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
organization ideas arrogance
Become a "learning organization". Shuck your arrogance - "if it isn't our idea, it can't be that good" - and become a determined copycat/ adapter/ enhancer.
change accepting-change accepting
Accept change as a friend. And don't take yourself too seriously.
work reign prototype
He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
business real school
Community. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she'd added her second employee, she was a pillar of her 35,000-person community. No rule says that only the local banker or car dealer can organize the program to raise supplemental funds for the public library or send the high school band on a well-earned special trip. Participating in community affairs, with time more than dollars, is good business from day one. It gets your name around, adds to your distinctiveness, and, best of all, makes you an attractive employer (which is the key to sustained success).
jobs leader done
If the person you delegated to does the job twice as well as you would have done it, consider yourself a leader.
inspirational leader ultimate-power
Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
technology blue office
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.
excellence trying
Do it, fix it, try it.
integrity lapses minors
There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity
skills careers gains
A career is a portfolio of projects that teach you new skills, gain you new expertise, develop new capabilities, grow your colleague set, and constantly reinvent you as a brand.
skills management chance
Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills.
men artist needs
Transforming leadership, [is defined as] leadership that builds on man's need for meaning, leadership that creates institutional purpose ... he is the value-shaper, the exemplar, the maker of meanings ... he is the true artist, the true pathfinder.
leadership vision management
Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.
rewards excellent mediocre
Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes.