Managing Oneself

Managing Oneself - by Peter Drucker #

Date Read: 2023-04-03 #

Notes #

WHAT ARE MY STRENGTHS? #

Feedback analysis: note down a key decision and it’s expected outcome. Check back in 9-12 months to compare results with expectations.

  1. Concentrate on your strengths
  2. Work on improving your strengths
  3. Discover where arrogance is causing ignorance and overcome it. e.g. lack of manners, interpersonal skills

HOW DO I PERFORM? #

  • Am I a reader or a listener?
  • How do I learn?
    • learn by writing
    • learn by reading and listening
    • learn by doing
    • learn by hearing themselves talk
  • Do I work well with people, or am I a loner? And if you do work well with people, you then must ask, In what relationship?
  • Do I produce results as a decision maker or as an adviser?
  • Do I perform well under stress, or do I need a highly structured and predictable environment?
  • Do I work best in a big organization or a small one?

WHAT ARE MY VALUES? #

To be effective in an organization, a person’s values must be compatible with the organization’s values.

WHERE DO I BELONG? #

Successful careers develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they know their strengths, their method of work, and their values.

WHAT SHOULD I CONTRIBUTE? #

  • What does the situation require?
  • Given my strengths, my way of performing, and my values, how can I make the greatest contribution to what needs to be done?
  • What results have to be achieved to make a difference?
  • (In <18 months)

RESPONSIBILITY FOR RELATIONSHIPS #

  • know the strengths, the performance modes, and the values of your coworkers

taking responsibility for communication:

  • educate the people you work with on what and how you do your work, what contribution you make and results they can expect

THE SECOND HALF OF YOUR LIFE #

  • moving from one kind of org to another kind of org
  • develop a parallel career
    • e.g. 10 hrs of work in a non-profit
  • social entrepreneurs
    • starting their own non-profit

Reason to develop a 2nd career

  • setbacks in main career, but in his outside activity, for example, he is a success.

It is vitally important for the individual, to have an area in which he can contribute, make a difference, and be somebody. That means finding a second area that offers an opportunity for being a leader, for being respected, for being a success.