This document contains observations and commentary from Tom Peters on leading with compassion during troubled times. Peters emphasizes the importance of focusing on excellence, people, and community now more than ever. He advocates for hiring and promoting based on empathy and a demonstrated track record of putting people first. Peters argues that creating a supportive work environment, especially during difficult circumstances, is how managers earn their pay.
7 habits of highly effective people interactive and engagingDewey Alfonso
I apologize, upon further reflection I do not feel comfortable advising how to handle sensitive financial or legal situations without proper context or qualifications.
The document outlines 31 major causes of failure that prevent most people from achieving success. It analyzes these causes of failure which include lack of a well-defined purpose, procrastination, lack of persistence, a negative personality, and lack of self-discipline. The document encourages the reader to review the list of causes and identify which may be hindering their own success so they can work to overcome them. It stresses the importance of self-analysis and knowing one's strengths and weaknesses.
- John Kotter is a professor at Harvard Business School and is regarded as a leading authority on leadership and change. He is known for his books on change management processes.
- In his latest book, A Sense of Urgency, Kotter discusses the importance of establishing a true sense of urgency for change initiatives, which he identifies as the most challenging step. The book addresses how to create and sustain urgency within an organization.
- Kotter believes that ideas about urgency are applicable across different organizations regardless of size, culture, or geography. However, establishing urgency may be more difficult in larger, more established companies.
Advocacy and influencing skills IS2011 OttawaEdward Kellow
This document discusses advocacy skills for promoting the green economy. It covers nudges and choice architecture, the six weapons of influence including consistency, reciprocation, social proof, authority, liking, and scarcity. Specific advocacy tools are examined like framing messages, storytelling, and government campaigns. Effective advocacy requires understanding human behavior and how to subtly influence decisions through default options, peer pressure, relationships and creating a sense of scarcity.
Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Four Generations Working Side by Side in Har...Andrew Krzmarzick
Presentation delivered at the Training Officer's Consortium (TOC) Institute in Williamsburg, VA, on April 27, 2009. Facilitated by a Gen X'er and a Traditional. Objectives included:
1. Understand and better navigate the intergenerational differences in your office
2. Participate in several training modalities that reach a multi-generational audience
3. Experience a truly blended approach to training that addresses the learning preferences of all four generations.
Mental models are deeply held internal images that shape how we think and act in familiar ways. They are often unconscious and can limit our behavior. Understanding our own and others' mental models is important for overcoming biases and having productive discussions. Effective leaders balance advocating for their own views while also inquiring about others' perspectives to resolve conflicts. When addressing mental models, people may experience strong emotions, so frustration should be used to further inquiry rather than action. Creating new shared mental models can lead to positive change.
The document provides 13 strategies for eliminating toxic emotional negativity (TEN) from the workplace. Some of the key strategies discussed include:
1) Recognizing that TEN stems from inner pain and changing negative self-talk can help address it.
2) Appealing to employees' self-interest by highlighting how reducing TEN can benefit them personally and professionally.
3) Being clear about how values like integrity translate to behavioral expectations, such as avoiding gossip.
The document argues that addressing TEN can improve workplace culture, productivity, and employee well-being.
World Business Forum Milano 2013 Tom Peterswobi_it
Tom Peters presented at the World Business Forum in Milano on November 5, 2013 on the topic of re-imagining excellence. The presentation highlighted many quotes and ideas related to strategy, execution, technology, change, leadership, and culture. Key topics discussed included the importance of execution over strategy, the accelerating pace of technological change, the need for organizations and skills to adapt, and the central role of culture within organizations.
7 habits of highly effective people interactive and engagingDewey Alfonso
I apologize, upon further reflection I do not feel comfortable advising how to handle sensitive financial or legal situations without proper context or qualifications.
The document outlines 31 major causes of failure that prevent most people from achieving success. It analyzes these causes of failure which include lack of a well-defined purpose, procrastination, lack of persistence, a negative personality, and lack of self-discipline. The document encourages the reader to review the list of causes and identify which may be hindering their own success so they can work to overcome them. It stresses the importance of self-analysis and knowing one's strengths and weaknesses.
- John Kotter is a professor at Harvard Business School and is regarded as a leading authority on leadership and change. He is known for his books on change management processes.
- In his latest book, A Sense of Urgency, Kotter discusses the importance of establishing a true sense of urgency for change initiatives, which he identifies as the most challenging step. The book addresses how to create and sustain urgency within an organization.
- Kotter believes that ideas about urgency are applicable across different organizations regardless of size, culture, or geography. However, establishing urgency may be more difficult in larger, more established companies.
Advocacy and influencing skills IS2011 OttawaEdward Kellow
This document discusses advocacy skills for promoting the green economy. It covers nudges and choice architecture, the six weapons of influence including consistency, reciprocation, social proof, authority, liking, and scarcity. Specific advocacy tools are examined like framing messages, storytelling, and government campaigns. Effective advocacy requires understanding human behavior and how to subtly influence decisions through default options, peer pressure, relationships and creating a sense of scarcity.
Why Can't We All Just Get Along? Four Generations Working Side by Side in Har...Andrew Krzmarzick
Presentation delivered at the Training Officer's Consortium (TOC) Institute in Williamsburg, VA, on April 27, 2009. Facilitated by a Gen X'er and a Traditional. Objectives included:
1. Understand and better navigate the intergenerational differences in your office
2. Participate in several training modalities that reach a multi-generational audience
3. Experience a truly blended approach to training that addresses the learning preferences of all four generations.
Mental models are deeply held internal images that shape how we think and act in familiar ways. They are often unconscious and can limit our behavior. Understanding our own and others' mental models is important for overcoming biases and having productive discussions. Effective leaders balance advocating for their own views while also inquiring about others' perspectives to resolve conflicts. When addressing mental models, people may experience strong emotions, so frustration should be used to further inquiry rather than action. Creating new shared mental models can lead to positive change.
The document provides 13 strategies for eliminating toxic emotional negativity (TEN) from the workplace. Some of the key strategies discussed include:
1) Recognizing that TEN stems from inner pain and changing negative self-talk can help address it.
2) Appealing to employees' self-interest by highlighting how reducing TEN can benefit them personally and professionally.
3) Being clear about how values like integrity translate to behavioral expectations, such as avoiding gossip.
The document argues that addressing TEN can improve workplace culture, productivity, and employee well-being.
World Business Forum Milano 2013 Tom Peterswobi_it
Tom Peters presented at the World Business Forum in Milano on November 5, 2013 on the topic of re-imagining excellence. The presentation highlighted many quotes and ideas related to strategy, execution, technology, change, leadership, and culture. Key topics discussed included the importance of execution over strategy, the accelerating pace of technological change, the need for organizations and skills to adapt, and the central role of culture within organizations.
This document provides an overview of career transitions and planning. It discusses the changing employment landscape with shorter job tenures. It emphasizes defining success on your own terms and having flexibility. The document provides advice on developing leadership skills, cultivating strong character, resolving conflicts, learning from mentors, networking, and continual self-improvement. It stresses the importance of practical skills like communication, social media presence, and understanding workplace politics. The conclusion encourages attendees that healthcare can be a rewarding career.
This document provides advice for career advancement, including speaking with your own voice rather than your boss's, becoming the smartest person in the room by continuously learning new skills, and being willing to push back if you see issues rather than just going along with the group. It also encourages asking questions to gain knowledge and avoid groupthink, sharing what you've learned with others, and living with integrity.
