Praise for
THE DEFINITIVE DRUCKER

“As close as you can get to the wisdom of Drucker and how his
stunning intelligence can be applied to every modern organization.”

Warren Bennis
Distinguished Professor of Management, USC,
author of On Becoming a Leader, and Peter’s friend

“An excellent book that captures both the human side of Peter
Drucker—how he thinks—how he lives and, of course, Edersheim’s
thoughts as well. It has great value in capturing Peter’s thoughts in the
last two years of his life. Peter obviously picked the right person.”

Bob Buford
Chairman
Leadership Network and Founding Chairman of
The Drucker Foundation

“Puts the reader in Drucker’s Claremont study for a tutorial
on leadership. Her conversations with the ‘Father of Management’
are created into a very insightful seminar, with examples of leaders
who followed—and ignored—Drucker’s wisdom.”

Richard E. Cavanagh
President and CEO
The Conference Board, Inc.

“Elizabeth Edersheim has captured the essential Drucker in a way that
demonstrates the current pertinence of his timeless wisdom. A must
read for those who lead or aspire to lead organizations of any sort.”

William H. Donaldson
27th Chairman Securities and Exchange Commission
Co-founder Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.

“A new and timely perspective on Peter Drucker’s philosophy,
his legacy, and its powerful relevance to all leaders of the future.”

Frances Hesselbein
Chairman
Leader to Leader Institute

“Edersheim has synthesized Peter Drucker’s lifetime of wisdom
into a lively and readable narrative that illuminates Peter’s
enduring clarity, optimism and humanity–and leaves us with
the inescapable conclusion that
the father of modern management is more relevant and needed today than ever before.”

Ira A. Jackson
Dean
The Drucker School of Management
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont, California

“The Definitive Drucker brought back fond memories of
long discussions with Peter Drucker and my partners in the founding of
a new ‘knowledge-based’ Wall Street security firm in the
early 1960s. Peter’s Delphi-like pronouncements were not always easy
to decipher. His insights were brilliant, an early glimpse as to how
Drucker became the single most influential observer of business in
the 20th century. Edersheim refreshes and updates Drucker’s wisdom
through the lens of her own contemporary experience as a consultant,
a combination that is both exciting and provocative.”

Richard Jenrette
Co-founder
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.

“One of the things that Drucker did very, very well was forcing
you to think, think away from traditional lines of thought.
This book forces the reader to think with Drucker’s ideas today.”

Dan Lufkin
Co-founder
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.

“A very accessible book on the thoughts and practices of the
greatest of all management gurus. It demonstrates, with its
numerous contemporary illustrations from around the world,
how Drucker’s wisdom transcends geography as well as time.”

Nikhil Prasad Ojha,
Director
The Monitor Group, Mumbai Office

“If you want the essence of Peter Drucker’s thinking,
this book provides it in a superb way.”

Hermann Simon
Chairman
Simon, Kucher & Partners

“A most impressive book full of practical advice.
We are most grateful to Edersheim.”

Atsuo Ueda
author of Introduction to Peter F. Drucker (in Japanese),
representative of Drucker Workshop (Japan),
and Emeritus Professor of Institute of Technologists