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As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was Lee Iacocca. (Tom Peters)
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. View quote
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If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there. View quote
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All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented. View quote
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Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past. View quote
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The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it. View quote
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I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you've got two kids, to start a coffee shop. View quote
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The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way. View quote
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I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens. View quote
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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. View quote
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One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being. (Tom Peters)
Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services - from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants - are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz. View quote
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As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you. View quote
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The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is finally reaching the offices and cubicles of the white-collar workers. View quote
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Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as 'pops' giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand. View quote
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'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. View quote
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Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and what I've been good at. View quote
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I endorse a lot of people - sometimes people say I endorse too many books. And my response has always been the same: If I can get one case study that can give me one good idea that I can implement for $25, or for these days one-third of that on Kindle, I've gotten a very good deal. View quote
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Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about it. I haven't got a theory and I haven't got a framework. (Tom Peters)
Punctuality at meetings influences culture of punctuality, i.e., promise-keeping in general, on-time deliveries, etc. View quote
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Design that matters infuses HR and Purchasing and Finance as much as product development. View quote
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A blizzard of small steps and memorable touches are more important than ‘breakthrough' attempts. So, take those constant small steps forward into the unknown. View quote
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