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Leading Through Questions: The Transformative Power of Inquiry

CO2

“The leader of the future will be a person who knows how to ask questions,” wrote management guru Peter Drucker. ” “Is there alignment between our stated and operating values?” So take Peter Drucker’s advice when leading your team – adopt a “know how to ask” mindset.

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Socially Responsible Business Can Only Succeed If It Becomes a Movement

Harvard Business Review

In it, he points to the growing threat posed by activist investors who push for short-term share-boosting tactics without regard for firms’ long-term viability. Companies must benefit all of their stakeholders, including shareholders, employees, customers, and the communities in which they operate.” ”

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20 Leadership Books You Might Not Have Read

N2Growth Blog

The Essential Drucker - Peter Drucker was the most noted management thinker of his time. This book combines several of his best pieces in one volume, and is a must read for anyone looking to understand organizational, operational, or cultural management theory. I had the chance to meet Peter on two different occasions.

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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

It is the responsibility of executive leadership to set the tone for great teamwork by putting forth a clearly articulated vision, and then aligning every aspect of strategic and tactical decisioning with said vision. It reminds me of Drucker’s first rule of decision making: one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement.

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“Government Entrepreneur” is Not an Oxymoron

Harvard Business Review

But imagine if the road that led to the Seattle City Council ridesharing hearings this month — with rulings that sharply curtail UberX, Lyft, and Sidecar’s operations there — had been a vastly different one. It still operates today. What would it take? Answer: more public entrepreneurs. Public entrepreneurship is entrepreneurship.

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The Big Picture of Business – Becoming a Legend

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. Business Hall of Fame that I met Peter Drucker. The secret to long-term success lies in mapping out the vision and building a body of work that supports it. by Hank Moore. Any company or organization is like a tree. It was by being inducted into the U.S.

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The Most Efficient Die Early

Harvard Business Review

In combat, the fact that someone is actively trying to disrupt your operation changes the calculation. Only after more than two years of combat and death did units begin adjusting their tactics in Iraq and Afghanistan, but adjust they did. This was not a new lesson, at least to the armed forces.