Be effective in your execution
from The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter F. Drucker
How to Apply This
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Take responsibility for decisions.
Set deadlines, assign people to carry out decisions, and above all, identify those who could be affected by decisions and inform them. -
Take responsibility for communicating.
Ensure that your action plan and other decisions are understood by your colleagues, superiors, subordinates and peers. -
Focus on opportunities.
Good executives focus on opportunities rather than problems. Exploiting opportunities produces results. -
Make meetings productive.
Let your meetings be work sessions and decide in advance what kind of meeting it is. For example, is it a meeting to make an announcement or an evaluation meeting?. -
Always use the word “we” instead of “I.”
Think of the needs and opportunities for the organization before thinking of your personal needs.
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