Tom Peters
Tom Peters
Thomas J. "Tom" Petersis an American writer on business management practices, best known for In Search of Excellence...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 November 1942
CountryUnited States of America
quality done week
Start by identifying the qualities or characteristics that make you distinctive from your competitors - or your colleagues. What have you done lately - this week - to make yourself stand out? What would your colleagues or your customers say is your greatest and clearest strength? Your most noteworthy (as in, worthy of note) personal trait?
business support-systems champion
Champions are pioneers, and pioneers get shot at. The companies that get the most from champions, therefore, are those that have rich support network so their pioneers will flourish. This point is so important it's hard to overstress. No support systems, no champions. No champions, no innovations.
availability abet information
The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.
organization two world
In McKinsey's world, all of life is one of two things: strategy or organization.
attitude skills train
Hire for attitude. Train for skill... More
communication panacea good-communication
Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.
prejudice action management
Good managers have a bias for action.
running mean opportunity
If you're a leader, your whole reason for living is to help human beings develop - to really develop people and make work a place that's energetic and exciting and a growth opportunity, whether you're running a Housekeeping Department or Google. I mean, this is not rocket science.
passion ideas people
Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.
nuts office clean-desk
If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there.
sweat able mastery
Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.
improvement one-thing percent
One percent improvement in 1,000 things is better than 1,000% improvement in one thing.
skills creating alliances
Skill at creating, exploiting, and exiting crucial alliances beats ownership of fixed assets
two people environmental
We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.