Peter F. Drucker Boxed Set (8 Books) (The Drucker Library)

PART I

Executive Agenda

Management texts stress managing others. Few talk of managing oneself. But managing others is always “iffy.” Does it really work? One can, however, always manage oneself, or at least try.

Managing others is most effectively done by example rather than by preaching or policy. If the example is lacking, the most moving sermon and the wisest policy rarely work. “Do as I tell you and not as I do” is the motto of the outsider, the consultant. Effective executives know that their associates will do as the boss does, and not necessarily as the boss says.

Hence the first section of this volume on the executive and his changing ...