The document provides advice to graduates on how to learn, love, and lead in their careers. It recommends lifelong learning through active listening, taking risks, specializing, and seeking mentors. It stresses the importance of caring deeply about one's work and championing important causes while showing compassion for others. Finally, it discusses the opportunities and challenges of healthcare leadership, emphasizing servant leadership, implementing change despite pushback, and finding meaning and purpose in leadership.
General Colin Powell provides 18 lessons on leadership in his document "A Leadership Primer". Some of the key points made in the lessons include:
- Being a responsible leader means making tough decisions that will inevitably upset some people. Trying to please everyone leads to mediocrity.
- Real leaders make themselves accessible to problems brought by subordinates, showing concern for their efforts and challenges.
- As companies grow, leaders must resist becoming too detached from operational details or inbred in their thinking.
- Effective leaders focus on attracting and empowering talented people, not just organizational structure or management theories.
- Leaders must be flexible and not bound by stereotypes, tailoring their approach to each situation's unique demands and mission
General Colin Powell provides 18 lessons on leadership. Some key points include: being responsible may mean making difficult decisions that upset people; leaders should make themselves accessible to solve problems; don't blindly follow experts or get stuck in outdated ways; focus on attracting and developing talented people; simplify solutions so everyone understands; and make decisions with 40-70% of information rather than waiting for 100% certainty. Effective leadership requires balancing priorities, having fun but also being prepared for loneliness in decision making.
General Colin Powell provides 18 lessons on leadership. Some key points include: being responsible may mean making difficult decisions that upset people; leaders should make themselves accessible to solve problems; don't blindly follow experts or get stuck in outdated ways of thinking; focus on attracting and developing talented people rather than organizational structure or titles; have optimism which inspires others; and make clear, simplied decisions once you have 40-70% of the information rather than waiting for 100% certainty. Effective leadership requires balancing priorities, having fun but also being prepared for the loneliness of responsibility.
Leadership lessons from a great American Leader. Powell understands the difference between authority and leadership. Excellent ideas to use as meeting starters.
General Colin Powell provides 18 lessons on leadership. Some key points include: being responsible sometimes means making difficult decisions that upset people; leaders must be accessible to problems from subordinates; don't blindly follow experts or get stuck in outdated ways of thinking; focus on attracting and developing talented people rather than organizational structure or titles; have optimism which inspires others; make decisions once you have 40-70% of information rather than waiting for 100%; put decision-making power in the hands of those doing the work rather than rear echelon analysts; and find people who work hard but also maintain balance and have fun. Ultimately, leadership requires making tough choices that can result in a lonely role.
General Colin Powell provides 11 lessons on leadership. Some key points:
- Being a responsible leader means making tough decisions that will upset some people. Trying to please everyone leads to mediocrity.
- Real leaders are accessible and help solve their employees' problems, rather than creating barriers to communication.
- Leaders should not be swayed by experts or elites who are detached from reality.
- Good leaders pay attention to details but also encourage challenging the status quo.
- Success depends more on attracting the best people than on plans, organization charts or management theories.
General Colin Powell provides 18 lessons on leadership. Some key points include: being responsible may mean making difficult decisions that upset people; leaders should make themselves accessible to solve problems; don't blindly follow experts or get stuck in outdated ways; focus on attracting and developing talented people rather than organizational structure; have optimism which inspires others; and make clear, simplifed decisions once you have 40-70% of the information. Effective leadership requires balancing priorities, taking risks, and ultimately making tough choices that feel lonely.
This document contains 12 lessons from Colin Powell on leadership. Some of the key points made include: being responsible means making difficult decisions that may upset some people; leaders should make themselves accessible so that people feel comfortable bringing problems to them; leaders should not be afraid to challenge experts and think outside the box; and that attracting the best people is key to accomplishing great things. The document provides advice and perspectives on different aspects of leadership.
All hands on deck for siemens medical solutions western zone leadership retreatJoe Tye
This document provides an overview of building a culture of ownership in an organization. It discusses that only 25% of employees are fully engaged while 60% are not engaged and 15% are disengaged. It emphasizes that culture is shaped by core values and stories, and outlines eight lessons for building a strong, positive culture: 1) Pursue a inspiring mission, 2) Use structure and process, 3) Build on core values, 4) Trust is the glue, 5) Use stories, 6) Invest in character building, 7) Unleash creativity, and 8) Everyone is a volunteer. It argues that cultural transformation requires addressing assumptions, developing an "invisible architecture" based on values, and creating a culture where people feel
1. The document discusses excellence and emphasizes focusing on people first through inspiring, engaging, and providing opportunities for growth. It stresses treating employees like customers to best serve customers.
2. Execution is highlighted as the leader's top priority through focusing on details and completing one major task at a time. Innovation comes from taking risks, learning constantly, and exposing yourself to new ideas.
3. Small actions and details matter, like having clean restrooms or big shopping carts. Little things can have outsized impacts. Excellence is an ongoing choice, not a future goal, and should be pursued in every moment.
Enchansing interpersonal skills to handle conflict managementkamal48
This document discusses techniques for enhancing interpersonal skills to manage conflict. It discusses recognizing emotions in others through empathy, developing emotional bonds with people through trust and respect, and being sensitive to others' motivations. Effective communication techniques include listening to others, admitting mistakes, and developing self-awareness. Working as an effective team member requires keeping a positive attitude, greeting people, and recognizing each person's feelings and opinions.
This document contains 18 lessons on leadership from General Colin Powell. Some of the key points made in the lessons include: being responsible sometimes means making difficult decisions that will upset people; leaders should make themselves accessible to solve problems reported by subordinates; leaders should not be swayed by experts and elites and instead focus on accomplishing the mission; and leadership involves attracting talented people and empowering them to succeed or fail based on their efforts and contributions. The overall message is that effective leadership requires making tough choices, focusing on goals over processes, and enabling others to achieve great things through a combination of responsibility, accessibility, optimism, and talent development.
This long document discusses the concept of excellence through numerous quotes and examples. It emphasizes that excellence requires enthusiasm, energy, empathy, execution, and constantly striving to improve. It highlights businesses and individuals who achieved success through innovative approaches, adapting to change, and a relentless focus on customers, people and execution. Key individuals mentioned include Muhammad Yunus and his work providing microloans to the poor.
This document contains 18 lessons on leadership from General Colin Powell. Some of the key lessons include: being responsible sometimes means upsetting people; the day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them; don't be afraid to challenge experts, even in their own backyard; perpetually optimism is a force multiplier; and command is lonely as the buck stops with the leader. The document emphasizes that good leadership involves tough decisions, accessibility, challenging the status quo, attention to details, prudent risk-taking, and surrounding oneself with talented people.
June 6th SSA leadership, relationships, teamscsddave
This document contains summaries and excerpts from various leadership experts on creating an effective team environment. It discusses how teamwork can help achieve goals, defining leadership as something that should come from all levels, and creating a culture where every employee feels essential. It provides tips on listening, empowering team members, and treating individuals with respect to build strong relationships.
Tom Peters outlines 27 "Number Ones" that are essential for organizational excellence. The top three are:
1. Capital Investment #1 is training, which Peters argues should be viewed as a capital expense and top strategic priority. Continuous training is especially important in today's changing environment.
2. The number one moral obligation is to prepare all employees, both permanent and temporary, for an uncertain future through skills development and positive mindset training.
3. Obsession #1 should be execution, which Peters says accounts for "the last 95%" of success. Strong execution is required to realize any strategy.
THE WORKS Appendix Library of Best QuotesTom Peters
This document provides an appendix of quotes from Tom Peters' book "Excellence!" which reflects on his career over 50 years. The appendix is organized into 10 sections on topics like execution, excellence, people, technology, morality, innovation, strategies, branding, and leadership. It includes many quotes from Peters and other leaders throughout history on these topics. The quotes emphasize ideas like the importance of execution over strategy, putting people and culture first, embracing technology changes, acting with moral responsibility, focusing on customers and innovation, and pursuing excellence rather than moderation.
