William Cohen, Ph.D.
Bill Cohen was the first graduate of the PhD program that Peter Drucker co-developed at what is now the Masatoshi Ito and Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management. Graduating and becoming Drucker’s friend, he applied Drucker’s methods and rose to become an Air Force general and the author of more than 50 management books published in 23 languages. He is the President of the Institute of Leader Arts which offers a unique corporate training program based on Drucker’s methods. Cohen’s latest book is Peter Drucker on Consulting: How to Apply Drucker's Principles for Business Success. He can be reached at wcohen@stuffofheroes.com.
More content by William Cohen, Ph.D.
Peter Drucker’s Very Different Consulting Model
August 11 by William Cohen, Ph.D.
Similar to the likes of Einstein and Sherlock Holmes' reasoning, Drucker's model for consulting clients relied heavily on what he observed and could deduce from reasoning.
Build on Strength, Not Weakness
March 23 by William Cohen, Ph.D.
Not knowing one’s strength can inevitably lead to a weakness. As Dr. William Cohen writes, Drucker said if we spend significant time, money, and effort trying to build something when the best we can a...
Management as a Liberal Art is The Key to Success
December 25 by William Cohen, Ph.D.MLA is amazingly powerful for success in many fields. It was used by Einstein in developing the Theory of Relativity, Steve Jobs in producing the personal computer and how politicians including both O...
MLA’s Procedure and Its Future
November 28 by William Cohen, Ph.D.Management is more than analyzing numbers to ensure profitability. Dr. William Cohen discusses, in detail, what it is and how and why Drucker approached management as a liberal art.
How Self Knowledge Can Help Guarantee Success for MLA
September 17 by William Cohen, Ph.D.Peter Drucker listed 4 essentials required for management as a liberal art, that breakthrough method of management known as MLA. Dr. William Cohen says self-Knowledge is essential to assure success.
How to Gain Real Wisdom, without Real Experience, with MLA
August 21 by William Cohen, Ph.D.Wisdom plays an important part in manager and leader success. Many experts have sought to understand management better. Peter Drucker, the Father of Modern Management simplified it.
The Wisdom Needed for MLA and How to Acquire It
July 16 by William Cohen, Ph.D.MLA emphasizes liberal arts and is superior to using numbers alone for profits and managerial decision-making. And as William Cohen explains MLA is based on Drucker's management theory.
Be a Change Leader
June 20 by William Cohen, Ph.D.Drucker first proved that any organization will eventually fail because of external change, but that same change can be an opportunity to prevent failure.
How Peter Drucker Became - The man who Invented Management
May 21 by William Cohen, Ph.D.Millions of managers worldwide have heard of Peter Drucker, the most famous management thinker of all time. But how did he become the man who invented management?
Drucker: Management more important than Data
April 23 by William Cohen, Ph.D.It’s important to understand Peter Drucker didn’t say to ignore data. Only that data should be but one factor considered in managerial decision-making, and not necessarily the primary one.
Attitude and Success
March 18 by William Cohen, Ph.D.Drucker believed that if we view something only as an issue which cannot be changed, there may be nothing to be done. It’s not what happens; it’s how we react to any occurrence.
If You Dare the Impossible, You can Achieve the Extraordinary
January 14 by William Cohen, Ph.D.Peter Drucker preached people couldn’t avoid risk, but could manage it. Dr. William Cohen explains how Drucker taught him to dare the impossible to achieve the extraordinary.
