The Liberal Arts of Leadership & Peter Drucker, the 1st Executive Coach | John Agno & J. Maciariello
There's a good reason the Liberal Arts continue to be the thinking person's place for developing leaders. Witness, Peter Drucker's take on it, dubbed by John Agno as the first executive coach. --Deb
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Managers [should] draw on all the knowledge and insights of the humanities and the social sciences... But they have to focus this knowledge on effectiveness and results. ~ Peter Drucker
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In the revised edition of Management, Peter Drucker, a thinker and the first executive coach who was always ahead of his time, called management a liberal art:
Management is thus what tradition used to call a liberal art: ">the first executive coach who was always ahead of his time, called management a liberal art:
via flickr.comManagement is thus what tradition used to call a liberal art: "liberal" because it deals with the fundamentals of knowledge, self knowledge, wisdom and leadership; "art" because it is practice and application. Managers [should] draw on all the knowledge and insights of the humanities and the social sciences--on psychology and philosophy, on economics and history, on ethics as well as on the physical sciences. But they have to focus this knowledge on effectiveness and results--on healing a sick patient, teaching a student, building a bridge, designing and selling a "user friendly" software program. (Drucker, 2008, p. 25)
Source: Joseph A. Maciariello: Drucker’s Lost Art of Management: Peter Drucker’s Timeless Vision for Building Effective Organizations