This document provides an overview of career transitions and planning. It discusses the changing employment landscape with shorter job tenures. It emphasizes defining success on your own terms and having flexibility. The document provides advice on developing leadership skills, cultivating strong character, resolving conflicts, learning from mentors, networking, and continual self-improvement. It stresses the importance of practical skills like communication, social media presence, and understanding workplace politics. The conclusion encourages attendees that healthcare can be a rewarding career.
This document provides advice for career advancement, including speaking with your own voice rather than your boss's, becoming the smartest person in the room by continuously learning new skills, and being willing to push back if you see issues rather than just going along with the group. It also encourages asking questions to gain knowledge and avoid groupthink, sharing what you've learned with others, and living with integrity.
The document provides advice to graduates on how to learn, love, and lead in their careers. It recommends lifelong learning through active listening, taking risks, specializing, and seeking mentors. It stresses the importance of caring deeply about one's work and championing important causes while showing compassion for others. Finally, it discusses the opportunities and challenges of healthcare leadership, emphasizing servant leadership, implementing change despite pushback, and finding meaning and purpose in leadership.
General Colin Powell provides 18 lessons on leadership in his document "A Leadership Primer". Some of the key points made in the lessons include:
- Being a responsible leader means making tough decisions that will inevitably upset some people. Trying to please everyone leads to mediocrity.
- Real leaders make themselves accessible to problems brought by subordinates, showing concern for their efforts and challenges.
- As companies grow, leaders must resist becoming too detached from operational details or inbred in their thinking.
- Effective leaders focus on attracting and empowering talented people, not just organizational structure or management theories.
- Leaders must be flexible and not bound by stereotypes, tailoring their approach to each situation's unique demands and mission
General Colin Powell provides 18 lessons on leadership. Some key points include: being responsible may mean making difficult decisions that upset people; leaders should make themselves accessible to solve problems; don't blindly follow experts or get stuck in outdated ways; focus on attracting and developing talented people; simplify solutions so everyone understands; and make decisions with 40-70% of information rather than waiting for 100% certainty. Effective leadership requires balancing priorities, having fun but also being prepared for loneliness in decision making.
General Colin Powell provides 18 lessons on leadership. Some key points include: being responsible may mean making difficult decisions that upset people; leaders should make themselves accessible to solve problems; don't blindly follow experts or get stuck in outdated ways of thinking; focus on attracting and developing talented people rather than organizational structure or titles; have optimism which inspires others; and make clear, simplied decisions once you have 40-70% of the information rather than waiting for 100% certainty. Effective leadership requires balancing priorities, having fun but also being prepared for the loneliness of responsibility.
Leadership lessons from a great American Leader. Powell understands the difference between authority and leadership. Excellent ideas to use as meeting starters.
General Colin Powell provides 18 lessons on leadership. Some key points include: being responsible sometimes means making difficult decisions that upset people; leaders must be accessible to problems from subordinates; don't blindly follow experts or get stuck in outdated ways of thinking; focus on attracting and developing talented people rather than organizational structure or titles; have optimism which inspires others; make decisions once you have 40-70% of information rather than waiting for 100%; put decision-making power in the hands of those doing the work rather than rear echelon analysts; and find people who work hard but also maintain balance and have fun. Ultimately, leadership requires making tough choices that can result in a lonely role.
General Colin Powell provides 11 lessons on leadership. Some key points:
- Being a responsible leader means making tough decisions that will upset some people. Trying to please everyone leads to mediocrity.
- Real leaders are accessible and help solve their employees' problems, rather than creating barriers to communication.
- Leaders should not be swayed by experts or elites who are detached from reality.
- Good leaders pay attention to details but also encourage challenging the status quo.
- Success depends more on attracting the best people than on plans, organization charts or management theories.
General Colin Powell provides 18 lessons on leadership. Some key points include: being responsible may mean making difficult decisions that upset people; leaders should make themselves accessible to solve problems; don't blindly follow experts or get stuck in outdated ways; focus on attracting and developing talented people rather than organizational structure; have optimism which inspires others; and make clear, simplifed decisions once you have 40-70% of the information. Effective leadership requires balancing priorities, taking risks, and ultimately making tough choices that feel lonely.
This document contains 12 lessons from Colin Powell on leadership. Some of the key points made include: being responsible means making difficult decisions that may upset some people; leaders should make themselves accessible so that people feel comfortable bringing problems to them; leaders should not be afraid to challenge experts and think outside the box; and that attracting the best people is key to accomplishing great things. The document provides advice and perspectives on different aspects of leadership.
All hands on deck for siemens medical solutions western zone leadership retreatJoe Tye
This document provides an overview of building a culture of ownership in an organization. It discusses that only 25% of employees are fully engaged while 60% are not engaged and 15% are disengaged. It emphasizes that culture is shaped by core values and stories, and outlines eight lessons for building a strong, positive culture: 1) Pursue a inspiring mission, 2) Use structure and process, 3) Build on core values, 4) Trust is the glue, 5) Use stories, 6) Invest in character building, 7) Unleash creativity, and 8) Everyone is a volunteer. It argues that cultural transformation requires addressing assumptions, developing an "invisible architecture" based on values, and creating a culture where people feel
1. The document discusses excellence and emphasizes focusing on people first through inspiring, engaging, and providing opportunities for growth. It stresses treating employees like customers to best serve customers.
2. Execution is highlighted as the leader's top priority through focusing on details and completing one major task at a time. Innovation comes from taking risks, learning constantly, and exposing yourself to new ideas.
3. Small actions and details matter, like having clean restrooms or big shopping carts. Little things can have outsized impacts. Excellence is an ongoing choice, not a future goal, and should be pursued in every moment.
Enchansing interpersonal skills to handle conflict managementkamal48
This document discusses techniques for enhancing interpersonal skills to manage conflict. It discusses recognizing emotions in others through empathy, developing emotional bonds with people through trust and respect, and being sensitive to others' motivations. Effective communication techniques include listening to others, admitting mistakes, and developing self-awareness. Working as an effective team member requires keeping a positive attitude, greeting people, and recognizing each person's feelings and opinions.
This document contains 18 lessons on leadership from General Colin Powell. Some of the key points made in the lessons include: being responsible sometimes means making difficult decisions that will upset people; leaders should make themselves accessible to solve problems reported by subordinates; leaders should not be swayed by experts and elites and instead focus on accomplishing the mission; and leadership involves attracting talented people and empowering them to succeed or fail based on their efforts and contributions. The overall message is that effective leadership requires making tough choices, focusing on goals over processes, and enabling others to achieve great things through a combination of responsibility, accessibility, optimism, and talent development.
This long document discusses the concept of excellence through numerous quotes and examples. It emphasizes that excellence requires enthusiasm, energy, empathy, execution, and constantly striving to improve. It highlights businesses and individuals who achieved success through innovative approaches, adapting to change, and a relentless focus on customers, people and execution. Key individuals mentioned include Muhammad Yunus and his work providing microloans to the poor.
This document contains 18 lessons on leadership from General Colin Powell. Some of the key lessons include: being responsible sometimes means upsetting people; the day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them; don't be afraid to challenge experts, even in their own backyard; perpetually optimism is a force multiplier; and command is lonely as the buck stops with the leader. The document emphasizes that good leadership involves tough decisions, accessibility, challenging the status quo, attention to details, prudent risk-taking, and surrounding oneself with talented people.
