What makes an effective executive?
For decades, Peter F. Drucker has been 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 managementthe 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 and avoiding what is unproductive. In an executive position, intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results.
Drucker identifies five practices essential to business effectiveness that canand mustbe 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.
