Six Disciplines

MARCH 25, 2011

Harry Joiner over at Marketing Headhunter , posted his favorite Top 20 quotes from the Daily Drucker , with respect being paid to management thought-leader, Peter Drucker. Leadership is not rank. Listening (the first competence of leadership) is not a skill, it is a discipline. Worth reading!! He alone gives employment.

Drucker 136

Drucker Cost of Capital Definition Commitment 136

Terry Starbucker

AUGUST 29, 2010

Plus, his communication skills were sub-par, and at about the company’s lowest point, he delivered a speech at a major trade show that was considered a rambling, unfocused, “ unmitigated disaster “ Something had to change. Thirteen years later, the stock price is now above $240, and it has a market cap bigger than Microsoft.

Technology 282

Technology Price Video Cost of Capital 282

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Second, he or she needs to understand how capital markets work. Companies that manage for shareholder value, the thinking goes, do whatever it takes to engineer an ever-higher market price. A CEO's job is about resource allocation with a goal of earning a return in excess of the opportunity cost of capital.

Short-term 12

Short-term Long-term Price CEO 12