Peter F. Drucker Foundation

"It is [a] belief in diversity and pluralism and the uniqueness of each person that underlies all my writings . . . " -from the Preface.Regarded as the most influential and widely read thinker on modern organizations and their management, Peter Drucker has also established himself as an unorthodox and independent analyst of politics, the economy, and society. A man of impressive scope and expertise, he has paved significant inroads in a number of key areas, sharing his knowledge and keen insight on everything from the plight of the employee and the effects of technology to the vicissitudes of the markets and the future of the new world order. Adventures of a Bystander is Drucker's rich collection of autobiographical stories and vignettes, in which this legendary figure paints a portrait of his remarkable life, and of the larger historical realities of his time.In a style that is both unique and engaging, Drucker conveys his life story -from his early teen years in Vienna through the interwar years in Europe, the New Deal era, World War II, and the postwar period in America-through intimate profiles of a host of fascinating people he's known through the years. Their personal histories are, as Drucker tells us, the beads for which his own life serves as the string. A colorful group, these diverse, often unpredictable, always multidimensional individuals were chosen "because each of them, in his or her own highly personal way, reflects and refracts the thirty crucial years from the end of World War I to the first post-World War II decade-the thirty years that largely formed the world in which we now live."An amazing pageant of characters, both famous and otherwise, springs from these pages, illuminating and defining one of the most tumultuous periods in world history. Along with bankers and courtesans, artists, aristocrats, prophets, and empire-builders, we meet members of Drucker's own family and close circle of friends, among them such prominent figures as Sigmund Freud, Henry Luce, Alfred Sloan, John Lewis, and Buckminster Fuller. Playing to perfection their roles as those who "reflect and refract" the customs, beliefs, and attitudes of the times, these singular personalities lend Adventures of a Bystander a striking "you-are-there" feel.A brief encounter with Freud becomes the catalyst for an absorbing, multidimensional description of the economics, politics, and social psychology of pre-World War II Europe. Drucker introduces us to Fritz Kraemer, a brilliant, monocle-wearing eccentric who became an influential mentor to the young Henry Kissinger. His personal memoir of Henry Luce documents the development of modern journalism, while in "The Indian Summer of Innocence," he rescues and preserves the very heart of the American experience during the last New Deal years before World War II.Shedding light on a turbulent and important era, Adventures of a Bystander also reflects Peter Drucker himself as a man of imaginative sympathy and enormous interest in people, ideas, and history. These enthralling stories complement and complete the groundbreaking analytical writing for which he is so revered.Luminous autobiographical stories by one of the greatest thinkers of our time"The cast of characters among whom Drucker moves is superbly rich, and the informed glimpse he provides of a vanished social and political universe is an education in itself. Adventures of a Bystander is better than a novel, more lively than an essay, and as thoughtful as both at their best." -The Harvard Business Review."Adventures of a Bystander is a virtuoso performance in which Drucker displays a dazzling diversity of personal interests and knowledge, an awesome power of recall, and a crisp, highly readable writing style." -BusinessWeek."Adventures of a Bystander appears in a stroke to have restored the art of the memoir and of the essay. It will doubtless be a while before its like comes round again." -The Washington Post.

Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit ManagementAs a tool for clarifying the thinking of volunteer boards, the Drucker Self-Assessment Tool is unparalleled. This is a real way to develop a language, get to the critical issues, and move on--the most practical and efficient method I have seen. As facilitator of over 175 retreats, it is the best thing I've used--and I appreciate the enhancements and improvements!--Peggy Outon, board chair, National Alliance for Nonprofit ManagementThe Drucker Foundation's Self-Assessment Tool has made a lot of changes in the way we do business. . . . The workbook was a good beginning. The interactions and 'homework reports' on flip-chart paper were a vital part of this learning process.--Sue H. Brown, executive director, Senior Centers of Spartanburg County, Inc.The results far surpassed our expectations. The Drucker Process literally revitalized the organization. The board members have rallied around a new mission statement, taken on a variety of tasks, and designed new programs, which are very realistic.--Beth S. Cole, former executive director, American Academy of Home Care PhysiciansFor over fifty years, Peter F. Drucker has shared his wisdom with organizations in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. The Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool puts his invaluable management experience into your hands--and gives you the means to rediscover the mission and potential of your nonprofit organization. Originally published in 1993, the best-selling Self-Assessment Tool has helped and inspired nonprofit boards, executives, and teams to apply Drucker's insights to their organizations' needs. Based on extensive user feedback and research, the new and improved Participant Workbook has been streamlined for greater flexibility and focus.The revised Participant Workbook presents Peter Drucker's Five Most Important Questions and fully updated worksheets. There is no right way to use this tool: you make it your own. Its clear directions and straightforward method make it easy to implement with groups of any size, management level, or planning experience. By the And of the self-assessment process, participants will not only have a stronger understanding of their mission, values, and customers, but also an effective plan to apply what they learned.Multiple Uses for the Self-Assessment Tool? The leadership team--the chairman of the board and the chief executive--can lead the organization in conducting a comprehensive self-assessment, refining mission, goals, and results, and developing a working plan of action.? Teams throughout the organization can use the Tool to invigorate projects, tailoring the process to focus on specific areas as needed.? Governing boards can use the Tool in orientation for new members, as means to deepen thinking during retreats, and to develop clarity on mission and goals.? Universities and colleges can use the Tool as a guide for field projects with organizations from the nonprofit, business, and government sectors, and as a resource for boards and faculty.? Working groups from collaborating organizations can use the Tool to define common purpose and to develop clear goals, programs, and plans.

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In his award-winning book The Collaboration Challenge, James E. Austin demonstrated how nonprofits and businesses can succeed through strategic alliances. Now, in Meeting the Collaboration Challenge, the Drucker Foundation provides specific guidance to help nonprofits of every size put collaboration into practice. This workbook, its companion videotape, and The Collaboration Challenge help your nonprofit organization further its mission through strategic alliances with businesses.

This workbook accompanies a three-in-one development programme video designed to help non-profit boards and staff strengthen their leadership team. A facilitator's guide is also available. In Module One, "Lessons in Leadership", Peter Drucker presents inspirational portraits of five great leaders, showing how each brought his or her own strengths to the task. Accompanying exercises are designed to help participants identify their own particular strengths in leadership. Module Two, "Identifying the Needs of Followers", focuses on the key leadership inspiring followers to extraordinary performance. Exercises in this module invite participants to recall their own experiences with leaders who inspired top performance and identify the key lessons they learned. In Module Three, "Leading Through Mission", Frances Hesselbein examines the leadership role of the board-CEO team. Participants learn from a case study how one board-CEO team worked together to craft an inspiring and effective mission and imbued it throughout the organization. Exercises help participants to look afresh at their own missions.

Craft a unique learning experience and help your group to work through the modules in the "Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership video. "Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership provides insight, inspiration, and practical tools for nonprofit leaders who want to make a difference in their organizations and communities. The facilitator's guide takes you through each of the twenty-minute modules contained on the video: "Lessons in Leadership, featuring Peter F. Drucker, helps both board and staff explore leadership attributes and think about ways to strengthen leadership skills. "Identifying the Needs of Followers, featuring Max De Pree and Michele Hunt, helps leaders--new and experienced--understand their relationships with followers and what their followers need to achieve top performance. "Leading Through Mission, featuring Frances Hesselbein, reveals the importance of revisiting the organization's mission and offers insight on how to better manage for the mission. It shows you how to use one, two, or all three of the modules to guide a learning and discussion program for the leaders in your organization or community. Along with the participants' workbook, the facilitator's guide contains all the materials you need to get the most out of the video presentations and to extract the key learnings. Each module can be tailored to fit your group's needs, size, and the time available.

On Mission and Leadership menyajikan pemikiran terbaik dari para ahli tingkat puncak mengenai semangat kepemimpinan, visi dan manajemen yang berfokus pada misi. Ditulis secara ringkas dan ideal bagi para eksekutif yang sibuk, buku ini menghadirkan nama-nama cemerlang sebagai kontributor. On Mission and Leadership adalah salah satu judul dari Leader to Leader Guide, yang mengumpulkan artikel-artikel terbaik yang pernah diterbitkan dalam Leader to Leader, sebuah jurnal Drucker Foundation yang telah memenangkan berbagai penghargaan.Belajarlah tentang Misi dan Kepemimpinan dari Para Pakar Kepemimpinan* Christopher Bartlett* Warren Bennis* Daniel Goleman* Frances Hesslbein* Dee Hock* Robert Knowling* David M. Lawrence* Patrick Lencioni* Henry Mintzberg* C. William Pollard* Anita Roddick* Norm Smallwood* Dave Ulrich* Jack Zenger

Lessons in Leadership," featuring Peter F. Drucker, helps both board and staff explore leadership attributes and think about ways to strengthen leadership skills. Identifying the Needs of Followers," featuring Max De Pree and Michele Hunt, helps leaders--new and experienced--understand their relationships with followers and what their followers need to achieve top performance. Leading Through Mission," featuring Frances Hesselbein, reveals the importance of revisiting the organization's mission and offers insight on how to better manage for the mission. It shows you how to use one, two, or all three of the modules to guide a learning and discussion program for the leaders in your organization or community. Along with the participants' workbook, the facilitator's guide contains all the materials you need to get the most out of the video presentations and to extract the key learnings. Each module can be tailored to fit your group's needs, size, and the time available.

Now Available in a Boxed Set! Buy all three titles and get the case worth $15 for FREE! All three hardcover volumes of the distinguished Drucker Foundation Future Series are available in an attractive gift set. The Leader of the Future , The Organization of the Future , and The Community of the Future are filled with wisdom and insights from world-class leaders, best-selling writers, revered scholars, top-notch consultants, and legendary thinkers.

Craft a unique learning experience and help your group to work through the modules in the Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership video. Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership provides insight, inspiration, and practical tools for nonprofit leaders who want to make a difference in their organizations and communities.The facilitator's guide takes you through each of the twenty-minute modules contained on the * Lessons in Leadership, featuring Peter F. Drucker, helps both board and staff explore leadership attributes and think about ways to strengthen leadership skills.* Identifying the Needs of Followers, featuring Max De Pree and Michele Hunt, helps leaders--new and experienced--understand their relationships with followers and what their followers need to achieve top performance.* Leading Through Mission, featuring Frances Hesselbein, reveals the importance of revisiting the organization's mission and offers insight on how to better manage for the mission.It shows you how to use one, two, or all three of the modules to guide a learning and discussion program for the leaders in your organization or community. Along with the participants' workbook, the facilitator's guide contains all the materials you need to get the most out of the video presentations and to extract the key learnings. Each module can be tailored to fit your group's needs, size, and the time available.

This facilitator's guide accompanies a three-in-one development programme video designed to help non-profit boards and staff strengthen their leadership team. A workbook is also available. In Module One, "Lessons in Leadership", Peter Drucker presents inspirational portraits of five great leaders, showing how each brought his or her own strengths to the task. Accompanying exercises are designed to help participants identify their own particular strengths in leadership. Module Two, "Identifying the Needs of Followers", focuses on the key leadership inspiring followers to extraordinary performance. Exercises in this module invite participants to recall their own experiences with leaders who inspired top performance and identify the key lessons they learned. In Module Three, "Leading Through Mission", Frances Hesselbein examines the leadership role of the board-CEO team. Participants learn from a case study how one board-CEO team worked together to craft an inspiring and effective mission and imbued it throughout the organization. Exercises help participants to look afresh at their own missions.

Lessons from a legand! Over the span of his 60-year career, Peter F. Drucker has worked with many exemplary leaders in the nonprofit sector, government, and business. Here, he presents inspirational portraits of five outstanding leaders, showing how each brought different strengths to the task, and shares the lessons we can learn from their approaches to leadership.Help your group recognize their own particular strengths in leadership. Learn * Stay task-focused* Encourage creative dissent* Find the right people for the right jobs

Over the span of his 60-year career, Peter F. Drucker has workedwith many exemplary leaders in the nonprofit sector, government,and business. In the course of his work, he has observed theseleaders closely and learned from them the attributes of effectiveleadership. In this module, Drucker presents inspirationalportraits of five outstanding leaders, showing how each broughtdifferent strengths to the task, and shares the lessons we canlearn from their approaches to leadership.This video package will help participants understand key aspects ofleadership, including how effective * Set standards and personal examples* Stay task-focused and team-focused* Encourage creative dissent to strengthen decision making* Manage change while preserving and enriching the mission* Find the right people for the right jobsDrucker's insights--plus the accompanying Facilitator's Guide andParticipant's Workbook--will help participants identify whichmethods work best for them and how to recognize their ownparticular strengths in leadership.

