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26 September Controls for Nonmeasurable Events (...problem...)

It seems like a perpetual "thorn" for the training industry - the inability to agree on how to measure the effectiveness of training.   Wha…

Started by Paul Terlemezian

0 Sep 26, 2010

25 September Controls Should Focus on Results (...sense organs...)

...and the only results that matter are on outside the company.   Are the customers satisfied? What do we know about non-customers? What te…

Started by Paul Terlemezian

0 Sep 24, 2010

24 September Controls: Neither Objective nor Neutral (...act...changes...)

"What you measure is what you get."   Drucker's implication is that measurements are not "objective." The establishment of a measure implie…

Started by Paul Terlemezian

0 Sep 24, 2010

23 September Controls, Control and Management (...probability...)

We measure many things.   Drucker's comments may be summarized as "measure what matters" and what matters is "control."   "Control" is the…

Started by Paul Terlemezian

0 Sep 24, 2010

22 September Overage Executives (...bail out..)

Drucker's premise is that people should not be in positions where they will make decisions if they will not be around to bail the company o…

Started by Paul Terlemezian

0 Sep 20, 2010

21 September "Widow-Maker" Positions (...defeats two...)

"Widow-Maker" postions are ones where the "job" defeats two competent people in a row.   This may result from changes in market conditions…

Started by Paul Terlemezian

0 Sep 20, 2010

19 September A Noncompetitive Life (...setback...)

I enjoy asking people whether they learn more from their successes or from their failures. People seem to enjoy responding that they learn…

Started by Paul Terlemezian

0 Sep 11, 2010

18 September Managing Oneself: Revolution in Society (...mobility.)

While growing up I was fortunate to receive and observe many loving and useful messages from my parents.   One of these was that no amount…

Started by Paul Terlemezian

0 Sep 11, 2010

17 September Managing Oneself: The Second Half (...life?)

Many wonder if someone has "20 years of experience" or "One year of experience - 20 times."   Which of these would you use to describe your…

Started by Paul Terlemezian

0 Sep 11, 2010

16 September Managing the Boss (...promoted...)

The next time you are on a job interview and the interviewer asks - "Do you have any questions for us? - use this one - only if you have a…

Started by Paul Terlemezian

0 Sep 11, 2010

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