Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Friday, September 20, 2013 – Tom Peters
Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Friday, September 20, 2013 – Tom Peters
“The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.”
And
‘Good managers have a bias for action.”
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“Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.”
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“Remember my mantra: distinct… or extinct.”
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“Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.”
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“Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.”
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“Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“What gets measured gets done.”
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“Every excellent company we studied is clear on what it stands for, and takes the process of value shaping seriously. In fact, we wonder whether it is possible to be an excellent company without clarity on values and without having the right sorts of values.”
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The Big Four: Out-read ’em. Out-study ’em. Out-present ’em. Out-listen ’em.
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“The Peters Principles: Enthusiasm. Emotion. Excellence. Energy. Excitement. Service. Growth. Creativity. Imagination. Vitality. Joy. Surprise. Independence. Spirit. Community. Limitless human potential. Diversity. Profit. Innovation. Design. Quality. Entrepreneurialism. Wow.”
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“Leadership is all about love:
Passion,
Enthusiasms,
Appetite for Life,
Engagement,
Great Causes & Determination to Make a Damn Difference,
Commitment to Excellence
Shared Adventures,
Bizarre Failures,
Growth Beyond Measure,
Insatiable Appetite for Change.”
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“Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change.”
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“Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don’t get it, prune.”
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“If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.”
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“Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.”
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“The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.”
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“Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.”
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“Celebrate what you want to see more of.”
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“The best leaders… almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.”
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“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.”
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“There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity”
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“If not excellence, what? If not excellence now, when?”
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