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Peter Drucker on The Effective Executive

QAspire

Probably a reason why top leaders in organizations are referred to as executives – the one who executes, not just someone with a fancy title and corner office. The June 2004 article by Peter Drucker in Harvard Business titled “ What Makes an Effective Executive ” is a must read, if you are a student of leadership.

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

Tanveer Naseer

One of the new features I will be adding to my blog this year is what I’m calling the “Coffee House Book Review”, which will feature reviews on books from the fields of leadership, management, marketing, and other areas of interest to those who are running or managing a business or organization.

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Thoughts That Make You Go Hmmm on…Making Strengths Productive (Peter Drucker)

The Practical Leader

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. But it can be improved with practice.”

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Designing Our Work: 5 Factors That Drive Job Satisfaction

QAspire

Consider these aspects of doing the work that matters (to you and then to the world): a) So many people I know work in roles and organizations where they feel stuck, and they remain stuck because they lack courage, opportunities or skills to open a dialogue about how they want to work. Being a Self-Aware Leader: Tasha Eurich.

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Entrepreneurs Need A Detailed Understanding Of Their Customer’s Problems

The Horizons Tracker

The deluge of easy money into the sector has prompted many would-be entrepreneurs to take their eye off the ball, and whereas Peter Drucker famously said that the only real purpose of a business is to create a customer, the current entrepreneurial landscape allows founders to get rich without worrying too much about that.

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Designing Our Work: 5 Factors That Drive Job Satisfaction

QAspire

Consider these aspects of doing the work that matters (to you and then to the world): a) So many people I know work in roles and organizations where they feel stuck, and they remain stuck because they lack courage, opportunities or skills to open a dialogue about how they want to work.

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Developing Leaders to Drive Business Results

Coaching Tip

Highly effective leadership is needed throughout every organization, from the first-level managers to the CEO. Few depictions of effective leadership have withstood the test of time as well as that of Peter Drucker , who articulated the eight core practices of the effective leaders he worked with over his sixty-year career. ebook at $.99).