Creating Global Change

What is a Drucker Society?

Drucker Societies are the seeds of a global movement for effective management and ethical leadership. They are springing up all around the world to bring Peter Drucker’s wisdom and practical insights to new generations of corporate and social sector thinkers and doers.

As independent volunteer-driven associations, the Societies take many forms, each according to the needs and interests of its membership. Their activities include book clubs in which CEOs discuss Drucker’s teachings and how to apply them to their companies and communities; Drucker-based training programs for nonprofit organizations; and presentations on Drucker and his ideas for high school students.

The Drucker Institute actively encourages the formation of Societies and serves them as a hub, supporting their efforts and empowering their members.

How can I get involved in a Drucker Society?

How the Drucker Societies are making
a difference.

In Seoul, CEOs gather regularly in Drucker book clubs to read his teachings and discuss how to introduce his humanistic approach to management in their companies. Recently, we’ve begun working with the Koreans to collect information that illustrates how these book clubs are actually affecting practice. What lessons are these executives taking away from their Drucker readings? How are they applying them? What, in turn, are the results?
In Dallas and in Brazil, Drucker Societies will soon be holding workshops—based on curricular material provided by the Drucker Institute—to help nonprofit and NGO leaders run their organizations more effectively. At the heart of these workshops is Drucker’s powerful guide, The Five Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask About Your Organization.
In Dubai, the former dean of the Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands, who now lives in the Middle East, is developing a Drucker workshop on entrepreneurship. His target audience: women who feel locked out of society.
In Los Angeles and New York, Drucker Society leaders are well along in developing a program that will bring Drucker into high schools. The idea is to show students, in a dynamic, age-appropriate fashion, that effective management and ethical leadership are how dreams get turned into reality. The students will then become engaged in a community-service project that they’ll organize themselves using some basic Drucker principles: What is our mission? Who is our customer? What does the customer value? What are our results? What is our plan?
In late 2008, Drucker Society members will be able to login here to a special site dedicated to helping them share information about their programs and activities, solicit advice from their colleagues around the world, and build partnerships with other Drucker Societies and affiliated organizations.

Creating Global Change

What is a Drucker Society?

How can I get involved in a Drucker Society?

How the Drucker Societies are making a difference.

How the Drucker Societies are making
a difference.