Contains all new articles from such luminaries as Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Charles Handy, Jim Collins, Frances Hesselbein, and Peter Drucker.* Filled with fresh, new ideas for improving organizational performance.* Offers leaders a unique resource that includes tools for improving performance.* Turns common wisdom on its head by taking key learnings from the nonprofit sector and sharing it with the private sector.

A guide to help groups work through the Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership resources The Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership Facilitator's Guide helps you to create a learning experience as you guide your group in working through the Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership video and educational modules. The program offers insight and practical tools for nonprofit leaders who are striving to make a difference in their organizations and communities.

The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management The National Space Society board of directors held its retreat and it was an amazing success. The Self-Assessment Tool was an excellent tool to guide us through the process.--Richard E. Biehl, National Space Society We have found the Self-Assessment Tool to be particularly helpful in assisting organizations to clarify their missions and reconceptualize strategy and tactics. The concepts presented and the carefully formulated questions are relevant to both established groups and those just starting out.--Aliza Mazor, resource development coordinator, Shatil, a support project for voluntary organizations in Israel Since its original publication in 1993, the best-selling Drucker Foundation Self-Assessment Tool has helped and inspired countless nonprofit boards, executives, and teams to rediscover the direction and potential of their organizations. This completely revised edition of the Self-Assessment Tool combines long-range planning and strategic marketing with a passion for dispersed leadership. It allows an organization to plan for results, to learn from its customers, and to release the energy of its people to further its mission. Considered to be the father of modern management, Peter F. Drucker applies a lifetime of wisdom and expertise to help nonprofit organizations uncover the truth about their performance, focus their direction, and improve their overall effectiveness. Regardless of your organization's size and planning experience, the Self-Assessment Tool provides the means to apply Peter Drucker's invaluable insights directly to your organization and its needs. The fully enhanced edition not only provides expanded methods of evaluation and planning, but also places special emphasis on implementing the decisions made in the self-assessment process. Fully enhanced from extensive user feedback, the Process Guide features step-by-step guidelines as well as sample reports, customer surveys, agAndas for discussions or retreats, and a completed plan. Nonprofit leaders and their teams will find detailed instructions on how to work through the three phases of self-assessment: Preparing for Self-Assessment, Conducting the Self-Assessment Process, and Completing the Plan. The revised guide contains the tools necessary to complete the self-assessment process and an effective plan. These resources include sample customer research formats, practical facilitation techniques, methods for developing a mission statement, and a more comprehensive reference section. Designed to be flexible for your specific needs, the Process Guide offers valuable tools that will help

In his book, The Collaboration Challenge, James Austin of Harvard Business School demonstrated how nonprofits and businesses can work together to improve results. Now, in Meeting the Collaboration Challenge, the Drucker Foundation provides specific guidelines to help nonprofits of every size put collaboration into practice. This video package includes a video that chronicles five successful collaborations and a workbook that, when used with either the video or Austin's book, will help readers asses their organizations readiness for collaboration, identify what they have to offer to private sector organizations, begin to identify organizations they might partner with, and take the first steps toward successful collaboration.

Con este libro, la Fundación Drucker potencia el éxito de ventas conseguido con su primer volumen, "El líder del futuro".Con la colaboración de los mejores autores en el campo de la organización y la gestión, esta obra ofrece una reflexión sobre el futuro de la empresa en todos sus aspectos.Subraya el momento, el lugar y la forma en que las organizaciones y sus dirigentes han de evolucionar, no sólo para sobrevivir, sino también para prosperar.El libro estudia los siguientesCómo dar forma a las organizaciones del mañana.Los nuevos modelos de trabajo y organización.Cómo organizar la ventaja estratégica.Cómo trabajar y organizar en un mundo interconectado electrónicamente.Cómo dirigir a las personas en la organización del futuro.