104

Executive Coaching Execution Strategic Planning Marketing 104

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

In his landmark 1985 book, Innovation and Entrepreneurship , famed author and educator Peter Drucker wrote about an entrepreneurial society and its impact on economic development. A society’s ability to develop innovations that continually solve problems is the best index to its long-term growth and prosperity.

Drucker 11

Drucker Entrepreneur Innovation Banking 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

The problem with the term “maximize shareholder value” is that it has been hijacked by those who incorrectly believe that the goal is to maximize short-term earnings to boost today’s stock price. Properly understood, maximizing shareholder value means allocating resources so as to maximize long-term cash flow.

Short-term 10

Short-term Long-term Objective Incentives 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

We hear similar ideas in Peter Drucker’s bestseller, The Age of Discontinuity , where he argues that all sectors of society are “affected with the public interest” but must operate in symbiosis, like an orchestra—each playing its own part in collaboration with other institutions.

Company 10

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 10

CO2

JUNE 29, 2010

Twenty thousand years ago most people lived in small, nomadic groups, and these groups offered individuals more protection, resources for securing food, and mating opportunities than they would have had on their own. Engagement is concerned with the level of effort people put forth at work.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Execution Blog Self-aware 129

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2014

Hayes and Abernathy laid the blame instead at management’s doorstep – citing in particular the short-termism that had infected the managerial community and caused them to underinvest in long-term innovation projects. Cowen is right when he describes today’s technologies as displacers of human work, but that is not the only possibility.

Management 11

Management Drucker Short-term Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

Organization as machine – this imagery from our industrial past continues to cast a long shadow over the way we think about management today. Organizations still emphasize exploitation of existing advantages , driving a short-term orientation that many bemoan. This was the rise of what Drucker famously dubbed “knowledge work.”

Six Sigma 9

Six Sigma Drucker P&L Short-term 9

LDRLB

MARCH 10, 2014

DAVID: I think that’s the great point and also, last podcast we were talking to William Cohen and he actually mentioned that a lot of times … he studied under Peter Drucker. Drucker’s right and you’re right. DAVID: I find that often if I’m in line with what Drucker said, I am right, so that works really well.

Drucker 74

Drucker Books Learning-by-Doing Leadership 74

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2017

The tech sector, which has become as famous for toxic company cultures as for innovation, and as well-known for human resource headaches as for hoodie-wearing CEOs, could use a little of the mellowness and wisdom that comes with age. Management theorist Peter Drucker was famously curious. Wisdom is about pattern recognition.

Industry 15

Industry Library Hotels Human Resources 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2011

This type of short-term alliance allows us to further test our working relationship, which might later lead to collaboration on an article, and so forth. It was not too long ago that I believed people who couldn't spell were dumb. As Peter Drucker said, "The leaders who work most effectively, don't think 'I', they think 'we'.'we'

Micromanagement 22

Micromanagement Hammer Drucker Short-term 22

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

It makes it difficult for internal renegades to attract talent and cash, since resource allocation is controlled by executives whose emotional equity is invested in the past. As long as control is exalted at the expense of freedom, our organizations will remain incompetent at their core. For too long we’ve been fiddling at the margins.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

It makes it difficult for internal renegades to attract talent and cash, since resource allocation is controlled by executives whose emotional equity is invested in the past. As long as control is exalted at the expense of freedom, our organizations will remain incompetent at their core. For too long we’ve been fiddling at the margins.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Many business leaders are fond of the spurious Peter Drucker quote that “you can’t manage what you can’t measure.” Metrics tried and proven over years become a guide to what’s important, driving resource allocation. ” This attractive, apocryphal quote breaks down upon inspection. Who takes the hit?

Metrics 8

Metrics Business Model Retail Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2013

A simple summary of the work suggests that CEOs believe that CIOs are not in sync with the new issues CEOs are facing, CIOs do not understand where the business needs to go, and CIOs do not have a strategy, in terms of opportunities to be pursued or challenges to be addressed in support of the business.

CIO 8

CIO ROI Agility Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2014

Peter Drucker wrote : “One is responsible for one’s impacts, whether they are intended or not. Beyond blighting many lives, every one of these “social” problems imposes a huge tax on society by increasing the costs of security and healthcare and allocating resources to unproductive uses, like prisons. according to Bloomberg.com.

Golden Parachute 11

Golden Parachute Apparel Trends Short-term 11

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Definitions Of Key Business Terms We talk about, read about and hear about "customers," "mission," and "customer value" all the time and perhaps sometimes we struggle with fully understanding the best definition of those terms. What resources do you need to get the job done? I like Peter F.

Definition 56

Definition Mission Statement Mentor Drucker 56

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

Peter Drucker wrote that Sloan was “the first to work out how to systematically organize a big company. The board said that it “believes that the Award will continue to incentivize and motivate Elon to lead Tesla over the long-term, particularly in light of his other business interests ” (emphasis mine).

Transportation 8

Transportation Automotive Brand Engineering 8

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

So, before you launch a blog be sure you have the time, staff and resources to post consistently and for the long-term. What resources do you need to get the job done? Finally, remember that your blog is a promise to customers that you will communicate with them honestly and regularly.

Blog 56

Blog Company How To Mentor 56

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 18, 2010

It is amazing how much shorter a long line feels when you are talking to someone versus focusing on how long the line is. What resources do you need to get the job done? Turn off the television, turn off the cell phone and pay attention to the people around you. • Smile and talk to strangers that you meet.

Advice 56

Advice Mentor Mission Statement Tips 56

Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 1, 2010

If you take too long to follow through, its as bad as not following through at all. What resources do you need to get the job done? But, following through is critical to keeping your team effective and efficient. And its necessary for gaining respect from your employees. Following through also means doing so in a timely fashion.

Mentor 56

Mentor Mission Statement Tips Learning-by-Doing 56

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 15, 2010

For long-term employees, find ways to keep their jobs interesting through new assignments and challenges. What resources do you need to get the job done? Encourage employees to make suggestions for improvement whether those ideas are large or small. Conduct meetings around specific issues and brainstorm solutions.

Mentor 50

Mentor Mission Statement Brainstorming Tips 50

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Another benefit is that much of the content produced in this medium is not from the typical industry pundits, but rather true “in the trenches” thought leaders that see things coming long before journalists report it in the news, or the so-called gurus publish it in their latest book. I'm sure our readers will find it to be of benefit.

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 10, 2010

Dont use long sentences. What resources do you need to get the job done? Use the "high priority" option only when the topic is critical. Use a meaningful subject line for your e-mail to make it easy for co-workers to find and reference the e-mail at a later date. Experiment with internal " no e-mail Fridays." Companies, such as U.S.

Productivity 50

Productivity Products Mentor Mission Statement 50

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Already, in his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom Friedman had declared that “there is one and only one social responsibility of business–to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud.”

Supply Chain 13

Supply Chain Bureaucracy Short-term Agility 13