The Power of Ecosystems: Inputs, Outputs, Conclusions
You have already heard that “Leadership Everywhere” is our theme for 2020. Drucker himself described leadership simply: “The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.” His Foreword to The Leader of the Future develops that theme, emphasizing that effective leaders ...
- Achieve important results for the organization, rather than admiration or love for themselves, by focusing others on “doing the right things.”
- Set examples, understanding that they are highly visible models of standards and values.
- Embrace the responsibility, rather than the title and privileges that come with their rank.
- Contribute as doers more than as preachers, delegating much but still performing the high-impact work they can do with unique excellence.
Below we ask for your views on leadership. First, however, there is a treasure trove of past Forum content to share.
2019 Video Library on YouTube
We are delighted to announce that the 2019 video library is now open to the community. The Forum focuses on different themes each year, but any time spent with past sessions reveals common threads – essential challenges and ideas about innovation, realizing human potential, value creation and leadership. See, for example, the 2019 session Ecosystems Leadership – New Scope, New Skills for a strong bridge from 2019 to 2020.
Session Reports on the Drucker Forum Blog
Prose summaries of key 2019 sessions have also been published on the Drucker Forum Blog, thanks to the talents of group rapporteurs: Ron Carucci, Simon Caulkin, David Hurst, Janka Krings-Klebe, Tony O’Driscoll, Isabella Mader, Lukas Michel, Martin Reeves, Christian Sarkar, Lucia Seel, Julia Wang, Stefan Stern… For ease of access, these summaries are tagged with #GPDFrapporteur
Leadership Everywhere – Survey
Looking to 2020, your input can help the program committee. What is the difference between leadership and management? What are the key leadership challenges of our time? Please take a few minutes to respond to a survey. We’ll publish results in the next community letter.
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