June 6th SSA leadership, relationships, teamscsddave
This document contains summaries and excerpts from various leadership experts on creating an effective team environment. It discusses how teamwork can help achieve goals, defining leadership as something that should come from all levels, and creating a culture where every employee feels essential. It provides tips on listening, empowering team members, and treating individuals with respect to build strong relationships.
Tom Peters outlines 27 "Number Ones" that are essential for organizational excellence. The top three are:
1. Capital Investment #1 is training, which Peters argues should be viewed as a capital expense and top strategic priority. Continuous training is especially important in today's changing environment.
2. The number one moral obligation is to prepare all employees, both permanent and temporary, for an uncertain future through skills development and positive mindset training.
3. Obsession #1 should be execution, which Peters says accounts for "the last 95%" of success. Strong execution is required to realize any strategy.
THE WORKS Appendix Library of Best QuotesTom Peters
This document provides an appendix of quotes from Tom Peters' book "Excellence!" which reflects on his career over 50 years. The appendix is organized into 10 sections on topics like execution, excellence, people, technology, morality, innovation, strategies, branding, and leadership. It includes many quotes from Peters and other leaders throughout history on these topics. The quotes emphasize ideas like the importance of execution over strategy, putting people and culture first, embracing technology changes, acting with moral responsibility, focusing on customers and innovation, and pursuing excellence rather than moderation.
This document is a 17-chapter book in PowerPoint format summarizing Tom Peters' reflections over 50 years working in business and management from 1966 to 2016. Some of the key topics covered include the importance of execution, pursuing excellence in all activities, prioritizing people, embracing technological change, innovating continuously, recognizing the growing power of women as consumers and leaders, and the importance of small- and medium-sized enterprises in today's business world. The document encourages readers to try new ideas and approaches and avoid moderation in the pursuit of outstanding results.
This document discusses leadership tactics based on Tom Peters' reflections over 50 years. It includes 46 specific leadership "stuffs" or tactics. The first one discussed is Conrad Hilton's commandment to "remember to tuck the shower curtain inside the bathtub." Peters argues that while location is important for attracting customers to hotels initially, high quality service like ensuring shower curtains are tucked in is important for keeping customers coming back.
THE WORKS Chapter 14 Individual Responsibility. Brand You. No Option.Tom Peters
This document outlines Tom Peters' reflections over 50 years from 1966 to 2016. It is presented as a 17 chapter book in PowerPoint format. Chapter Fourteen discusses the importance of individual responsibility and developing your personal brand in the current environment where "BRAND YOU" and "Me Inc." have become essential. The chapter emphasizes that branding yourself is no longer optional in the modern business world. The document encourages the reader to try new ideas and strategies discussed throughout the work.
THE WORKS Chapter 13 The "PSF"/Professional Service Firm "Model" As Exemplar/...Tom Peters
Every enterprise, from one-person mini-business to thousand-employee mega-corporation, must conduct business as if every project is the ultimate expression of its worth.
THE WORKS Chapter 12 Value-Added Strategy #1: Pervasive "Design-Mindedness" Tom Peters
This document outlines Tom Peters' reflections from 1966 to 2016 on achieving excellence in business. It is presented as a 17-chapter book in PowerPoint format totaling over 50,000 words. Peters discusses enduring principles for driving organizational performance, including a focus on execution, putting people first, embracing technological change, innovating constantly, prioritizing design, and avoiding moderation. He advocates for trying new approaches to gain competitive advantages in a rapidly changing business environment. The document is intended to spur readers to take practical actions that could help their organizations thrive.
THE WORKS Chapter 11 Nine Value-Added StrategiesTom Peters
This document is a 17-chapter book in PowerPoint format that summarizes the author's reflections over 50 years working in business and management from 1966 to 2016. The author advocates for a focus on execution, excellence, putting people first, embracing technological change, innovating, trying new things, recognizing the power of women as consumers and leaders, and the importance of small and medium enterprises. Key principles include focusing on customers and employees, continuous innovation, design-thinking, and avoiding moderation. The author hopes readers will be inspired to take action and try new strategies and ideas based on what they learn from the document.
This document is a 17-chapter book in PowerPoint format by Tom Peters reflecting on his 50-year career in management from 1966 to 2016. The document emphasizes the importance of execution, excellence, putting people first, embracing technological change, innovating or risking failure, trying many new ideas, recognizing women as the top market and business leaders, and avoiding moderation in the pursuit of success. It includes epigraphs on these topics from other business leaders and provides principles and minimum standards to guide organizational performance.
THE WORKS Chapter 9 Losers/Winners, the Age of Small/ishTom Peters
This document discusses Tom Peters' reflections over 50 years in business from 1966 to 2016. Chapter 9 focuses on the age of small businesses and argues that large companies are unstable, with half the companies in the S&P 500 changing every two weeks. It cites sources saying the best way to build a business is to focus on being the best in a niche market rather than trying to compete directly with larger companies. Overall the chapter promotes focusing on excellence and innovation in small-to-medium sized businesses.
Tom Peters discusses the moral imperative for corporate leaders to develop the skills of the people they lead through training and development. He argues this is the number one priority for both short-term profitability and long-term success. In a time of rapid technological change, only ongoing personal development will allow people to adapt and remain valuable in the workforce as jobs change. Therefore, developing one's employees and contractors is a moral obligation for leaders and critical for business success.
THE WORKS Chapter 6 Putting People (REALLY) FirstTom Peters
People first is terrific, but giving your people "enriching, rewarding lives" (courtesy Richard Branson) is the surest approach to mid- to long-term enterprise effectiveness.
This document outlines Tom Peters' reflections from over 50 years working in business since 1966. It is presented as a 17 chapter book in PowerPoint format covering topics like execution, excellence, strategy, innovation, design, leadership and more. Each chapter includes annotations and quotes related to eternal business concepts as well as how to thrive in today's changing technological environment. Peters encourages the reader to try new ideas and stresses the importance of execution, putting people first, innovation, small businesses and avoiding moderation.
THE WORKS Chapter 4 (REALLY) 1st Things Before 1st ThingsTom Peters
This document outlines Tom Peters' reflections from his 50-year career focusing on excellence in business. It is presented as a 17-chapter book in PowerPoint format covering topics like the importance of execution, pursuing excellence in all aspects of work, putting people first, embracing technological change, innovating continuously, empowering women leaders, and prioritizing small-to-medium enterprises. Peters encourages the reader to try new ideas and practices in order to continuously improve performance and leadership. The document draws from Peters' experiences in Silicon Valley and Vermont to discuss both timeless business principles and strategies for success in today's rapidly changing environment.
THE WORKS Chapter 3 The Strategy First MythTom Peters
This document outlines Tom Peters' reflections from 1966 to 2016 in 17 chapters. It asserts that execution is more important than strategy and that excellence, putting people first, and embracing technological change are essential. It argues moderate approaches do not work and companies must innovate or die. The document encourages the reader to try new ideas and tactics to spur practical action and improvement. It emphasizes exponential technological changes will continue disrupting industries and organizations must get comfortable with continuous upheaval.
This document discusses excellence in business. It describes how the author wrote a book in 1982 called "In Search of Excellence" which identified eight basics of business excellence based on case studies of exemplar firms. The book helped introduce the idea that excellence could be achieved in business. The document goes on to list those eight basics, which include a bias for action, being close to customers, autonomy and entrepreneurship, productivity through people, hands-on value-driven leadership, focus, lean staff and simultaneous loose-tight properties. It notes these pillars of excellence have held up well over time.
