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Lessons I Learned from the Father of Modern Management, Peter Drucker

Marshall Goldsmith

At one meeting of the Board of the Peter Drucker Foundation, I asked Peter, “You have written so much about mission—what is your mission?”. He not only taught me about management, he also taught me about life. Peter Drucker did not just teach by what he wrote—he taught by who he was. I hope you’ll find them helpful too!

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Lessons I Learned from Peter Drucker

Marshall Goldsmith

At one meeting of the Board of the Peter Drucker Foundation, I asked Peter, “You have written so much about mission—what is your mission?”. He not only taught me about management, he also taught me about life. Peter Drucker did not just teach by what he wrote—he taught by who he was. Marshall Goldsmith.

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4 Ways to Manage through Turbulent Times

Marshall Goldsmith

In 1980, Peter Drucker wrote a cutting-edge book called Managing in Turbulent Times. [Edited from Lifestorming by Marshall Goldsmith and Alan Weiss]. Today, turbulent times are the norm, so we might as well get used to them and get better at dealing with them. Features of today’s turbulent times include: No expectation of privacy.

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Voting ends Sept 1st for Thinkers50 Top Management Thinker Award for 2013

Marshall Goldsmith

It is now the premier global ranking of management thinkers. Previous winners of the Top Management Thinker Award have included Peter Drucker (2001 & 2003), Michael Porter (2005), CK Prahalad (2007 & 2009), and Clayton Christensen (2011). If you haven’t yet heard of Thinkers50, here is a little background.

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Be a Better Leader – Be More Like Your Heroes!

Marshall Goldsmith

Peter Drucker, Father of Modern Management. Peter Drucker – extremely generous, great teacher. Peter Drucker taught me one of the most fundamental concepts that I use in all of my coaching and client work – how to effectively influence decision makers keeping one key notion in mind. Alan Mulally, Former Ford CEO.

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Teaching Leaders What to Stop

Marshall Goldsmith

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. Speaking when angry: Using emotional volatility as a management tool. During this time, Peter taught me some very important lessons about life and leadership. 1-858-759-0950.

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Advice on Getting From Here to There

Marshall Goldsmith

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. Lots of Common Sense.

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