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9780060742447

The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-06-08
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

These 366 daily readings have been harvested from Drucker's lifetime of work. At the bottom of each page, the reader will find an action point that spells out exactly how to put Drucker's management ideas into practice.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Sources by Day
Sources by Book
Readings by Topic
Annotated Bibliography
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The Daily Drucker
366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done

1 January

Integrity in Leadership

The spirit of an organization is created from the top.

The proof of the sincerity and seriousness of a management is uncompromisingemphasis on integrity of character. This, above all, has to besymbolized in management's "people" decisions. For it is characterthrough which leadership is exercised; it is character that sets the exampleand is imitated. Character is not something one can fool people about. Thepeople with whom a person works, and especially subordinates, know in afew weeks whether he or she has integrity or not. They may forgive a personfor a great deal: incompetence, ignorance, insecurity, or bad manners. Butthey will not forgive a lack of integrity in that person. Nor will they forgivehigher management for choosing him.

This is particularly true of the people at the head of an enterprise. Forthe spirit of an organization is created from the top. If an organization isgreat in spirit, it is because the spirit of its top people is great. If it decays, itdoes so because the top rots; as the proverb has it, "Trees die from the top."No one should ever be appointed to a senior position unless top managementis willing to have his or her character serve as the model for subordinates.

Action Point: Evaluate the character of the CEO and top management when considering a job offer. Align yourself with people who have integrity.

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366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done
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