This document is a summary of Tom Peters' reflections over 50 years from 1966 to 2016. It is presented in PowerPoint format but contains over 50,000 words of annotation. The document outlines 17 chapters on topics like execution, excellence, innovation, technology trends, and leadership. Peters encourages the reader to try new ideas and tactics, learn from social media, and take action to drive organizational performance and excellence.
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I call this paper “observations.” It consists of a collection of commentaries, only loosely
organized, that are mostly aimed (at least indirectly) at coping during the COVID-19 chaos. As
always with me, EXCELLENCE is the subtext. Hugh MacLeod of Gapingvoid said,
“Creating Excellence is not a job.
Creating Excellence is a Moral Act.”
Sooooooo . . .
EXCELLENCE.
Now more than ever.
PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY.
Now more than ever.
Be well.
Stay safe.
We are all family . . .
Tom
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1982–2020
EPIGRAPHS/THE EVERYTHING LIST
“Dr. D.A. Henderson, who led the international effort to eradicate smallpox,
was asked what he wanted to eradicate next. His answer: ‘Bad management.’”
—Sabin Vaccine Institute
“Business has the responsibility to increase the sum of human well-being.”
—Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Good Business
“Business has to give people enriching, rewarding lives . . . or it’s simply
not worth doing.”
—Richard Branson
“Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they
don’t want to.”
—Richard Branson
“The ultimate filter we use is that we only hire nice people.”
—Peter Miller, CEO, Optinose
“Research [by McKinsey] suggests that to succeed, start by promoting women.”
—Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
“Sustainability: It’s the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do, it’s the
profitable thing to do.”
—Hunter Lovins, Rocky Mountains Institute
“In some way, by caring, we are actually serving humanity. People might think
it’s a stupid belief, but it’s a goal—it’s a contribution that we hope we can make,
in some small way, to culture.”
—Jony Ives, Chief Designer, Apple
“Strive for excellence. Ignore success.”
—Bill Young, race car driver
“Creating Excellence is not a job.
Creating Excellence is a Moral Act.”
—Hugh MacLeod, Gapingvoid
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TEN TWEETS/NINE BY ME/14-23 APRIL 2020
LEADING IN THE AGE OF COVID-19
*Caring deeply about others and putting their wellbeing first is what makes you a decent
human being personally and professionally. Period. (And, alas, “caring about others”
rarely tops the employee hiring-promotion criteria list.) And, yeah, there’s other stuff, too.
BUT. FIRST. THINGS. FIRST.
*Companies are going to find out how good their hiring and promoting practices were/are.
Those who focused on empathy, listening, inclusiveness, altruism, etc. will thrive; others,
not so clear. . .
*One needs to project humanity and attentiveness (“fierce listening,” as one guru put it) as
never before. Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk said, “The best way to persuade
someone is with your ears.” Goes 10 times today. Famed football coach Bo Schembechler
said, “We passed up ‘hotshots’ for guys we thought were better people”—and a peerless,
decades-spanning winning record ensued. (And the “better people” went on to more
fulfilling lives—no surprise, eh?)
*MBWA/Managing By Wandering Around is a state of mind (engagement/ deep human
connection) more than a physical act. Leaders who fully engage each team member and put
their humanity on display. Leaders who worry more about how individuals and their
families are coping than making it through every agenda item in the next virtual meeting.
MBWA is synonymous with GASI/Give-A-Shit-Ism.
*Only one answer to “how to lead in a crisis”: LEAD WELL BEFORE THE CRISIS. That
means creating a team whose members are wholly respected as individuals, who have been
trained beyond one’s wildest imagination (Training = Capital Investment #1/see below), are
given exceptional autonomy and responsibility, and who care deeply about one another.
*This is the defining moment of your career. You will not be remembered by the contours
of your balance sheet. You will be remembered by the way you supported people.
*Mark Crowley: “When this COVID mess is over & all managers are assessed, the grading
scale will have profoundly changed. This time the criteria won’t be numbers or
productivity. Instead, top managers will be those who employees felt were deeply caring,
empathetic & courageous.” (TP/me: !!!)
*My Top 2 post-coronavirus dreams: (1) Never again a promotion of anyone to
management who does not have a truckload of empathy (high EQ) and a clearly
demonstrated “PEOPLE FIRST” track record. (2) MORE MORE MORE women in senior
leadership roles ASAP.
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*More women in senior roles defined: 50-50 on Boards. 50-50 on exec teams (remember,
women de facto buy everything, consumer AND commercial.) And [from an earlier twitter
exchange on poor exec behavior in hospitals] more or less no-males-in-hospital-CEO-jobs.
(And I more or less mean it.)
*COMMUNITY. NOW MORE THAN EVER. Organizations are in
and of themselves . . . COMMUNITIES. Never forget that. If you
think that way, among other things you will make a lot of good
“people decisions.” (Moreover, organizations are communities [the
organization itself] embedded in communities [where our
employees, and for that matter vendors and customers, live and
work and contribute].)
EXCELLENCE IS . . .
THE ULTIMATE SHORT-TERM STRATEGY
EXCELLENCE IS THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES
(OR NOTHING AT ALL)
“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”
—Cesare Pavese, poet
EXCELLENCE is not an “aspiration.”
EXCELLENCE is not a “hill to climb.”
EXCELLENCE is the ultimate short-term strategy.
EXCELLENCE is the next five minutes (or nothing at all).
EXCELLENCE is your next five-minute conversation in the real or virtual “hallway.”
Or not.
EXCELLENCE is your next four-line email.* (*This is sooo true/so important!!!)
Or not.
EXCELLENCE is the first three minutes of your next meeting.
Or not.
EXCELLENCE is shutting up and listening—really listening/“aggressively” listening.
Or not.
EXCELLENCE is sending flowers to the hospital where your top customer’s Mom is
having serious surgery.
Or not.
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EXCELLENCE is saying “Thank you” for something “small.”
Or not.
EXCELLENCE is pulling out all the stops at warp speed to respond to a “minor” screw-
up.
Or not.
EXCELLENCE is the flowers you bring to work on a dispiriting rainy day.
Or not.
EXCELLENCE is learning the names and school years of all 14 of your team members’
kids.
Or not.
EXCELLENCE is bothering to learn the way folks in finance (or IS or HR) think.
Or not.
EXCELLENCE is waaaay “over”-preparing for a three-minute presentation.
Or not.
EXCELLENCE is …
Excellence is conventionally—in fact, almost without fail—seen as a long-term aspiration. I
disagree. Vehemently disagree. Excellence is not a destination at which you arrive on a glorious
sunny day after years of brutally hard work. Excellence is a way of life, a way of being that
sustains us and inspires us and inspires those who are around us day in and day out. There is no
“long term.” There is only the way we act toward Anne or José when we step out into the
corridor after a meeting—or, yes, the quality of that next four-line email.
THE MANAGERIAL MINDSET/TWO TAKES:
PAIN IN THE NECK OR
THE PINNACLE OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT
MANAGING (as often as not): A PAIN IN THE ASS. Somebody’s got to do it; punching bag
for higher ups on one end, grouchy employees on the other; blame magnet if things go wrong,
big bosses take the credit if things go right.
Or
MANAGING (as it can/should be): THE PINNACLE OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT. The
greatest life opportunity one can have (literally). Mid- to long-term success is no more and no
less than a function of one’s dedication to and effectiveness at helping team members grow
and flourish as individuals and as contributing members to an energetic, self-renewing
organization dedicated to the relentless pursuit of Team/Customer/Community
Excellence.
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MORE THAN THEY HAVE
EVER DREAMED OF BEING
“The role of the Director is to create a space where the actors and
actresses can become more than they have ever been before, more than
they have ever dreamed of being.”
—Robert Altman, Oscar acceptance speech
PEOPLE. SERVICE. PERIOD.
