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

CHAPTER NINE

Staffing for Excellence

EFFECTIVE MANAGERS MAKE STRENGTH productive. They know that they cannot build on weakness. To get results, they use all the available strengths—of associates, of superiors, and their own strengths. To make strength productive is the unique purpose of organizations.

The manager first encounters the challenge of strength in staffing. The effective manager fills positions and promotes on the basis of what a man or woman can do, making staffing decisions not to minimize weaknesses, but to maximize strength. President Lincoln, when told that General Grant, his new commander–in–chief, was fond of the bottle, is reported ...