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
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.
organization leader entrepreneur
Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period.
ability presentation
There are few things that will take you further in life, than your ability to make a good presentation.
execution projects
You are your projects!
progress rogues products
Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
ideas champion resistance
The new idea either finds a champion or it dies. No ordinary involvement with a new idea provides the energy required to cope with the indifference and resistance that change provokes.
change breakfast company
Companies have got to learn to eat change for breakfast.
leadership careers two
Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.
book ideas cost
If I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea, I've gotten one of the greatest bargains of all time.
leadership motivation fundamentals
Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation - and about fundamental relations with one's fellows.
skills creating alliances
Skill at creating, exploiting, and exiting crucial alliances beats ownership of fixed assets
skills differences public-speaking
Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.
Bold botches are to be cherished.
numbers excellence woods
'In Search of Excellence' - even the title - is a reminder that business isn't dry, dreary, boring, or by the numbers. Life at work can be cool - and work that's cool isn't confined to Tiger Woods, Yo-Yo Ma, or Tom Hanks. It's available to all of us and any of us.