HR Digest

MAY 8, 2023

Uses technology effectively to enhance communication and collaboration. Even if you’re not in a formal leadership position, you can still demonstrate leadership qualities in your work and make a meaningful impact on your team and your organization. Displays a passion for exploring new technologies and methodologies.

Review 105

Review Performance Review Ethics Teamwork 105

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

In 1981, Peter Drucker delivered a lecture at New York University titled “ Managing the Increasing Complexity of Large Organizations.” But, as was his wont, Drucker didn’t just provide answers. This “may be the most important question,” Drucker advised. How do you organize your entrepreneurial within the managerial?” “How

Drucker 9

Drucker Bottom-up Rogers Uncertainty 9

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Peter Drucker often talked about the importance of effectively leading knowledge workers - professionals who know more about what they are doing than their boss does. When asked to describe the qualities of leaders they do not respect, one of the most common answers from professionals is: "I hate it when leaders waste my time."

McKinsey 152

McKinsey Loyalty Competitive Advantage Learning-by-Doing 152

CO2

AUGUST 13, 2010

Co-workers are quick to pick up on this distrust and the quality and honesty of their answers may very well dip downward. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 The value of question-based leadership is greatly compromised, though, if leaders don’t trust their coworkers. The leader’s questions will ring hollow in their ears.

Executive Coaching 129

Executive Coaching Blog Execution Strategic Planning 129

CO2

JULY 14, 2010

When I was in New York last month I came in for a sitting and was amazed at both the process and the quality of image that developed before my eyes. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 He uses this very traditional method of taking a photo called Wet Plate Portraits. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

Execution 74

Execution Executive Coaching Strategic Planning Taylorism 74

CO2

AUGUST 13, 2010

The focus is generally on how leaders need to behave to engender the qualities of trust commensurate with their position. Technology and its role in travel 2.0 Often when you read leadership books, blogs, or journals, you will be inundated with views on how leaders build trust. Pulse Meme Feed What Is Your Brand Against?

Tips 74

Tips Leadership Executive Coaching Strategic Planning 74

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Digital technology is the biggest agitator of the business world today. Mobile technology, social media, cloud computing, embedded devices, big data, and analytics have radically changed the nature of work and competition. Technology has tremendous potential to be the engine of increasing human, organizational, and economic prosperity.

Management 12

Management Drucker Technology Information Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2017

Some questions have what I like to call a catalytic quality. Innovation abounds (especially in technology) and new value is being created hand over fist — yet the resulting wealth gains go to the few, while the many wind up financially worse off. Drucker Forum 2017: Growth and Inclusive Prosperity. Industrial Revolution.”

Drucker 9

Drucker Apparel Chemicals Globalization 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2017

Drucker Forum 2017: Growth and Inclusive Prosperity. This article is one in a series related to the 9th Global Peter Drucker Forum, taking place in November 2017 in Vienna, Austria. They achieve world-class quality by keeping their focus narrow; focus is the most important element of a Hidden Champion’s strategy.

Class 15

Class Drucker Globalization Film 15

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Peter Drucker has pointed out that our educational system is obsessed with people’s weaknesses. Similarly, the Japanese philosophy of perpetual quality improvement is a restless, but positive diligence. Now, Xerox is reviving its copying business by focusing on the value added by advanced technologies and color copying.

Waterman 140

Waterman Automotive Learning-by-Doing Industry 140

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 3, 2017

If we’re thinking about prosperity in broad terms, then we should also recognize it isn’t just the solutions themselves that improve quality of life – it’s also engagement in the act of solving. We’d like to add a wrinkle to Beinhocker and Hanauer’s argument. No need to wait for Elon Musk’s Neuralink.

Christensen 11

Christensen Technology Drucker Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Our brick institutions have in no way caught up with what today’s technologies make possible in terms of virtual learning and individualized, customized instruction. My criteria for judging which are most worthwhile would be to stress five neglected qualities. The reforms we enact should make our schools more: Humanity-Minded.

Education 17

Education Drucker Globalization Trends 17

Frank Sonnenberg Online

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As Peter Drucker, the management guru, said, “Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.” Leverage technology. Use technology to help you stay organized, improve efficiency, enhance communication, boost collaboration, and increase accuracy. Some folks sacrifice quality for speed.

How To 101

How To Contingency Plans Delegation Learning-by-Doing 101

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In 1985, Peter Drucker made a hopeful case for an entrepreneurial society in which innovation and the creation of new businesses would more than compensate for job losses stemming from the retreat of manufacturing industries in the U.S. Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Creativity Drucker Efficiency 8

Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Peter Drucker has pointed out that our educational system is obsessed with people''s weaknesses. Similarly, the Japanese philosophy of perpetual quality improvement is a restless, but positive diligence. Now, Xerox is reviving its copying business by focusing on the value added by advanced technologies and color copying.

Waterman 55

Waterman Follow-up Automotive Learning-by-Doing 55

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

The paradox is that companies spend millions acquiring competitive or market “intelligence” from armies of vendors and deploy the latest technology disseminating the information internally. What Did Peter Drucker Really Say? This “island mentality” is surprisingly prevalent among talented, seasoned managers.

Competitive Intelligence 8

Competitive Intelligence Company Drucker Review 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2015

The infosphere, as Luciano Floridi calls it, is the combination of the internet and computer technology that is revolutionizing our lives and work. Today’s technologies would like to reclassify us as bundles of data—be they words, numbers, or images—that the infosphere can process more easily.

