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“Leadership is Marketing” – Peter Drucker Said What?

Tanveer Naseer

Byrne’s list of Drucker’s major accomplishments included: Introducing the idea of decentralization, a concept that became basic to every large organization in the world. However, for a long time he seemed to acknowledge its importance, but ignored the concept of leadership. Drucker Avoided Leadership. Drucker Avoided Leadership.

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Culture Counts

Leading Blog

Perhaps two of the biggest barriers today to establishing and perpetuating an enduring corporate culture are: excessive CEO and executive compensation packages, reflective of greed and a short-term mindset; and. He is the author of numerous publications in the field of leadership, organizational behavior and management.

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Layoffs Rarely Pay Off: Here are 15 Alternatives

The Practical Leader

Leaders who care about people and building long-term trust, treat layoffs as the very last, desperate step. We can look back to those experiences for leadership lessons on navigating through the financial crisis many companies now face. These times also accentuate the power of decentralized decision making.

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Do You Speak the Language of Performance Driven Execution?

N2Growth Blog

But to the surprise of most leaders today, increasing overall performance has become a complex, and in some cases, a Bermuda Triangle-like mysterious process that continues to baffle even the smartest people in the field of leadership and change. Novo: Change the Lens of Thought-leadership and the Approach to Professional Development.

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Frontline Festival: Leaders Give Pointers on Creating Connection

Let's Grow Leaders

Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership shares the most important single thing you can do to create connections and start conversations. Jesse Lyn Stoner of Seapoint Center for Collaborative Leadership reminds us that identifying team values are a great way to create team connection. Follow Wally. Follow Jesse Lyn. Follow Shelley.

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

Some argue that profits are stagnant because of short-termism—that decades of focusing on current profits over long-run innovativeness has resulted, now, in companies that are hollowed out. Most attempts to combat short-termism are flawed because they focus on changing CEO behavior through some combination of pleading and incentives.

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What It’s Like to Be Owned by Berkshire Hathaway

Harvard Business Review

Berkshire Hathaway is known for its extreme decentralization. A long-term investment horizon improves operating performance. Reasons for this vary, although respondents referred to the financial strength of the company, independent operation, brand value, and Buffett’s long-term investment horizon.