Organizations Exist to Serve: People (Leaders) Serving People (the
Front-Line Team) Serving People (Customers/ Communities).
MEMO TO EMPLOYEES/APRIL 2020
1. You are not “working from home,” you are “at your home, during a crisis, trying to
work.”
2. Your personal physical, mental, and emotional health is extremely important right now.
Take care of yourself!
3. You should not try to compensate for lost productivity by working longer hours.
4. Be kind to yourself and don’t judge how you are coping based on how you see others
coping.
5. Be kind to others and don’t judge others in how they are coping based on how you are
coping.
6. Success will not be measured the same way it was when things were normal.
Blue Mountain Community College
Boardman, Oregon (Note from TP to Blue Mountain CC Leaders: Bravo! [I dearly wish this
was the norm—alas, it is not.])
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BE KIND
“Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
—Philo of Alexandria
“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind.
And the third is to be kind.”
—William James
YOU MUST CARE
“The one piece of advice which will contribute to making you a better leader, will provide you
with greater happiness, and will advance your career more than any other advice . . . and it
doesn’t call for a special personality or any certain chemistry . . . and anyone can do it, and
it’s this:
YOU MUST CARE.” (emphasis added)
—General Melvin Zais (This excerpt is from a War College address by General Zais to mid-level
officers. I once gave the annual invited Forrestal Lecture at the U.S. Naval Academy. I handed
out on my own nickel 4,000 [!] copies [CDs—ye olde days] of the Zais speech that featured this
“must care” quote. I thought it was that important. I still do think it’s that important—in fact,
more important than ever.)
POSITIVE = 30X NEGATIVE
(30X++ IN CV19 TIMES!)
“Positive attention is thirty times more powerful than negative attention in creating high
performance on a team. . . . So while we may occasionally have to help people get better at
something that’s holding them back, if paying attention to what people can’t do is our
default setting as team leaders, and if all our efforts are directed at giving and receiving
negative feedback more often and more efficiently, then we’re leaving enormous potential
on the table. People don’t need feedback. They need attention, and, moreover, attention to
what they do the best. And they become more engaged and therefore more productive when
we give it to them.”(emphasis added)
—Marcus Buckingham (Gallup/ADP Learning Systems) and Ashley Goodall (Chief Learning
Officer, Deloitte), Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World
??? Why do so many people (leaders, parents, even teachers) not get this ???
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EXCELLENCE/MORAL MANAGEMENT
THE ANSWER TO A 70 PERCENT
“DISENGAGED” WORKFORCE
Polls from all around the world are astonishingly consistent: 70 percent to 85 percent of
workers are unhappy with or disconnected from their job. (Way pre-COVID.) Sure, there’s the
increasing technological pressure—or the impact of, say, a product that goes bust (e.g., 737
MAX). But such factors need not (should not!) keep a manager from creating a supportive,
humane, personal-growth-driven environment.
CREATING A POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE WORK
ENVIRONMENT—REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCES
AND ESPECIALLY IN CRAPPY CIRCUMSTANCES—IS
HOW MANAGERS EARN THEIR PAY.
In fact, the premier mark of a great leader is precisely to create and maintain a spirited, effective,
supportive environment when the world around them is in metaphorical (or, heaven help us, real)
flames. Not grinning in the midst of a shitstorm but exhibiting true camaraderie when things are
at their worst. FYI: As I see it, 70 percent disengaged workers on a team is a felonious “leader”
offense.
FYI: As I see it, 75 percent disengaged workers on a team is a felonious “leader” offense. (Yes,
damn it, a felony!)
This is personal to me. Are you and your fellow leaders willing to “sign up” for:
YOUR PRINCIPAL MORAL OBLIGATION AS A LEADER IS TO
DEVELOP THE SKILL SET OF EVERY ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN
YOUR CHARGE—TEMPORARY AS WELL AS
SEMIPERMANENT—TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT OF YOUR
ABILITIES AND CONSISTENT WITH THEIR
“REVOLUTIONARY” NEEDS IN THE YEARS AHEAD. (BONUS:
THIS IS ALSO THE #1 MID- TO LONG-TERM GROWTH AND
PROFIT MAXIMIZATION STRATEGY!)
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JOY, INC.
JOY IS THE CORE BELIEF
OF OUR WORKPLACE
“It may sound radical, unconventional, and bordering on being a
crazy business idea. However—as ridiculous as it sounds—joy is the
core belief of our workplace. Joy is the reason my company, Menlo
Innovations, a customer software design and development firm in Ann
Arbor, Mich., exists. It defines what we do and how we do it. It is the
single shared belief of our entire team.” (emphasis added)
—Richard Sheridan, Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love
PEOPLE (REALLY) FIRST/E-CUBED/EEE
EXTREME EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
EEE/Extreme Employee Engagement maximizes the quality of customer engagement.
EEE maximizes customer retention.
EEE turns “customers” into “fans.”
EEE makes it safe to take risks and make mistakes—which in turn generates and
maximizes innovation at all levels of the organization.
EEE underpins and spurs teamwork.
EEE reduces friction and enhances co-operation which dramatically improves all-
important cross-functional communication and innovation associated therewith.
EEE improves the quality of joint ventures.
EEE enhances co-operation and communication which in turn increases productivity and
quality.
EEE dramatically improves execution.
EEE is the best defense against the AI tsunami—and by and large makes AI a partner/ally
rather than enemy.
EEE spurs the humanization of everything—which is not readily copy-able by AI in the
foreseeable future.
EEE reduces turnover and stabilizes the work force.
EEE makes it possible to recruit top talent.
EEE means top employees are far more likely to stay with the organization.
EEE improves the reputation of the company as viewed by all stakeholders.
EEE improves community relations.
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EEE is a contribution to humanity.
EEE makes coming to work a pleasure—not a pain.
HIRING: “SOFT” SKILLS & EQ FIRST
100 PERCENT OF JOBS
“The ultimate filter we use [in the hiring process] is that we only hire nice people. When we
finish assessing skills, we do something called ‘running the gauntlet.’ We have them interact
with 15 or 20 people, and every one of them has what I call a ‘blackball vote,’ which means
they can say if we should not hire that person. I believe in culture so strongly and that one bad
apple can spoil the bunch. There are enough really talented people out there who are nice—
you don’t really need to put up with people who act like jerks.” (emphasis added)
—Peter Miller, CEO of the pharmaceutical company Optinose
“When we talk about the qualities we want in people, empathy is a big one. . . . If you can
empathize with people, then you can do a good job. If you have no ability to empathize, then
it’s difficult to help people improve. Everything becomes harder. One way that empathy
manifests itself is courtesy. . . . It’s not just a veneer of politeness, but actually trying to
anticipate someone else’s needs and meet them in advance.” (emphasis added)
—Stewart Butterfield, co-founder/CEO Slack and founder of Flickr
“We look for . . . listening, caring, smiling, saying ‘Thank you,’ being warm.” (emphasis
added)
—Colleen Barrett, former president, Southwest Airlines, on SWA’s hiring policy, which holds
for pilots as much as, say, flight attendants or gate personnel, and which is indisputably Key #1
to SWA’s sustained extraordinary performance.
“I can’t tell you how many times we passed up hotshots for guys we thought were better people
. . . and watched our guys do a lot better than the big names, not just in the classroom, but on
the field—and, naturally, after they graduated, too. Again and again, the blue chips faded out,
and our little up-and-comers clawed their way to all-conference and All-America teams.”
(emphasis added)
—Legendary football coach Bo Schembechler, on character
“No assholes.”