Drucker 8

Drucker Technology Efficiency Software 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2015

There is, however, one evident change in recent times that is influencing the practice of managing: the digital technologies which over the past two decades have dramatically increased speed and volume in the transmission of information. And so managers’ own reports may be getting less of their time—in quality as well as quantity.

Management 8

Management Technology Information Technology Drucker 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Good parents have the same qualities as servant leaders – they are committed, focused, loving, caring, empathetic, and are present without losing sight of the future. It reminds me of Drucker’s first rule of decision making: one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement. Consensus isn’t the goal.

Consensus 388

Consensus Team Building Blog Team 388

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Drucker Forum 2015: Managing in the Digital Age. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 7th Global Drucker Forum. This post is one in a series of perspectives by presenters and participants in the 7th Global Drucker Forum , taking place November 5-6, 2015 in Vienna.

Drucker 8

Drucker Core Competence Engineering Sample 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 2, 2014

Business education today is anachronistic – it has in no way caught up with what today’s communications technologies make possible in terms of individualized instruction and virtual learning. My criteria for judging which are most worthwhile would be to stress four neglected qualities. Humanity-minded.

Education 9

Education Drucker Gordon Scientific Management 9

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 21, 2011

At many small businesses, like the coffee shop in the example above, customers value quick service just as much as they value quality service. Use technology to provide quick, efficient customer service. As the late business guru Peter Drucker said: The sole purpose of business is to serve customers.

Learning-by-Doing 62

Learning-by-Doing Price Bottom-up Finance 62

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

This is perhaps why Peter Drucker famously lamented that “we know nothing about motivation — all we can do is write books about it.” Finally, while technology and data analytics are revolutionizing many business functions , HR practices tend to lag behind.

Motivation 8

Motivation Scientific Management Drucker Goal 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2015

Yet, more than 50 years after Peter Drucker devised the term knowledge worker, it is quite disappointing to peer inside the operations of any large organization and see how little of their time knowledge workers actually spend on higher-order thinking tasks. The technologies and trends shaping tomorrow’s businesses.

Case Study 8

Case Study Software Process Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 26, 2013

Peter Drucker made the point in HBR''s pages 18 years ago, writing that "Core competencies are different for every organization. We''re figuring out that innovation is the be-all and end-all in every kind of business, and that the quality of leadership is a big factor in determining where it happens.

Core Competence 10

Core Competence Innovation Christensen Disruptive Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

One of the most sacred texts in the business world is Peter Drucker’s classic, The Practice of Management , which introduced the concept of “ management by objectives ” (MBO). If we, like the robots, pursue new and interesting directions rather than preordained goals, we’ll achieve better outcomes.

Goal 8

Goal MBO Objective Management by Objectives 8

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 6, 2015

Sheridan makes a strong case that this seemingly expensive and inefficient practice actually increases organizational productivity, learning, innovation, and quality, while reducing stress and fatigue. Yet the novel is not an anti-technology, anti-business diatribe.

Influence 100

Influence Succession Ethics Bureaucracy 100

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

That’s their calling—to ensure conformance to product specifications, work rules, deadlines, budgets, quality standards, and corporate policies. Bureaucracy is the technology of control. This post is part of a series leading up to the 2014 Global Drucker Forum , taking place November 13-14 in Vienna, Austria. He was right.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

That’s their calling—to ensure conformance to product specifications, work rules, deadlines, budgets, quality standards, and corporate policies. Bureaucracy is the technology of control. This post is part of a series leading up to the 2014 Global Drucker Forum , taking place November 13-14 in Vienna, Austria. He was right.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

To quote Peter Drucker, “The purpose of an organization is to make ordinary people do extraordinary things.” What’s different, in Haier’s case, is that the opportunity is offered to all, and selection is based on the quality of the proposal. As they say at Haier: “Haier doesn’t offer you a job, it offers you an opportunity.”

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Proposal Stage-Gate Disruptive Innovation 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

It includes books by Peter Drucker, Charles Handy, Charles Koch, Jack Welch, and Bob Sutton. link] mikemyatt Hi Jim: Shameless plugs are allowed when they direct people to quality information as does yours. I've found that they teach different lessons when you hold them up against the background of your new experiences.

Blog 419

Blog Open-book Library Learning-by-Doing 419

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

By all accounts, the Chinese state is on all-out drive to move the country up the technological ladder. Yet, along other dimensions, the state is unwittingly hindering China’s emergence as a technological giant. Drucker Forum 2016: The Entrepreneurial Society. in 2000 to 2.0% million by 2020.

Innovation 8

Innovation Drucker Policies Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 16, 2016

Better-quality feedback from customers and stakeholders, often because you’re asking them to actually buy something, rather than just spout opinions in a focus group. You want to get as close to perfection in some of these technologies as possible, but the goal also has to be progress, not just perfection.

Company 8

Company Airlines Ries Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

They also open a limited number of stores each year, trading off rapid growth for insuring the quality of their brand. In the 1950’s, Peter Drucker emphasized that business strategy needs to include “purposeful abandonment,” i.e. deciding what not to do.

Strategy 10

Strategy Telecommunications Pharmaceuticals Software 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 2, 2015

In the late 80’s, Peter Drucker predicted that in the near future technology would play a central role in increasing the effectiveness of teams. Although he was right, teams have yet to experience the full benefits of technology.

Brainstorming 8

Brainstorming Idea Generation Participative Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 14, 2015

Some have predicted that digital technologies will hasten the demise of brands because customers will have ready access to information they need to make purchase decisions, and “brand” will therefore become less relevant. This trend is powerfully reinforced by digital technologies. Marketing Branding Customers'

Brand 8

Brand Brand Valuation Power Brand Management 8