The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization

With Peter Drucker′s five essential questions and the help of five of today′s thought leaders, this little book will challenge readers to take a close look at the very heart of their organizations and what drives them. A tool for self–assessment and transformation, answering these five questions will fundamentally change the way you work, helping you lead your organization to an exceptional level of performance.
PRAISE FOR The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization
"The Leader to Leader Institute has done a great service in bringing us this monograph. Good leaders come up with answers, but great leaders ask the right questions—and this wonderful work helps all leaders do exactly that."
—Jim Collins, author, Good to Great and the Social Sectors
"An amazing resource that can help even the most successful organizations become more successful!"
—Marshall Goldsmith, author, What Got You Here Won′t Get You There, winner of the Harold Longman Best Business Book of 2007
"Peter Drucker′s Five Most Important Questions continue to be the indispensable questions an organization must ask itself, regardless of size or sector, if it is determined to be an organization of the future."
—Kathy Cloninger, CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA
"At a time when the need for more effective management and more ethical leadership is the moral equivalent of global warming, Drucker′s common sense and courage should be modeled by everyone."
—Ira A. Jackson, dean, Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, and board member, The Drucker Institute
"Nobody, not even Socrates, has ever asked better questions than Peter Drucker. All the personality, all the wisdom is here to make your work dramatically more effective."
—Bob Buford, author, Halftime and Finishing Well, and founding chairman, Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Manage ment

Spis treści:
Foreword.
About Peter F. Drucker.
Why Self–Assessment (Peter F. Drucker)?
Question 1: What Is Our Mission (Peter F. Drucker and Jim Collins)?
Question 2: Who Is Our Customer (Peter F. Drucker and Philip Kotler)?
Question 3: What Does the Customer Value (Peter F. Drucker and Jim Kouzes)?
Question 4: What Are Our Results (Peter F. Drucker and Judith Rodin)?
Question 5: What Is Our Plan (Peter F. Drucker and V. Kasturi Rangan)?
Transformational Leadership (Frances Hesselbein).
The Self–Assessment Process.
Suggested Questions to Explore.
Definitions of Terms..
About the Contributors
About the Leader to Leader Institute.
Acknowledgments.
Additional Resources.
Index.

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With Peter Drucker′s five essential questions and the help of five of today′s thought leaders, this little book will challenge readers to take a close look at the very heart of their organizations and what drives them. A tool for self–assessment and transformation, answering these five questions will fundamentally change the way you work, helping you lead your organization to an exceptional level of performance.
PRAISE FOR The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization
"The Leader to Leader Institute has done a great service in bringing us this monograph. Good leaders come up with answers, but great leaders ask the right questions—and this wonderful work helps all leaders do exactly that."
—Jim Collins, author, Good to Great and the Social Sectors
"An amazing resource that can help even the most successful organizations become more successful!"
—Marshall Goldsmith, author, What Got You Here Won′t Get You There, winner of the Harold Longman Best Business Book of 2007
"Peter Drucker′s Five Most Important Questions continue to be the indispensable questions an organization mu st ask itself, regardless of size or sector, if it is determined to be an organization of the future."
—Kathy Cloninger, CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA
"At a time when the need for more effective management and more ethical leadership is the moral equivalent of global warming, Drucker′s common sense and courage should be modeled by everyone."
—Ira A. Jackson, dean, Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, and board member, The Drucker Institute
"Nobody, not even Socrates, has ever asked better questions than Peter Drucker. All the personality, all the wisdom is here to make your work dramatically more effective."
—Bob Buford, author, Halftime and Finishing Well, and founding chairman, Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management