Now Available … The Definitive Drucker - Challenges for Tomorrow's Executives - Final Advice from Peter Drucker … the Father of Modern Management

Business Wire, March 15, 2007

New book by leading consultant Elizabeth Hass Edersheim provides in-depth insight into Dr. Drucker's management theories that remain essential strategies for today's business executives.

"The insights in The Definitive Drucker can be illuminating, not least because Ms. Edersheim allows a bright light to shine out, even now, from the mind of Peter Drucker himself." - Adrian Wooldridge, Wall St. Journal

"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

NEW YORK -- In 2003, Elizabeth Haas Edersheim, a former partner at McKinsey & Co., was approached by Dr. Drucker to write about his work Ohis ideas, not his life. For 16 months, Edersheim had unprecedented access to Drucker, discussing and compiling his views on business practices, economic changes and challenges facing executives.

The result of this collaboration: The Definitive Drucker (McGraw-Hill, Feb. 2007), which Edersheim completed before Dr. Drucker passed away. The book captures the ideas that defined the practice of management for the past 75 years and gave rise to Drucker's iconic status.

Edersheim explores Drucker's thinking in areas such as connecting with customers, innovation, developing collaborations, asking critical questions, the CEO's role. She states: "In a 21st century business environment where constraints of time and distance are gone and change comes as fast as the blink of an eye, Drucker's 'take' is absolutely essential to managers."

Author Edersheim discusses Drucker's visionary concepts within the context of the modern business world, having interviewed top business leaders, including Jack Welch, Jim Collins, Michael Hammer and A.G. Lafley.

The Definitive Drucker offers a unique opportunity to learn Drucker's final lessons on how to strategize, compete and triumph for the long term. The book is essential reading for tomorrow's executives and is available at stores everywhere. For more information visit: www.definitivedrucker.com

Elizabeth Haas Edersheim is a strategic consultant who works with Fortune 500 companies. Prior to founding her firm - New York Consulting Partners (NYCP) - Edersheim was a partner at McKinsey & Co. Her previous book, McKinsey's Marvin Bower, highlights the business life of McKinsey's founder. She holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT.