Name: A Year with Peter Drucker
Rating: 4.3 (68 reviews)
Author: Joseph A. Maciariello

What’s in it for me? Learn the secrets of management according to guru Peter Drucker.

Peter Drucker’s ideas are everywhere. For business managers, saying Drucker is important is as obvious as saying humans need oxygen to breathe.

Yet too often, Drucker’s clear, insightful theories on modern business management have been muddied by the jargon-filled gobbledygook of later studies and management books.

A close associate of Drucker, author Joseph Maciariello, has changed all this. A Year With Drucker shines a clarifying light on Drucker’s core ideas on what makes a good business manager.

Drucker’s philosophy explains that managers aren’t just faceless robots, locked up in dreary corporate office parks. Instead, they are like superheroes, capable of incredible feats of intelligence – even able to save the world!

After reading these blinks, you’ll know:

why “Druckerisms” are such a big deal in the business world;
how business managers by donating their time could cure illiteracy; and
which two important concentration skills a manager needs to have.

To become a strong leader, use your early career as a launchpad for future professional success.

So you’ve just earned your MBA, and the first few job offers are rolling in!

Although you’re ready to take the world by storm, don’t just rush in. Your early work decisions will play a huge part in shaping your future career.

Drucker suggests you take your time in finding the right job, ideally a position that will give you room to grow and develop as a leader.

It helps to seek out businesses that don’t just create products, but also are known to promote the intellectual and moral growth of employees and future managers.

These tips are especially pertinent for knowledge workers, a concept which first appeared in Drucker’s 1959 book, Landmarks of Tomorrow.

As with scientists, lawyers and business managers, a knowledge worker’s primary skill is her intellectual expertise.

Since most knowledge workers won’t stay with the same company for their entire career, it’s especially important to start thinking early on about what the future will bring. More precisely, knowledge workers should prepare themselves for future leadership positions.

So, if you want to position yourself for a successful managerial career, you need to start by managing yourself. This means figuring out your strengths, weaknesses and unique skills.

To do this, Drucker recommends feedback analysis. Whenever you make a key decision, record what you expect will happen as a result. After a period of time (six months, 12 months and so on), compare the actual results with your preliminary expectations.

If you keep this up for a few years, a pattern should emerge. You’ll get a better sense of your strengths and weaknesses, and also figure out how and where to direct your professional efforts.

Identify promising future leaders early on, and start grooming them as your successors.

If you’re a leader at your company, it can be scary to think about moving on. How can you ensure that the venture continues to flourish without you?

You can start by finding the right successor. According to Drucker, your best choice is probably going to come from inside your company.

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What is A Year with Peter Drucker about?

A Year with Peter Drucker (2014) offers a treasure trove of the management guru’s most essential insights, known as “Druckerisms.” Over decades, Peter Drucker (who died in 2005) developed a groundbreaking philosophy of leadership and success, teachings blissfully free of the jargon that dominates management studies today.

About the Author

Joseph Maciariello holds a PhD in economics from New York University. He is the current Marie Rankin Clarke professor of Social Science and Management at the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management. Both a colleague and close acquaintance of Peter Drucker, Maciarello has authored a number of books addressing Drucker’s management insights.

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A Year with Peter Drucker
summarized in 7 key ideas

What’s in it for me? Learn the secrets of management according to guru Peter Drucker.

To become a strong leader, use your early career as a launchpad for future professional success.

Creating a base of knowledge workers in an economy can benefit society as a whole.

Efficient managers keep their focus on long-term goals while addressing short-term needs.

Concentration and information literacy are the cornerstones of effective management.

Good corporate managers can help government; they can put their skills to nonprofit use, too.

Good leaders know how to keep their organization even-keeled through disruptive change.

Identify promising future leaders early on, and start grooming them as your successors.

Key ideas in A Year with Peter Drucker

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To become a strong leader, use your early career as a launchpad for future professional success.

Creating a base of knowledge workers in an economy can benefit society as a whole.

Efficient managers keep their focus on long-term goals while addressing short-term needs.

Concentration and information literacy are the cornerstones of effective management.

Good corporate managers can help government; they can put their skills to nonprofit use, too.

Good leaders know how to keep their organization even-keeled through disruptive change.

Identify promising future leaders early on, and start grooming them as your successors.

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A Year with Peter Drucker summarized in 7 key ideas

What’s in it for me? Learn the secrets of management according to guru Peter Drucker.

To become a strong leader, use your early career as a launchpad for future professional success.

Creating a base of knowledge workers in an economy can benefit society as a whole.

Efficient managers keep their focus on long-term goals while addressing short-term needs.

Concentration and information literacy are the cornerstones of effective management.

Good corporate managers can help government; they can put their skills to nonprofit use, too.

Good leaders know how to keep their organization even-keeled through disruptive change.

Identify promising future leaders early on, and start grooming them as your successors.

Key ideas in A Year with Peter Drucker

Introduction

To become a strong leader, use your early career as a launchpad for future professional success.

Creating a base of knowledge workers in an economy can benefit society as a whole.

Efficient managers keep their focus on long-term goals while addressing short-term needs.

Concentration and information literacy are the cornerstones of effective management.

Good corporate managers can help government; they can put their skills to nonprofit use, too.

Good leaders know how to keep their organization even-keeled through disruptive change.

Identify promising future leaders early on, and start grooming them as your successors.

What is A Year with Peter Drucker about?

Best quote from A Year with Peter Drucker

Who should read A Year with Peter Drucker?

About the Author

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