Who comes first? Don’t be silly, says King Hal; it’s employees. That is – and this dear Watson, is elementary – if you genuinely want to put customers first, you must put employees more first.
TOM PETERSKnowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
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Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
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The good news – and it is largely good news – is that everyone has a chance to stand out. Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills. Everyone has a chance to be a brand worthy of remark
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I still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read it.
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Make an extensive table of project ‘deliverables’. Label one column ‘as requested’. Create another column labeled ‘could be’. Make each ‘could be’ wild and woolly!
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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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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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Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
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Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
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If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you’re nuts to stay there.
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I’m fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies – in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small and medium businesses.
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