The measure of the executive,Peter Drucker reminds us,is the ability to “get the right ghings done.”This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive.Intelligence,imagination,and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results.
The Effective Executive
Chapter 1 Effectiveness can be learned
Effective can be learned and should be learned. There are essentially five such practices-five ......