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
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.
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.
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.
people important asking
If future competitiveness depends on treating people as an important part of the institution, the least respectful thing I can imagine doing to a human being is asking him to urinate in a cup.
inspirational leadership congratulations
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
love-you passion and-love
If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
technology issues decades
TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
improvement insignificant
There is no such thing as an insignificant improvement.
people innovation analysis
Nearly 100% of innovation-from business to politics-is inspired not by "market analysis" but by people who are supremely pissed off by the way things are.