The Effective Executive

What makes an executive effective? Peter F. Drucker argues that effectiveness is not primarily a matter of intelligence, personality or talent. It is a set of disciplines that can be learned and consistently practised.

In The Effective Executive, Drucker explains how leaders, managers and professionals can focus their time and abilities on the work that produces meaningful results. He identifies five essential practices of effective executives:

• Managing time effectively
• Focusing on the contribution that matters most
• Building on individual and organisational strengths
• Setting and maintaining the right priorities
• Bringing these disciplines together through effective decision-making
Drawing lessons from business, government and organisational life, Drucker shows how executives can avoid unproductive activity, concentrate resources where they will have the greatest effect and turn knowledge into results.

• The Effective Executive has become an enduring management classic for executives, entrepreneurs, managers, professionals and anyone responsible for making decisions, leading people or producing results through an organisation.