What makes an effective executive?

For decades, Peter F. Drucker has been widely regarded as ?the dean of this country's business and management philosophers? (Wall Street Journal). In this concise and brilliant work, he looks to the most influential position in management?the executive.

The measure of the executive, Drucker reminds us, is the ability to ?get the right things done.? This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked and avo...