Bob Buford is a cable-TV pioneer, social entrepreneur, author,[1] and venture philanthropist.[2] He co-founded Leadership Network in 1984, became founding chairman in 1988 of what was initially called The Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, and popularized the concept of Halftime through several books he authored.
Bob is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and of the Owner Managed Program at Harvard. He has played active roles in Young Presidents' Organization and World Presidents' Organization and serves on the board of the Hauser for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard. Center Business School.
In the fall of 1999, Bill Pollard of ServiceMaster, Nan Stone, former editor of the Harvard Business Review, and several other people agreed that it was vitally important to preserve the writings and management ideas of Peter Drucker for the future leaders of business and nonprofit organizations. In connection with Claremont Graduate University, The Drucker Institute was created. Buford served on the Board and in 2008 was appointed Chairman of its Board of Advisors.
In 2014, Buford authored Drucker & Me (Worthy Publishing ISBN 978-161795-276-0) about Buford's 23-year relationship with Drucker. Believing non-profit organizations change lives, they worked with Rick Warren, Bill Hybels and others to design a new management model for non-profits in the 20th century. Bob has been featured in Forbes Magazine (April 2014),[3] Christianity Today (April 2014),[4]and The Christian Broadcasting Network (April 2014)[5] about his relationship and business ventures with Peter Drucker.
Bob was the recipient of Christian Management Association's[6] 2005 Christian Management Award.[7] Bob and his wife, Linda, live in Dallas.
Publications[edit]
- Halftime: Changing Your Game Plan from Success to Significance (1997) ISBN 0-310-21532-3
- Game Plan (1999) ISBN 0-310-22908-1
- Stuck in Halftime: Reinvesting Your One and Only Life (2001) ISBN 0-310-23583-9
- Finishing Well: What People Who Really Live Do Differently! (2004) ISBN 1-59145-110-8
- Drucker and Me (2014) Worthy Publishing ISBN 978-161795-276-0
Drucker & Me: How Peter Drucker and a Texas Entrepreneur Conspired to Change the World
by Bob Buford
This book seems to be split into two parts.
Part 1: Drucker the Mentor
I loved the first half of this book. Seeing Drucker as Mentor to a business executive was great. Buford's experiences were welcomingly human. I felt like I would feel the same way he did meeting Drucker for the first time.
Part 2: Buford The Megachurch Catalyst
All about how Buford decided to devote his life to Christianity by helping build MegaChurches. The tone of the book changed from student mentor, to spread christianity to the masses using Drucker's keen insight into management and leadership principles. Interesting, and some what applicable to other areas of expertise, but not what I was hoping for out of this book. (less)
Part 1: Drucker the Mentor
I loved the first half of this book. Seeing Drucker as Mentor to a business executive was great. Buford's experiences were welcomingly human. I felt like I would feel the same way he did meeting Drucker for the first time.
Part 2: Buford The Megachurch Catalyst
All about how Buford decided to devote his life to Christianity by helping build MegaChurches. The tone of the book changed from student mentor, to spread christianity to the masses using Drucker's keen insight into management and leadership principles. Interesting, and some what applicable to other areas of expertise, but not what I was hoping for out of this book. (less)
*****
A Class with Drucker: The Lost Lessons of the World's Greatest Management Teacher Paperback – March 4, 2009
- Publisher: AMACOM (March 4, 2009)
內容簡介
聽現代管理學之父杜拉克親自講授的課,是什麼滋味?作、譯者介紹
作者
威廉‧柯漢(William A. Cohen, PhD)
譯者
齊若蘭目錄
序文、前言
他序
推薦文一 親身感受大師在課堂上的活力
前言
本書包含了我在課堂上及私底下與當代最偉大的管理思想家杜拉克對話時學到的東西,也描述了我如何應用杜拉克慷慨分享的洞見。不過,第一章談的主要還是我自己,以及我和杜拉克的淵源。從我第一次見到杜拉克,直到杜拉克在二○○五年過世為止,我是在長達三十年的時間裡,從杜拉克身上得到這些教訓和啟發。克萊蒙研究大學的彼得杜拉克與伊藤正俊管理研究所(Peter Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management)迄今仍然繼續傳授杜拉克的管理方式。我曉得杜拉克對此感到非常欣慰,因為他曾經任教的大學無論在精神上或實務上,都會繼續傳承他的思想。導讀、推薦
推薦
推薦文二 課堂中的智慧先知杜拉克
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