Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
TOM PETERSLeaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
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I used to be skeptical when educators and technologists predicted that we may be entering a new era of oral culture, in which audible information will be at least as important as visible information.
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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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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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Bold botches are to be cherished.
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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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The best kept secret in the global economy today is this: When your service is AWESOME you get so stinking rich you have to buy new bags to carry all the money home.
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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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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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The delivery and presentation media are important, and each format has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately I just want to read what I want to read, when and where I want.
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A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.
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To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past.
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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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You can’t think your way out of a box; you’ve got to act.
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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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