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35 Leadership Quotes from the 10th Global Peter Drucker Forum

Leading Blog

This year’s theme was Management: The Human Dimension. Management has maybe become too machine smitten. Many managers mix up formulating a strategy and developing a plan. Philip Kotler, Professor, Kellogg School of Management. ? Henry Mintzberg, Professor, McGill University. ? I have commitment.

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Powering with Passion and Teaming with Energy

The Practical Leader

In A Tale of Two Managers: Command versus Commitment , I contrasted two leaders, Denise and Joel. Denise balances management and leadership very effectively. Joel is out of balance with a techno-management approach. She sees people as adults who are generally self-managing. Denise cares about people.

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Elevating Organizational Mental Health and Wellbeing with CoachingOurselves

Coaching Ourselves

Elevate your organization’s commitment to health and wellbeing with “ Psychological Protection at Work ” and many other relevant CoachingOurselves peer learning discussion guides. Workload Management 10. For 15 years, CoachingOurselves has been a trusted partner to McGill University. Involvement and Influence 9. Engagement 11.

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For Managers Who Want to be Part of the Solution: New Sustainability Module “One Planet Business”

Coaching Ourselves

CoachingOurselves, the world leader in peer coaching is reinforcing our commitment to CSR with the publishing of our new sustainability module “ One Planet Business ” by authors Jean-Paul and Sally Jeanrenaud. We are proud to join forces with the Jeanrenauds who exemplify expertise and commitment to practical action.

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Stop Comparing Management to Sports

Harvard Business Review

Invariably, they offer tantalizing stories of commitment, perseverance, and the sweet joy of winning. The message for managers is clear: this is the way to outcompete your business rivals; these are the traits that will bring you and your company commercial victory. Good management is not like a competitive sport.

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To P or Not to P: Does Your Purpose Provoke Passion?

The Practical Leader

McGill University management professor and author, Henry Mintzberg said, “an organization without human commitment is like a person without a soul: Skeleton, flesh, and blood may be able to consume and to excrete, but there is no life force.”

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Are Business Schools Clueless or Evil?

Harvard Business Review

The list includes the brightest stars in the firmament of management thinkers. Pfeffer , Goshal , Bennis , Mintzberg , Adler , Khurana , Starkey , Podolny , to name a few. Within their walls, managers revisit their identities and aspirations. After all, we are trained as social scientists and managers. Let me be clear.