Effective Executive
Take some time to think…
Individuals
How can I work effectively?
Executives
How can we become effective executive?
Organizations
How do we promote effective leadership within the organization?
Society
How do we implement effective executive in public institutions?
What experts say about Change
Ms. Caroline Mak
Former CEO of Daily Milk
Leadership practiced by Ms. Caroline Mak
Part 1: How do you build a team?
Part 2: Respect your subordinates and colleagues.
Management is about human beings.
Its task is to make people capable of joint performance,
to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.
– Peter F. Drucker
(Adapted from “The Essential Drucker”, P.10)
The final requirement of effective leadership is to earn trust.
Otherwise, there won’t be any followers –
and the only definition of a leader is someone who has followers
– Peter F. Drucker
(Adapted from “Managing for the Future”, P.122)
Leadership is the lifting of a man’s vision to higher sights,
the raising of a man’s performance to a higher standard,
the building of a man’s personality beyond its normal limitations.
– Peter F. Drucker
(Adapted from “The Practice of Management”, P.159 & 160)
Drucker Articles Excerpt
“Focus on Contribution”
The effective person focuses on contribution.
He looks up from his work and outward toward goals.
He asks, “What can I contribute,
that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?”
His stress is on responsibility.
The focus on contribution is the key to effectiveness: in one’s own work
(its content, its level, its standards, and it impacts),
in one’s relations with others (with superiors, associates, subordinates),
and in the use of the tools of the executive such as meetings or reports.
(Adapted from “The Essential Drucker”, P.207)
Self-reflections
What skill do I have to develop towards the goal of effective leadership?
Actions
List the characterisitcs of Effective Leadership.