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Ira Chaleff
on The
Courageous Follower, one of
the few durable management books from the otherwise flaky 1990s. Everyone with a
boss who isn’t a crook or a knave needs to read this book, and that especially
includes anyone who has a legislative post, because Chaleff has vast experience
with political practitioners.
Perceivers vs.
Judgers --
making the case for Js, in any setting where labor is scarce and action is
required every day. And the case is made partly by ridiculing Ps. Myers-Briggs
pros counter that we always need a balance of the various types. It appears they
have spent too much time inside large companies condoning “inclusiveness.”
For those of us who work in small (deadlined) collaborations, it pays to exclude
Perceivers.
Al Ries
is probably The Exacting Editor’s Survival Guide for Introverts: The premise is that introverts -- never having articulated most of the tensions shown here -- need a boost to make commonly awkward situations and institutions work for them. To know what to do, you have to know what it’s like; and the “Guide” conveys it in a manner tailored for Generation X. Very few people appreciate how Peter Drucker managed himself. This "lone-wolf intuitor" disciplined his fertile mind in a way that captivated dozens of CEOs. As a Fortune 500 consultant, but also as a teacher, Drucker developed a model for every self-employed person who likes concepts and trends, yet is weak on structure. If you never realized that side of Drucker, you've spent too much time reading his books, and not enough time watching him work.
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