![]() ![]() Many of history’s great achievers, such as Napoléon, da Vinci and Mozart effectively managed themselves, but today everyone must take responsibility for their job, career and development. ![]() One of the key themes running throughout the book is that managing yourself is not only growing in popularity, but importance too. The book is an insightful read and five management lessons stood out: While these answers will help you understand how to manage yourself, as Drucker points out, knowing what to do and actually acting upon it are not the same thing. To begin this process, Drucker advises answering five questions: He makes the case for each of us to carve out our own place in the world by effectively managing oneself. Drucker suggests we do this by seeking to truly understand ourselves, discovering where our talents and weaknesses lie, playing to these strengths and then, changing course if necessary. ![]() ![]() The book espouses the idea of each of us becoming the CEO of our career. Drucker.ĭrucker is rightly considered the founder of modern management and many of his prescient ideas on management theory and practice, such as decentralisation, the rise of the knowledge worker and outsourcing have come to pass. On the flight home from INBOUND 16 I read Managing Oneself by renowned management consultant and academic Peter F. ![]()
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