Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their “personal style” was their “brand.” (“It” starts with personal style of the tip-top leadership team.
TOM PETERSEvery managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.
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Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change.
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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.
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Quite simply, no matter how hard you try, no matter how “open” you are, you’ll end up surrounded by “yes people.” It’s hard not to believe people who are repeating your own ideas. Resist the temptation.
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I’m fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies – in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small and medium businesses.
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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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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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Who comes first? Don’t be silly, says King Hal; it’s employees. That is – and this dear Watson, is elementary – if you genuinely want to put customers first, you must put employees more first.
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Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
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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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Usage tends to be global, while funding tends tobe local. When we allow it to happen, usage of a digital library is remarkably diverse and widespread.
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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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