3 Lessons from 30 years of Leadership
Dick Harrington, former CEO of Thomson Reuters shares his 3 lessons with Tony Tjan of Cue Ball. Well worth a 3 minute read and a 30 minute reflection! Read it on Harvard Business here: http://bit.ly/18YAqz
Managing the boss. More from ‘The Boss’ Peter Drucker
Almost everybody has at least one boss. And the trend is for knowledge workers to have an increasing number of bosses, an increasing number of people on whose approval and appraisal they depend. […]
The Paradox of Choice: More is Less
You might find this useful if you are involved any way in Expectation Management, Sales, Promotion, Pricing, Service Definition, Influencing the decisions of others and Overcoming Procrastination. […]
Leadership: What to ask the person in the mirror
‘The quality of the question determines the quality of the outcome- always’ Richard Maybury I have been working with people on big picture questions a lot recently, probably a function of the times we live in. Leaders always ask great questions of themselves and others. In a recent discussion I [...]
Turbulent times: Threat or opportunity? More from Dr. Peter Drucker
Turbulence is nothing new. As I mentioned earlier, Recessions serve a valuable purpose and when I’m not looking forward and planning to do things differently, I find myself going back to the trusted and true sources of knowledge and wisdom to help me put things into perspective – a practice [...]
What can Gordon Brown teach us?
This is not the place where I get into political discussions, and, in raising these questions I’m not imputing any characteristic on, nor implying any criticism of Gordon Brown, the British Prime Minister … it’s just that these broad management and leadership questions came again to me this morning after [...]
Winning in the ruthless reality of recession and recovery: 5 essential steps
How you and I emerge from the challenge of 2009 will be very much up to us. The landscape of the next 6-8 quarters will be very different to the last 8 quarters. Relying upon the personal, team and corporate behaviours that served us well then might not be a [...]
How to use Objectives. Dr Peter Drucker
For me, Peter Drucker is the inventor of modern management. I find myself remembering and referring to his wisdom time and time again. Hey, he coined the phrase ‘Knowledge worker’ back in 1959 – he was always ahead of the game …… and is always worth revisiting …. ‘If objectives are [...]
Crisis and Leadership: reflections from Dr. Peter Drucker
For me, Peter Drucker is the inventor of modern management. I find myself remembering and referring to his wisdom time and time again. Hey, he coined the phrase ‘Knowledge worker’ back in 1959 – he was always ahead of the game …… and is always worth revisiting …. ‘Leadership is a [...]