Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
TOM PETERSTreat the customer as an appreciating asset.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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The best kept secret in the global economy today is this: When your service is AWESOME you get so stinking rich you have to buy new bags to carry all the money home.
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Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their “personal style” was their “brand.” (“It” starts with personal style of the tip-top leadership team.
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Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time is our priorities, is our strategy. Your calendar knows what you really care about. Do you?
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Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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Hire attitude train skills.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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Customers perceive service in their own unique, idiosyncratic, emotional, irrational, end-of-the-day, and totally human terms. Perception is all there is!
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Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.
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We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.
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It may be primarily property taxes in the case of a public library, or state taxes and tuition in the case of an academic library at a public university, but the funding sources of most libraries continue to have a strong geographic component.
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Those who succeed always reach far beyond formal deputation, take initiatives, and take the heat when things go awry. That’s true in the military in times of war, true for 200 person manufacturing firms, and true at giant automakers or software companies.
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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and, above all, committed person.
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