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In 2014, Resolve to Make Your Business Human Again

Harvard Business Review

Peter Drucker famously said that the point of a business was to create a customer. Happily though, the era of shareholder value maximization , which arguably started in the early 1980s when Jack Welch pronounced that General Electric’s primary purpose was to maximize returns for its investors, seems to be reaching its final days.

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Top 16 Books for Human Resource and Talent Management Executives

Chart Your Course

Ineffective companies operate only from the other two layers. Drucker is considered the most influential management thinker ever, and the one who introduced the term “Knowledge Worker.” Drucker passed away in 2005. By Jack Welch. Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2011). By Daniel H.

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What All Great Leaders Have In Common | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

It includes books by Peter Drucker, Charles Handy, Charles Koch, Jack Welch, and Bob Sutton. I've found that they teach different lessons when you hold them up against the background of your new experiences. Here's a link to a recent "re-reading" list. link] mikemyatt Thanks for sharing your reading list Wally.

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Why Write A Book

CO2

Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. All Rights Reserved. www.YourBookIsYourHook.com About the Author As President and Co-founder of ACI Telecentrics, Inc., Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

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