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14 Management Thoughts by Peter Drucker
Peter Drucker & 14 Management Thoughts
1. What Needs to Be Done
Successful leaders don’t start out asking, “What do I want to do?” They ask, “What needs to be done?” Then they ask, “Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?” They don’t tackle things they aren’t good at. They make sure other necessities get done, but not by them. Successful leaders make sure that they succeed! They are not afraid of strength in others. Andrew Carnegie wanted to put on his gravestone, “Here lies a man who knew how to put into his service more able men than he was himself.”
2. Check Your Performance
Effective leaders check their performance. They write down, “What do I hope to achieve if I take on this assignment?” They put away their goals for six months and then come back and check their performance against goals. This way, they find out what they do well and what they do poorly. They also find out whether they picked the truly important things to do. I’ve seen a great many people who are exceedingly good at execution, but exceedingly poor at picking the important things. They are magnificent at getting the unimportant things done. They have an impressive record of achievement on trivial matters.
management funda ( mantras ) from richard branson
There is, says flamboyant British entrepreneur Richard Branson, a method to his madness. If his dangerous stunts and bizarre behaviour get him, and more importantly his companies, on the front pages of newspapers, Branson will more than gratefully go a little crazy.
The man who entered businesses because he believed he could do it better, or because he thought the existing players were short-changing customers, has interesting business mantras that he lives by.
A self-confessed dyslexic — he still mis-spells words — who was not able to complete his graduation, Branson believes his biggest strengths are his family, his love for people, his love for life and his ability to work extremely hard. Not to mention, of course, a strong sense of the outrageous enhanced by a strong sense of drama.
Managing Your Boss
The relationship with your boss is probably the most important relationship you have at work.
Boss management can stimulate better performance, improve your working life, job satisfaction, and workload. Give your boss a hand and reap the rewards.
When we think of managing someone, we usually think of managing our team members or subordinates. The above title appeared for the first time a few years ago in a Harvard Business Review article written by two well known socio-psychologists.
Their argument was that in modern companies, subordinates are not solely dependent on their bosses, but that today’s complexity requires interdependence: the boss needs her team as well.
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