The Job of an Executive!
A few days back I was busy reading Peter Drucker’s “The Effective Executive” and I realized that how much important is the work of “knowledge worker” and much more is difficult to define his duties. I am planning to write my conclusions from the book, but today, I happened to read a passage from Seth’s Blog, and I admit that these words spoke my mind. I quote them here as a preamble to my coming posts on How to become an Effective Execute?, here is the quote that truly defines the role of an executive and a knowledge worker:
I always took the position that my boss (when I had a job) worked for me. My job was to do the thing I was hired to do, and my boss had assets that could help me do the job better. His job, then, was to figure out how best give me access to the people, systems and resources that would allow me to do my job the best possible way.
Of course, that also means that the people I hire are in charge as well. My job isn’t to tell them what to do, my job is for them to tell me what to do to allow them to keep their promise of delivering great work.