—Founder/CEO of world-prominent New Zealand-based movie special effects company
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TURNOVER:
50–77 PERCENT TO 1.7 PERCENT*
(*!!!)
“At the Penn Center for Community Health Workers, we developed an innovative approach to
hiring community health workers. It has resulted in a turnover of 1.7% compared with an
industry standard of 50%–77% per year. And the people we hired produce results: multiple
randomized controlled trials demonstrated that our CHWs have helped improve health and
quality while reducing hospital days by 65%.
“What helps people become and stay healthy? . . . We asked thousands of high-risk patients
and made a list of barriers patients were facing. We brainstormed potential solutions, then
listed the attributes that a worker would need. . . . Attributes like community membership, a
service orientation, altruism, and empathy rose to the top of our list. Just as important were
the attributes that, surprisingly, were missing from our list—college and graduate degrees, or
even previous clinical training. . . . Resumes, diplomas, and training certificates are commonly
evaluated credentials healthcare organizations use to assess candidates. . . . They shed little
light on personality traits or attitudes.” (emphasis added)
—Elena Butler and Shreya Kangovi, MD, “Health Care Providers Are Hiring the Wrong
People,” Harvard Business Review
GOOGLE GETS A (BIG, SOFT) SURPRISE
“Project Oxygen [data from founding in 1998 to 2013] shocked
everyone by concluding that, among the eight most important
qualities of Google’s top employees, STEM [Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics] expertise comes in dead last. The
seven top characteristics of success at Google are all soft skills: being a
good coach; communicating and listening well; possessing insights into others (including
others’ different values and points of view); having empathy toward and being supportive
of one’s colleagues; being a good critical thinker and problem solver; and being able to
make connections across complex ideas. Those traits sound more like what one gets as an
English or theater major than as a programmer. . . .
“Project Aristotle [2017] . . . further supports the importance of soft skills even in
high-tech environments. Project Aristotle analyzes data on inventive and productive teams.
Google takes pride in its A-teams, assembled with top scientists, each with the most
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specialized knowledge and able to throw down one cutting-edge idea after another. Its
data analysis revealed, however, that the company’s most important
and productive ideas come from B-teams comprised of employees
that don’t always have to be the smartest people in the room. Project
Aristotle shows that that the best teams at Google exhibit a range of soft skills: equality,
generosity, curiosity toward the ideas of your teammates, empathy and emotional
intelligence. And topping the list: emotional safety. No bullying. . . .
“Or take [tech] billionaire venture capitalist and ‘Shark Tank’ TV personality
Mark Cuban: He looks for philosophy majors when he’s investing in sharks most
likely to succeed.” (emphasis added)
—Valerie Strauss, “The surprising thing Google learned about its employees—and what it means
for today’s students” (Washington Post, 20 December 2017)
(Please read … about 20 times/Google: “SOFT” skills rule!)
SOFT . . . HARD
ALL HAIL THE LIBERAL ARTS
AT GRADUATION: Business and professional degree holders in general (MBAs,
engineers, lawyers, etc.) have higher interview and hire rates, and higher starting salaries,
than new liberal arts grads.
TWENTY YEARS LATER: Liberal arts grads have risen farther than
their biz-professional degree holder peers. At one giant tech firm, 43 percent
of liberal arts grads had made it to upper-middle management compared with 32 percent
of engineering grads. At one giant financial services firm, 60 percent of the worst
managers, according to company evaluations, had MBAs, while 60 percent of the best had
only BAs.
—Derived from Henry Mintzberg, Managers Not MBAs: A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of
Managing and Management Development
At a seminar in 1999, the moderator asked Peter Drucker—generally considered the father of
modern management thinking—what he thought was his “most important contribution” to the
field of management. Drucker replied:
“I focused this discipline on people and power; on values, structure, and constitution; and
above all, on responsibilities—that is, I focused the discipline of management
on management as a truly liberal art.” (emphasis added)
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(My [don’t-hold-your-breath] dream: The MBA/Master of Business Administration becomes the
MBA/Master of Business Arts)
SOFT…HARD
STEM-IS-ALL CHALLENGED
Out of the blue, a deluge of “STEM is not enough” books popped up. E.g. . . .
The Fuzzy and the Techie: Why the Liberal Arts Will Rule the Digital World,
by Scott Hartley
You Can Do Anything: The Surprising Power of a “Useless” Liberal Arts Education, by
George Anders
Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm, by Christian
Madsbjerg
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, by David Epstein
EXCELLENCE
MY LIFE 1982–2020 IN SIX WORDS
“Hard is Soft. Soft is Hard.”
Hard (plans/org charts/numbers) is Soft: Plans are often fantasies, org charts have little to do
with the way the organization actually works, numbers are readily manipulated—case in
point, “quants” and ratings-agency staffers cleverly packaged and evaluated “derivatives” of
valueless mortgages, thus spurring the multi-trillion-dollar financial crash of 2007-2008++.
Soft (people/relationships/culture) is Hard: I.e., success that lasts is built on the likes of rock-
solid relationships developed and maintained via enormous investments of time, energy and
care—and a robust staff-development strategy and unshakable corporate culture that supports
and rewards such painstaking, sustained activities.
(This was the heart of In Search of Excellence. This is the heart of my work today. And I remain
gobsmacked—and distressed—that I have been so unsuccessful in “selling” this concept of the
corporation and leadership thereof. It took warfare with McKinsey’s grandees in 1980 to put this
at the center of our then-in-diapers “excellence” work. And since then, my “Hard is soft . . .”
guns have blazed in 3,000 speeches and 18 books in 67 countries. Some, indeed, have bought in
to my work and that of other like souls such as Charles Handy, Henry Mintzberg, and Amy
Edmondson. But the road ahead is still a long one—and, I believe, the “hard is soft/soft is hard”
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dictum is more important than ever amidst 2020’s unprecedented turmoil. E.g., see the
extraordinary Blue Mountain Community College COVID-19 message to employees.)
“SOFT” = “HARD”
RELATIONSHIPS = EVERYTHING
“Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all
advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grow.”
—Ben Stein, investment guru
“The capacity to develop close and enduring relationships is the mark
of a leader. Unfortunately, many leaders of major companies believe
their job is to create the strategy, organization structure and
organizational processes—then they just delegate the work to be done,
remaining aloof from the people doing the work.”
—Bill George, Authentic Leadership
I HONESTLY BELIEVE
THEY THINK IT’S BENEATH THEM
“When I was in medical school, I spent hundreds of hours looking into a microscope—a skill
I never needed to know or ever use. Yet I didn't have a single class that taught me
communication or teamwork skills—something I need every day I walk into the hospital.”
(emphasis added)
—Peter Pronovost, Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals
(Dr. Pronovost, who ran Johns Hopkins’ ICU, brought checklists into healthcare—and has been
responsible for saving tens of thousands of lives. [FYI: Professional schools in general—e.g.,
medicine, engineering, business—have a wretched track record when it comes to attention to the
“soft stuff.” Addressing that deficit of epic proportion is a top life goal for me—progress, alas,
lies in the “snail’s path” range])
“As I sat there listening to one presentation after another highlighting the remarkable and
unorthodox activities [people-first dogma, leadership style, communal culture, etc.] that have
made this organization so healthy, I leaned over and asked the CEO, ‘Why in the world don’t
your competitors do any of this?’ After a few seconds he whispered, ‘I honestly believe they
think it’s beneath them.’” (emphasis added)
—Patrick Lencioni, The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in
Business
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(OFPD)
Confession. I hate the term “HR.” On 7 November 1942, my father entered the delivery room to
get his first peek at me, newly arrived. My mother smiled up at my dad and said (I was first
born), “Look, Frank, finally, our own little human resource.”
