It's only with the Practice of Leadership that we Change our World!
In his book “The Effective Executive” Peter Drucker discusses the five essential practices that are hallmarks of effective executives: Effective executives know where their time goes. They work systematically at managing the little of their time that can be brought under their control. Effective executives focus on outward contribution. They gear their efforts to results rather than work. [...]
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In John Maxwell’s valuable new book, Talent is Never Enough, he cites Peter Drucker on effectiveness, “There seems to be little correlation between a man’s effectiveness and his intelligence, his imagination, or his knowledge…Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge are essential resources, but only effectiveness converts them into results. By themselves, they only set limits to [...]
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Ram Charan co-author of the popular book “Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done” which I previously reviewed here, has just released a new book on leadership titled “Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don’t“. Ram Charan’s insight into the real content of leadership provides you with the eight [...]
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What are f-LAWS you may ask? The f-LAWS website says that: f-LAWS are truths about organizations that we might wish to deny or ignore – simple and more reliable guides to managers’ everyday behaviour than the complex truths proposed by scientists, economists, sociologists, politicians and philosophers. In 1958, Professor Cyril Northcote Parkinson first articulated Parkinson’s [...]
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Carmine Gallo, wrote an interesting article in BusinessWeek titled Starbucks’ Secret Ingredient discussing the communication skills and passion of Starbuck’s Chairman Howard Schultz. His powerful communication skills define a leader who knows not only what he stands for, but also the values he promotes, and who knows how to make an emotional connection with his [...]
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