Managing Oneself (Harvard Business Review Classics)

Managing Oneself--------------------------------------------------We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: with ambition, drive,and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardlessof where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility.Companies today aren't managing their knowledge workers' careers. Instead,you must be your own chief executive officer. That means it's up toyou to carve out your place in the world and know when to change course.And it's up to you to keep yourself engaged and productive during acareer that may span some 50 years.In Managing Oneself, Peter Druckerexplains how to do it. The keys: cultivate a deep understanding ofyourself by identifying your most valuable strengths and most dangerousweaknesses, articulate how you learn and work with others and whatyour most deeply held values are, and, describe the type of work environmentwhere you can make the greatest contribution. Only when you operatewith a combination of your strengths and self-knowledge can you achievetrue and lasting excellence. Managing Oneself identifies the probingquestions you need to ask to gain the insights essential for takingcharge of your career. Peter Drucker was a writer, teacher, and consultant.His thirty-four books have been published in more than seventy languages.He founded the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management,and counselled thirteen governments, public services institutions,and major corporations. Thomas A. Stewart is the editor of HarvardBusiness Review.