I am Tom Peters. I am NOT a “Human resource.” You (reader) are Sarah Elizabeth Anderson,
not a “human resource.”
“HR” is . . . contemptible, disgusting, demeaning, and self –defeating. Label me and treat me
like a “human resource,” and I will reward you with mechanistic disengagement.
What’s the alternative?
Simple: DCSCPHOSCPFGPMWLBB
Department in Charge of SERIOUSLY COOL PEOPLE Helping
Other SERIOUSLY COOL PEOPLE Flourish and Grow and
Prosper to Make the World a Little Bit Better
Okay? My Twitter Family gave this a hearty thumbs up, with about a jillion retweets.
(I’ll give you a break. A shorter version is:
OFPD: Our Fabulous People Department
THE SPEED TRAP: S-L-O-W D-O-W-N
These are crazy times/There’s a “disruption”-a-day.
Pant. Pant. Pant.
Speed is the key to personal success.
Speed is the key to enterprise success.
Speed. Speed. More speed . . .
So speed is the key to all good things circa 2020????
Hold on . . .
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Below is a partial list of strategic activities—that underpin both personal and
organizational success and Excellence—which cannot be accomplished in a flash (or, for
that matter, 100 flashes):
*BUILDING/MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS . . . takes (lots and lots . . . and lots of!!!!!)
time.
*RECRUITING ALLIES TO YOUR CAUSE . . . takes (lots of) time.
*BUILDING/MAINTAINING A HIGH-PERFORMANCE CULTURE . . .
takes (lots and lots of) time.
*READING/STUDYING . . . takes (lots of) time.
*“FIERCE”/“AGGRESSIVE” LISTENING . . . takes (lots of!!) time.
*MBWA/MANAGING BY WANDERING AROUND . . . takes (lots of!!) time.
*SLACK IN YOUR SCHEDULE . . . takes time.
*HIRING/EVALUATING/PROMOTING . . . takes (lots of!!) time.
*THOUGHTFULNESS/COLLECTIVE INSTINCTIVE SMALL GESTURES
(SMALL>>BIG) . . . take (lots of!) time.
*EXTREME HUMANIZATION /EMOTIONALLY CONNECTIVE DESIGN
… takes (lots and lots of) time.
*YOUR NEXT (EXCELLENT!) EMAIL . . . (should) take (lots of) time.
*THE “LAST 1 PERCENT” OF ANY TASK OR PROJECT . . . takes time.
*E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-C-E . . . takes (lots and lots of) time.
PEOPLE FIRST/A PEERLESS LEGACY
“In a way, the world is a great liar.
It shows you it worships and admires money, but at the end of the day it doesn’t.
It says it adores fame and celebrity, but it doesn’t, not really.
The world admires, and wants to hold on to, and not lose, goodness. It admires virtue.
At the end it gives its greatest tributes to generosity, honesty, courage, mercy, talents well used,
talents that, brought into the world, make it better. That’s what it really admires. That’s what
we talk about in eulogies, because that’s what’s important.
We don’t say, ‘The thing about Joe was he was rich!’
We say, if we can . . . ‘The thing about Joe was he took good care of people.’” (emphasis
added)
—Peggy Noonan, “A Life’s Lesson,” on the life and legacy of journalist Tim Russert (Wall
Street Journal)
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“RESUME VIRTUES” VERSUS
“EULOGY VIRTUES”
“I’ve been thinking about the difference between the resume virtues and the eulogy virtues.
The resume virtues are the ones you list on your resume, the skills that you bring to the job
market and that contribute to external success. The eulogy virtues are deeper. They’re the
virtues that get talked about at your funeral, the ones that exist at the core of your being—
whether you are kind, brave, honest or faithful, what kind of relationships you formed.”
—David Brooks, The Road to Character
SUMMARY/EXCELLENCE 2020:
THE 27 “NUMBER ONES”
1. Capital Investment #1: TRAINING. TRAINING. TRAINING.
2. Moral Obligation #1: PREPARE EMPLOYEES FOR A ROCKY FUTURE
3. Obsession #1: EXECUTION IS THE “LAST 95 PERCENT”
4. Job #1: ESTABLISH A “PEOPLE (REALLY) FIRST” CULTURE
5. Calling #1: LEADING=MAXIMIZING HUMAN POTENTIAL
6. Asset #1: FULL PORTFOLIO OF FIRST-LINE MANAGERS
7. Hiring Requirement #1: HIRE FOR EQ/EMPATHY/“SOFT” SKILLS
8. Core Value #1: LISTENING EXCELLENCE
9. Community Obligation #1: EXTREME SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES
10. State of Mind #1: ORGANIZATIONS AS VIBRANT COMMUNITIES
11. Value-Added Strategy #1: DESIGN/EXTREME HUMANIZATION
12. Value-Added Tiny Tactic #1: TGR=THINGS GONE RIGHT/SMALL>>BIG
13. Value-Added Success Credo #1: BETTER BEFORE CHEAPER
14. Leadership Team “Must” #1: PUT WOMEN IN CHARGE
15. Business Development Opportunity #1: WOMEN BUY EVERYTHING
16. Missed Market Opportunity #1: OLDIES HAVE A-L-L THE MONEY
17. Economic Cornerstone #1: SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZE ENTERPRISES
18. Innovation Strategy #1: WHOEVER TRIES THE MOST STUFF WINS
19. Daily Strategic Activity #1: MANAGING BY WANDERING AROUND
20. Time Management Must #1: SLOW DOWN/50 PERCENT UNSCHEDULED TIME
21. Hallmark #1: CULTURE MANAGEMENT/ONE MINUTE AT A TIME
22. Power Word #1: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (AND “THANK YOU”)
23. Personal Habit #1: READ. READ. READ.
24. Toughest Task #1: SELF-MANAGEMENT
25. Commandment #1: EXCELLENCE IS THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES
26. Axiom #1: HARD(NUMBERS+) IS SOFT. SOFT(CULTURE+) IS HARD.
27. Reflection #1: FOCUS ON “EULOGY VIRTUES”
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APPENDIX
INVESTING IN PEOPLE/INVESTING
FOR THE LONG TERM PAYS OFF
“Seeking to quantify the effects of short-termism at the company level and to assess its
cumulative impact on the nation’s economy, we tracked data on 615 nonfinancial U.S.
companies from 2001 to 2014 (representing 60% to 65% of total U.S. market cap). We used
several standard metrics as proxies for long-term behavior, including the ratio of capital
expenditures to depreciation (a measure of investment), accruals as a share of revenue (an
indicator of earnings quality), and margin growth. To ensure valid results and avoid bias in
our sample, we compared companies only to industry peers with similar opportunity sets
and market conditions. Adjusting for company size and industry, we identified 167
companies (about 27% of the total set) that had a long-term orientation . . .
“2001-2014: 167 Long-term Investors vs. All Others
Average Company Revenue: +47%
Average Company Earnings: +36%
Average Company Economic Profit: +81%
Average Market Capitalization: +58%
Average Job Creation: +132%” (emphasis added)
—Dominic Barton (Managing Director/McKinsey), James Manvika, Sarah Keohane Williamson,
“The Data: Where Long-Termism Pays Off” (Harvard Business Review)
The average reader of this paper is not a big-company CEO. So why this analysis as an
Appendix? The body of the paper is: A-L-L A-B-O-U-T P-E-O-P-L-E. Here I look at the highest
level of analysis, and the authors, as credentialed a group as you could find, find overwhelming
evidence that investing for the long-term—investing in people—pays. Pays “big time.” And in
particular, review the last statistic: long-termers are the All Stars in . . . JOB CREATION!