The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done (Harperbusiness Essentials)

What makes an effective executive?

The measure of the executive, Peter F. 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 learned:

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 widely through the annals of business and government, Peter F. Drucker demonstrates the distinctive skill of the executive and offers fresh insights into old and seemingly obvious business situations.

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-29-2009; Transcends the "Business Book" Genre; Drucker defines "Executive" widely -- an executive is basically anyone who makes decisions regarding how to spend one's time in order to further the goals of the organization. By this definition anyone can benefit from reading Drucker's...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-01-2009; Sticking to the fundamentals; I read this as an MBA student and it helped a lot throughout my formative years in the business world. Reading it now (12 years later) as the owner of my own business makes me appreciate this classic even more. It's a great book to have...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-02-2009; Still relevant after 40 years - Effectiveness is habit; I have taught this book in a dozen university courses. It remains a classic for understanding effectiveness in organizations and specifically "how to manage oneself".Even after 40 years, the book remains relevant. Most of my students,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-20-2009; Handy guide to becoming a top executive; As an author and an intellectual, the late Peter F. Drucker was a true business sage. Recognized as the father of modern management, Drucker forecast numerous pivotal trends, including decentralization, privatization and the development...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jun-29-2009; Transcends the "Business Book" Genre; Drucker defines "Executive" widely -- an executive is basically anyone who makes decisions regarding how to spend one's time in order to further the goals of the organization. By this definition anyone can benefit from reading Drucker's...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-27-1998; Advice is sensible but the examples are "out of touch"; No doubt that Drucker is a master when it comes to what makes executives effective. But his advice is a lot about common sense and his examples of effective leadership often date back to the mid-50's and earlier. I enjoyed reading the...; read full review | report as inappropriate