Like it or not – and often we don’t – power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation.
TOM PETERSLearning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies.
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All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
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To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past.
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As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.
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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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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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Divas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts do it…only business people think it isn’t necessary to train.
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The worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday’s turf.
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If the person you delegated to does the job twice as well as you would have done it, consider yourself a leader.
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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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Smile if it kills you. The physiology of smiling diffuses a lot of anger and angst. It makes your body and soul feel better.
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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
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South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
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Hire attitude train skills.
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The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
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I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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The delivery and presentation media are important, and each format has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately I just want to read what I want to read, when and where I want.
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Business is about people. It’s about passion. It’s about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.
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TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
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Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
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Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services – from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants – are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.
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Passion. The life of an entrepreneur is occasionally exhilarating, and almost always exhausting. Only unbridled passion for the concept is likely to see you through the 17-hour days (month after month) and the painful mistakes that are part and parcel of the start-up process.
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The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.
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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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