#IncompetentDonald Manages Like A Virus

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
—    Peter Drucker
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On This Day In:
2019	Of Course, You Still Have To Listen
2018	Coming Home
2017	It’s Just Around The Bend
2016	In What Direction?
2015	Embarrassing Myself Again
2014	I’ve Never Have Had
2013	Glory Days (part 1)
2012	Feeling Old?
2011	Even When I Wish Really, Really Hard
	Skeptical Fathers
	Cha-cha-cha-changes

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Maybe #IncompetentDonald Really Is A Great Manager

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.
—    Peter Drucker
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On This Day In:
2019	Your Only Choice
2018	A Good Definition
2017	Getting It Done
2016	Getting To Know Me
2015	Why I Pay Taxes
2014	Inequality Of Sacrifice
2013	I Never Saw A Moor
2012	Fill In The Blank
	Not For Naught
	Cliff Notes To Life?
2011	Conference Games Sunday

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And #IncompetentTrump Is A Failure At Both

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
—    Peter Drucker
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On This Day In:
2018	To Excel At Your Craft
	Day 12: Waiting
2017	Like When You Can Order Others To Fight For You
2016	Holding Fast
2015	Alms Or Balms
2014	A Day At The Beach
2013	Pillows
	Steppin’
2012	Invincible Summer
2011	Being Objective
2010	First Things First…
	Northwest Passages – Intro
	Northwest Passages – Day One
	Northwest Passages – Poetry
	Northwest Passages – Evening One
	Northwest Passages – Morning Two

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Driving Passion

Great institutions are not managed;  they are led.  They are not administered;  they are driven to ever-increasing levels of accomplishment by individuals who are passionate about winning.
—    Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
From his book:  “Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance“
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On This Day In:
2012	Cannibal, n.
2011	Moments Of Truth

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Embrace Serendipity

There is a theory about deliberate and emergent strategy.  The deliberate strategy allows you to choose the kind of person you want to become.  But at the same time you need emergent strategy, which allows you to embrace serendipity.  Another important theory is about what motivates people.  Many think of management as cutting deals and laying people off and hiring people and buying and selling companies.  That’s not management, that’s dealmaking.  Management is the opportunity to help people become better people.  Practiced that way, it’s a magnificent profession.
—   Clayton Christensen
[This quote is from a Wired Magazine article titled:  “Clayton Christensen Wants to Transform Capitalism“, written by Jeff Howe.
The original article appears at: http://www.wired.com/business/2013/02/mf-clayton-christensen-wants-to-transform-capitalism/all/
—    KMAB]
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