MANAGEMENT/ LEADERSHIP - PETER DRUCKER

 

TREE OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT

 

MICRO MANAGEMENT

 

SPEAK LIKE A GREAT MANAGER

 

80/20 MANAGER

 

MICRO MANAGEMENT

 

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS

 

EFFECTIVE MANAGERS

 

MANAGEMENT STYLES

 

Practical Management

Practical Management Lessons

During a Robbery in Hong Kong, the Bank Robber shouted to everyone in the bank:
"Don't move. The Money belongs to the Government. Your Life belongs to You."

Everyone in the Bank laid down quietly.

This is called "Mind Changing Concept” Changing the Conventional Way of Thinking.

When a Lady lay on the Table provocatively, the Robber shouted at her:
"Please be Civilised! This is a Robbery and not a Rape!"

This is called "Being Professional” . Focus only on What You are Trained to do!

When the Bank Robbers returned Home, the Younger Robber (MBA Trained) told the older Robber (who has only completed Year 6 in Primary School):
"Big Brother, let's count how much we got."

The older Robber rebutted and said:
"You are very Stupid. There is so much Money it will take us a long time to count. Tonight, the TV News will tell us how much we Robbed from the Bank!"

This is called "Experience”
Nowadays, experience is more Important than Paper Qualifications!

After the Robbers had left, the Bank Manager told the Bank supervisor to call the Police quickly. But the Supervisor said to him:
"Wait! Let us take out $10 Million from the Bank for ourselves and add it to the $70 Million that we have previously Embezzled from the Bank”.

This is called "Swim with the Tide”
Converting an unfavorable situation to Your Advantage!

The Supervisor says: "It will be Good if there is a Robbery every month."

This is called "Changing Priority”
Personal Happiness is more Important than Your Job”.

The next day, the TV News reported that $100 Million was taken from the Bank. The Robbers Counted and Counted and Counted, but they could only Count $20 Million.

The Robbers were very Angry and Complained:
"We risked our Lives and only took $20 Million. The Bank Manager took $80 Million with a snap of his fingers. It looks like it is better to be Educated than to be a Thief!"

This is called "Knowledge is worth as much as Gold!"

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Manage   Lead,

Get more formal  Get less formal,

Tolerate bureaucracy  Blow up bureaucracy,

Assume everything is fine  Face reality,

Make things complex  Simplify,

See change as a threat  See change as an opportunity,

Manage by authority  Lead by energizing others,

Respect tradition  Defy tradition,

Let hierarchy rule Make intellect rule,

Move cautiously Pounce every day,

Put numbers first Put values first, 

Manage everything Manage less,

Stick to your agenda Rewrite your agenda,

Take your time  Live speed,

Reduce anxiety Instill confidence,

Set modest goals Set stretch goals,

Respect the boundaries Eliminate the boundaries,

Lay out a detailed plan Articulate a vision,

Learn good ideas from inside the company Get good ideas from everywhere,

Outshine others Spark others to perform,

Quality is management’s job Quality is your job,

Change will end Change never ends.

Junaid Tahir 

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There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog.

One night when the whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the house, the washer man was fast asleep but the donkey and the dog were awake.

The dog decided not to bark since the master did not take good care of him and wanted to teach him a lesson.

The donkey got worried and said to the dog that if he doesn’t bark, the donkey will have to do something himself. The dog did not change his mind and the donkey started braying loudly.

Hearing the donkey bray, the thief ran away, the master woke up and started beating the donkey for braying in the middle of the night for no reason.

Moral of the story ” One must not engage in duties other than his own”

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Now take a new look at the same story…

The washer man was a well educated man from a premier management institute.

He had the fundas of looking at the bigger picture and thinking out of the box. He was convinced that there must be some reason for the donkey to bray in the night.

He walked outside a little and did some fact finding, applied a bottom up approach, figured out from the ground realities that there was a thief who broke in and the donkey only wanted to alert him about it.

Looking at the donkey’s extra initiative and going beyond the call of the duty, he rewarded him with lot of hay and other perks and became his favorite pet.

The dog’s life didn’t change much, except that now the donkey was more motivated in doing the dogs duties as well. In the annual appraisal the dog managed a ” meets requirement” Soon the dog realized that the donkey is taking care of his duties and he can enjoy his life sleeping and lazing around.

The donkey was rated as “star performer”. The donkey had to live up to his already high performance standards. Soon he was over burdened with work and always under pressure and now is looking for a job rotation…

If you have worked in a corporate environment, I am sure you have guessed the characters of the new story.

MEETING RULES..

Meeting rules for managers

1) Never arrive on time, or you will be stamped a beginner.
 
2) Don't say anything until the meeting is half over; this stamps you as being wise.
 
3) Be as vague as possible; this prevents irritating the others.
 
4) When in doubt, suggest that a subcommittee be appointed.
 
5) Be the first to move for adjournment; this will make you popular - it's what everyone is waiting for.

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