Listen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere
TOM PETERSThe widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.
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Treat the customer as an appreciating asset.
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For me, reading is reading.
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The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.
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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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And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you’re consistent, you’re vulnerable to attack. Yes, it’s a paradox. Now deal with it!
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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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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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Even a poor, out-of-datecollection reflects in its own way the values of the people who created it and the community it serves.
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Quite simply, no matter how hard you try, no matter how “open” you are, you’ll end up surrounded by “yes people.” It’s hard not to believe people who are repeating your own ideas. Resist the temptation.
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Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
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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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The number one premise of business is that it need not be boring or dull. It ought to be fun. If it’s not fun, you’re wasting your life.
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Fact is, the work place to a great extent is “where we live.” We need star accountants. Boffo saleswomen. Over-the-top creatives in marketing and new product development.
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Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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