The Effective Executive
The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
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Narrated by:
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Jim Collins
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Timothy Andrés Pabon
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Written by:
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Peter F. Drucker
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A handsome, commemorative edition of Peter F. Drucker’s timeless classic work on leadership and management, with a foreword by Jim Collins.
What makes an effective executive?
For decades, Peter F. Drucker was widely regarded as ""the dean of this country’s business and management philosophers"" (Wall Street Journal). In this concise and brilliant work, he looks to the most influential position in management—the executive.
The measure of the executive, Drucker reminds us, is the ability to ""get the right things done."" This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results.
Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that can—and must—be mastered:
- Managing time;
- Choosing what to contribute to the organization;
- Knowing where and how to mobilize strength for best effect;
- Setting the right priorities;
- Knitting all of them together with effective decision-making
Ranging across the annals of business and government, Drucker demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious business situations.
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It is a must read for anyone who works with others in a leadership role.
I recommend this book for anyone who struggles to prioritize their time.
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The forward does a great job summarizing the entire book. made this special edition worth it.
Many topics were covered from deciding how to contribute, making decisions and managing your time. Each has stories and examples throughout.
The advice is timeless, but grounded in stories from the time it was written. This is made apparent through hints at what a world could be with computers which are all bang on. I like it as it helps the book cut deeper into what makes to leaders work.
Would highly recommend.
Solid foundations for any knowledge worker
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It feels simple and concise, but I know I will be coming back to this auidobook often to review its lessons, truly a timeless classic.
Classic Principles Still Relevant Today
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Timeless and powerful
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