Foreword / by Dr Francisco Suarez -- Introduction / by Philip Kotler -- The world's greatest independent consultant -- The Drucker Consulting difference -- What we can learn from how Drucker developed as a management consultant -- How Drucker established a top-rated consulting practice -- Marketing Drucker's or anyone else's consulting practice -- Drucker's ethical and integrity bedrock -- Drucker's consulting model was to ask questions -- Disregarding what everyone "knows" to get to the truth -- How Drucker used his ignorance to consult in any industry -- Drucker tells his clients what to do about risk -- How to think like Drucker, Einstein, and Sherlock Holmes -- Developing a client's self-confidence and your own, too -- Innovation, abandonment, and the certainty of eventual failure without change -- How Drucker helped his clients innovate -- Drucker's Group consulting and IATEP(TM) -- People have no limits! A critical concept for every consultant's mastery -- 10 things considered -- Appendix: Essays on Drucker's Consulting by clients and experts.
Summary:
"Peter Drucker is known worldwide as The Father of Modern Management. But he was also the world's most famous and successful independent consultant. The methods developed by Drucker remain highly relevant and continue to be used in today's organizations. This book, written by Drucker's first executive PhD graduate of the program he developed, is the first book to reveal in detail Drucker's methods and ideas as a consultant. Jack Welch noted that his success at GE was based on Drucker's consulting advice. Bill Bartmann became the 25th wealthiest man in America at one point. He, too, credits Drucker's advice in helping with his success. This book is an encyclopedia of Drucker's consulting approaches and how and when to apply them. Any consultant will find this book invaluable. However, executives and managers will also gain new insight into Drucker's thinking and methods, and why they continue to have such tremendous influence over today's organizations"--jacket.
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