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How much of innovation is inspiration, and how much is hard work? The answer lies somewhere in the middle, says management thinker Peter Drucker. In this HBR classic from 1985, he argues that innovation is real work that can and should be managed like any other corporate function. Success is more likely to result from the systematic pursuit of opportunities than from a flash of genius. Indeed, most innovative business ideas arise through the methodical analysis of seven areas of opportunity.

Since the release of Halftime in 1994, more than 150,000 people have purchased the book and begun a journey from success to significance. It helped people between the ages of 35-50 realize that they have at least another 30 years of active, vibrant living ahead of them and that retirement is not the optimal option. But now, those people feel stuck. More than 80 percent of people who began the journey got sidetracked. Now they want to know how to get “unstuck.” Stuck in Halftime is written for the person who is trying to successfully make it through “half time.”

Peter Drucker is back with fresh thoughts, insights, and knowledge about the ever-changing business society around us and the ever-expanding management roles required of us all - chiefs, executives, managers, and knowledge workers alike.

Harvard Business Review writes about this article from their collection, "No management thinker was as prolific or as profound as Peter Drucker. Here is some of the savviest advice he offered executives." This from Harvard Business School Press! Who is better qualified to make this judgment than them? The brief introduction describes how Drucker evolved into what he became. This article than summarizes his previous summaries of his greatest work.

Previously unpublished talks from the Father of Modern Management. Throughout his professional life, Peter F. Drucker inspired millions of business leaders not only through his famous writings, but also through his lectures and keynotes. These speeches contained some of his most valuable insights but had never been published in book form - until now.

This audiobook was created based on Peter Drucker's long business, consulting, and writing career. He focuses on what to do, what not to do, and how to keep a clear corporate identity and mission. He addresses how all organizations eventually go obsolete and their theory of their business no longer works.

Peter Drucker’s succinct summary of his book, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, considered the best book on entrepreneurship of all time. Discusses the seven areas for new businesses from the easiest to the most challenging. 

Let America's foremost authority on management prepare you for the 21st century. Peter F. Drucker's wide-ranging guide explores such topics as the new cost savings revolution in retailing, the urgent requirement for each company to have a "theory of the business," and the need for executives to seek new kinds of information through new technology.

Peter Drucker's Five Most Important Questions provides insightful guidance and stirring inspiration for today's leaders and entrepreneurs. By applying Drucker's leadership framework in the present context of today's leaders and those who lead with them, this audiobook is an essential resource for people leading, managing, and working in all three sectors - public, private, and social. Listeners will gain new perspectives and develop a solid foundation upon which to build a successful and bright future.

Mit fünf einfachen und doch komplexen Fragen schafft es dieses Hörbuch auf die essenziellen Bestandteile und Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten des Managements von Unternehmen aufmerksam zu machen. Sie sind ein Instrument zur Selbsteinschätzung für Manager und Organisationen, ein Bekenntnis zur Zukunft, ein Versprechen für den Kunden, eine Begeisterung für die Mission des Unternehmens und der volle Arbeitseinsatz, die Organisationen und Führungspersönlichkeiten Energie und Mut zum Wachsen verleihen. Damit wird sich die Arbeitsweise in Unternehmen von Grund auf verändern. Wenn sich Manager trauen diese Fragen zu stellen, werden sie Antworten darauf finden warum sie tun, was sie tun und wie sie es in Zukunft noch besser machen können.

In The Last of All Possible Worlds, royalty, bankers, lovers, and wives intertwine to create a vivid portrait of Europe in the early 1900s. We meet wise and worldly Prince Sobieski, Vienna's ambassador in London, his enchanting wife, her English lover, and her enigmatic lifelong companion, Josefa. When Sobieski's illegitimate daughter makes a demand of her influential father, the unspoken rules of the family are challenged.