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!
TOM PETERSIf you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
More Tom Peters Quotes
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It doesn’t matter what product or service you’re offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.
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The company’s most urgent task is to learn to welcome, beg for, demand – innovation from everyone.
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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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Become a “learning organization”. Shuck your arrogance – “if it isn’t our idea, it can’t be that good” – and become a determined copycat/ adapter/ enhancer.
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Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!
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But there’s no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.
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Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does.
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People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.
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What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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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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Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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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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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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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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