What gets measured gets done.
TOM PETERSUltimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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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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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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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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Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation – and about fundamental relations with one’s fellows.
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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.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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It may be primarily property taxes in the case of a public library, or state taxes and tuition in the case of an academic library at a public university, but the funding sources of most libraries continue to have a strong geographic component.
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Divas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts do it…only business people think it isn’t necessary to train.
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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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Leaders trust their guts. “Intuition” is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, intuition has become a “soft” notion.
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Hire attitude train skills.
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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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The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
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Smile if it kills you. The physiology of smiling diffuses a lot of anger and angst. It makes your body and soul feel better.
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