I just read that Peter Drucker died yesterday at age 95. This is a great loss. Although his language in such classics as The Effective Executive is dated, his thoughts on management philosophy and social commentary continue to be influential. I was greatly helped by his advice always to "feed your strengths." This struck me as a very humble philosophy. It recognizes that we all have strengths and weaknesses and time is too short to spend a whole lot of time trying to perfect our weakness, a task that may be impossible anyway (if one is tone deaf, one is tone deaf). It is far better to admit our need for a team. The smart manager surrounds himself/herself with people whose strengths complement his/her weaknesses.
The Wall Street Journal is running an old editorial on Drucker, written originally to celebrate his 90th birthday. It's a good one.
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