Managing Oneself

Read this book and Discover your strengths and become a star performer; Live your values and be the person you want to see in the mirror; Find out what you want to be remembered for. Includes the landmark Harvard Business Review articles Managing Oneself and What Makes an Effective Executive History s great achieversa Napoleon, a da Vinci, a Mozarthave always managed themselves. We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren t managing their knowledge workers careers. Instead, you must be your own chief executive officer. That means it s up to you to carve out your place in the world and know when to change course. And it s up to you to keep yourself engaged and productive during a career that may span some 50 years. In Managing Oneself, Peter F. Drucker explains how to do it. The keys: Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself by identifying your most valuable strengths and most dangerous weaknesses; articulate how you learn and work with others and what your most deeply held values are; and describe the type of work environment where you can make the greatest contribution. Only when you operate with a combination of your strengths and self-knowledge can you achieve true and lasting excellence. Managing Oneself identifies the probing questions you need to ask to gain the insights essential for taking charge of your career.