You can only improve what you measure.
TOM PETERSStop being conned by the old mantra that says, ‘Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.’ Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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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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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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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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If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you’re nuts to stay there.
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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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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.
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The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is finally reaching the offices and cubicles of the white-collar workers.
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If future competitiveness depends on treating people as an important part of the institution, the least respectful thing I can imagine doing to a human being is asking him to urinate in a cup.
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The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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David Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity ‘about every subject under the sun.’
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