What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
TOM PETERSWhat gets measured gets done.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Garbage! Intuition is the new physics. It’s an Einsteinian, seven-sense, practical way to make tough decisions. Bottom line, circa 2001 to 2010: The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition.
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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.
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The common wisdom is that … managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.
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Something mysterious happens to a curious, fully engaged mind – and it happens as often as not, subconsciously. Strange little sparks are set off, connections made, insights triggered
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If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
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If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism – the failure to fail, and fail big, in an era of unprecedented volatility and ambiguity.
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The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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Appreciation, applause, approval, respect – we all love it!
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Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.
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Integrity may be about little things as much or more than big ones.
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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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Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
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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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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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I don’t want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as ‘pops’ giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand.
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