Why Peter Drucker still matters

A continuación copio “The timeless ideas” de Peter Drucker que he encontrado en un numero antiguo del Business Week; sin duda el autor que mas me ha fascinado del mundo del management y que desde luego son ideas que aplicaria al 100% a mi caso actual:

1. ON LEADERSHIP: Don’t ever say “I”. Think and say “WE”. Effective leaders know they have authority only because they have the trust of the organization. They understand that the needs and opportunities of an organization comes before own needs
2. ON TALENT: Attracting and holding talent is one of the central tasks in management. Knowledge workers should receive continuous learning and training and respect and authority. Give it to them!
3. ON WORK: Focus on opportunities rather than in problems. Problem solving prevents damage but exploiting opportunities produces results. Unless there is a true crisis problems shouldn’t be even discussed at management meetings until opportunities have been analyzed and dealt with. Exploit change as an opportunity and don’t view it as a threat.
4. ON MAKING DECISIONS: Every decision is risky. It is a commitment of our present resources to an uncertain and unknown future. Risk can be minimized if you know when a decision has to be taken, and if you have defined well what the problem is
5. ON ORGANIZATIONS: Human beings tend to close out the outside. But effective organizations exists not to satisfy themselves but to fill a customer need. Leaders have the duty to focus an organization on the outside in a way that continually refreshes what everyone is doing inside the company.