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
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One of the biggest problems of 'In Search of Excellence' is that it focused on giant, publicly-traded companies. There are thousands upon thousands of excellent companies. Some of them are two-person accountancies in a community of three thousand people.
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'In Search of Excellence' was an afterthought, the runt of the McKinsey consulting litter, a hip-pocket project that was never supposed to amount to much.
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I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' There was no carefully designed work plan. There was no theory that I was out to prove.
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Appreciation, applause, approval, respect - we all love it!
athlete way crafts
The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
best-effort creating rewards
Creating in all employees the awareness that their best efforts are essential and that they will share in the rewards of the company's success.
glorified high league school
This league will effectively become a glorified high school and independent league.
technology issues decades
TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
excellent-work excellence lines
A while back, I came across a line attributed to IBM founder Thomas Watson. If you want to achieve excellence, he said, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
settling
Don't settle for less than is possible.
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For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce.
volunteer next strategy
What is my personal strategy for the next 10 hours? Who can I talk with or what can I volunteer for to learn something new?
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Inspiring visions rarely (I'm tempted to say never) include numbers.
lists simplify
Lists simplify, clarify, edify.