Management takes brains. Leadership takes brains, guts and heart
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“Management is doing things right,
leadership is doing the right things.
— Peter F. Drucker: was a writer and management consultant
Management takes brains.
Leadership takes brains, guts and heart.
Management moves people.
Leadership moves companies.
Management changes product and price.
Leadership changes minds and attitudes.
Management can come and go.
Leadership is forever.
Recommended Reading for Millionaire Minds
The Definitive Drucker: The Final Word from the Father of Modern Management
By Elizabeth Haas Edersheim, Peter Ferdinand Drucker
Published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006
ISBN 0071472339, 9780071472333
The Definitive Drucker captures his visionary management concepts, applies them to the key business risks and opportunities of the coming decades, and imparts Drucker’s views on current business practices, economic changes, and trends-many of which he first predicted decades ago. It also sheds light onto issues such as why so many leaders fail, the fragility of our economic systems, and the new role of the CEO. Drucker’s insights are divided into five main themes that the modern organization needs to, as Drucker would say, “create tomorrow” by Connecting with customers Innovating without abandoning what works Developing lasting partnerships Creating and retaining knowledge workers Establishing disciplined decision making Drucker’s penetrating questions, posed to those seeking his advice, helped business, corporate, and political leaders throughout the 20th century to see their work in a new perspective, and create phenomenal innovation.