Hire disrespectful people.
TOM PETERSAll business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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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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The populations of most cities around the world continue to grow. The reasonspeople congregate in cities are various and complex, and the dawn of the digital age has not put much of adamper on the human urge to congregate.
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A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period.
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What gets measured gets done.
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The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.
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Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation – and about fundamental relations with one’s fellows.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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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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Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
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Stop 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!
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Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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How do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff!
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