Peter Drucker Tag

Prepared by Louis Alloro, M.ED., MAPP The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths, making our weaknesses irrelevant. –Peter Drucker Last week, we introduced the foundations of strengths-based development to help your team understand their individual strengths profiles. Remember strengths are not the same as talents which Gallup defines as natural ways of thinking, feeling, or behaving -- themes. Talents include activities that provide satisfaction and delight and therefore more engagement, productivity and even happiness. Talents are neutral, but how we choose to apply them can turn those talents into a positive--which we call a strength. Remember, though there’s always...

Michael Roberto is a professor of management at Bryant University in Smithfield, RI and prior at Harvard Business School. His research focuses on strategic decision-making processes and senior management teams. From his blog: ‎10 years ago Columbia shuttle accident. 27 (!!) years ago CHALLENGER (first real tragedy I remember in my life). As Peter Drucker, management guru used to say after his inspirational workshops, “On Monday, don’t tell me how great it was; tell me what you’re doing differently.”...

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