{"product_id":"the-five-most-important-questions-you-will-ever-ask-about-your-organization-isbn-9780470227565","title":"The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization","description":"With Peter Drucker's five essential questions and the help of five of today's thought leaders, this little book will challenge readers to take a close look at the very heart of their organizations and what drives them. A tool for self-assessment and transformation, answering these five questions will fundamentally change the way you work, helping you lead your organization to an exceptional level of performance.  \u003cp\u003ePeter Drucker's five questions are:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is our \u003cu\u003eMission\u003c\/u\u003e? with \u003cb\u003eJim Collins\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWho is our \u003cu\u003eCustomer\u003c\/u\u003e? with \u003cb\u003ePhil Kotler\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat does the \u003cu\u003eCustomer Value\u003c\/u\u003e? with \u003cb\u003eJim Kouzes\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat are our \u003cu\u003eResults\u003c\/u\u003e? with \u003cb\u003eJudith Rodin\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is our \u003cu\u003ePlan\u003c\/u\u003e? with \u003cb\u003eV. Kasturi Rangan\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese essential questions, grounded in Peter Drucker's theories of management, will take readers on a exploration of organizational and personal self-discovery, giving them a means to assess how to \u003ci\u003ebe\u003c\/i\u003e--how to develop quality, character, mind-set, values and courage. The questions lead to action. By asking these questions, readers can focus on why they are doing what they are doing in their work, and how to do it better. Designed for today's busy professionals, this brief, clear and accessible book will challenge readers to ask these provocative questions and it will stimulate spirited discussions and action within any organization, inspiring positive change and new levels of excellence, helping all to envision the future of theirs' or any organization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout Peter F. Drucker xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Self-Assessment? 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter F. Drucker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestion 1: What Is Our Mission? 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter F. Drucker with Jim Collins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestion 2: Who Is Our Customer? 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter F. Drucker with Philip Kotler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestion 3: What Does the Customer Value? 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter F. Drucker with Jim Kouzes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestion 4: What Are Our Results? 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter F. Drucker with Judith Rodin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuestion 5: What Is Our Plan? 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter F. Drucker with V. Kasturi Rangan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransformational Leadership 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrances Hesselbein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Self-Assessment Process 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggested Questions to Explore 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions of Terms 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Leader to Leader Institute 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional Resources 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I rarely read long tomes of hundreds of pages but this book is great; it’s short and sharp and is good practical brain food.” \u003c\/i\u003e(B2B Marketing, October 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e  First established as the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Managment, the \u003cb\u003eLeader to Leader Institute\u003c\/b\u003e's mission is to strengthen the leadership of the social sector. In collaboration with its partners in the private and public sectors, the Institute furthers its mission by providing social sector leaders with the essential leadership wisdom from all sectors and the resources needed to lead for innovation and to build vibrant organizations.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter F. Drucker\u003c\/b\u003e is known as the \"father of modern management,\" and is a best-selling author of thirty-two books including the best-seller \u003ci\u003eThe Effective Executive.\u003c\/i\u003e He is world-renowned thinker on leadership and management and his work has been featured in every major business periodical. A consultant to senior executives for more than fifty years Drucker passed away in 2005. Since Drucker's death, interest in him, his concepts and his books has only grown. His ideas continue to be as relevant today as they were when he first voiced them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Collins, Philip Kotler, Jim Kouzes, Judith Rodin\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eKash Rangan\u003c\/b\u003e are all well established thought leaders themselves, some with multiple best-sellers.\u003c\/p\u003e  With Peter Drucker's five essential questions and the help of five of today's thought leaders, this little book will challenge readers to take a close look at the very heart of their organizations and what drives them. A tool for self-assessment and transformation, answering these five questions will fundamentally change the way you work, helping you lead your organization to an exceptional level of performance.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eThe Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Leader to Leader Institute has done a great service in bringing us this monograph. Good leaders come up with answers, but great leaders ask the right questions—and this wonderful work helps all leaders do exactly that.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJim Collins\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eGood to Great and the Social Sectors\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An amazing resource that can help even the most successful organizations become more successful!\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMarshall Goldsmith\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eWhat Got You Here Won't Get You There\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Harold Longman Best Business Book of 2007\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Peter Drucker's \u003ci\u003eFive Most Important Questions\u003c\/i\u003e continue to be the indispensable questions an organization must ask itself, regardless of size or sector, if it is determined to be an organization of the future.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eKathy Cloninger\u003c\/b\u003e, CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"At a time when the need for more effective management and more ethical leadership is the moral equivalent of global warming, Drucker's common sense and courage should be modeled by everyone.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eIra A. Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e, dean, Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, and board member, The Drucker Institute\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Nobody, not even Socrates, has ever asked better questions than Peter Drucker. All the personality, all the wisdom is here to make your work dramatically more effective.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eBob Buford\u003c\/b\u003e, author, \u003ci\u003eHalftime and Finishing Well\u003c\/i\u003e, and founding chairman, Peter F. 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