The Effective Executive

Authors: Peter F. Drucker

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Key Ideas

1. The effectiveness of an executive is based on their ability to make effective decisions and control their own time. This includes setting priorities, focusing on important tasks, and avoiding busywork.

2. Executives must focus on contributing to the organization's goals and objectives rather than just working hard or being busy.

3. Effective executives understand their strengths and weaknesses and focus on leveraging their strengths while minimizing their weaknesses.

4. They work on developing and utilizing their unique abilities and skills to the fullest extent.

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Quiz

1. What is the key premise of The Effective Executive?

The effectiveness of an executive is based on their ability to make effective decisions and control their own time.

Hard work and being busy is enough to be effective.

The effectiveness of an executive is based on their rank and position.

Effective executives prioritize their personal interests over organizational goals.

2. What is one characteristic of effective executives?

They focus on contributing to the organization's goals and objectives.

They focus on being busy and working hard.

They focus on personal goals rather than organizational goals.

They have a high social media presence.

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