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The USS/Ultimate Success Secrets: Respect, Autonomy, Sky-high Aspirations Tom Peters/11.10.2005

The USS/Ultimate Success Secrets: Respect, Autonomy, Sky-high Aspirations Tom Peters/11.10.2005. Respect!.

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The USS/Ultimate Success Secrets: Respect, Autonomy, Sky-high Aspirations Tom Peters/11.10.2005

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  1. The USS/Ultimate Success Secrets: Respect, Autonomy, Sky-high AspirationsTom Peters/11.10.2005

  2. Respect!

  3. “We behaved as if we were guests in their house. We treated them not as a defeated people, but as allies. Our success became their success.”—“How One Soldier Brought Democracy to Iraq: The Mayor of Ar Rutbah” (MAJ James Gavrilis/USA Special Forces

  4. “We were friendly and respectful whenever we met a Bedouin or farmer, often sharing tea with them in the middle of the open desert. Our behavior sent the clearest message: We cared more about the people of Ar Rutbah than did the Fedayeen. … After all, we had done everything possible to limit damage to civilian infrastructure and private property. … We treated enemy wounded and distributed contraband food. I stopped our final assault to institute a day-long cease-fire as a gesture to the people of the city.”—“How One Soldier Brought Democracy to Iraq: The Mayor of Ar Rutbah” (MAJ James Gavrilis/USA Special Forces

  5. “Don’t belittle!”—OD Consultant

  6. Amen!“What creates trust, in the end, is the leader’s manifest respect for the followers.”— Jim O’Toole, Leading Change

  7. “It was much later that I realized Dad’s secret. He gained respect by giving it. He talked and listened to the fourth-grade kids in Spring Valley who shined shoes the same way he talked and listened to a bishop or a college president.He was seriously interested in who you were and what you had to say.” —Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Respect

  8. “The deepest human need is theneed to beappreciated.”William James

  9. “The two most powerful things in existence: a kind word and a thoughtful gesture.”Ken Langone, CEO, Invemed Associates [from Ronna Lichtenberg, It’s Not Business, It’s Personal]

  10. Sky-high Aspirations!

  11. Make It a Grand Adventure!

  12. Quests!

  13. Organizing Genius / Warren Bennis and Patricia Ward Biederman“Groups become great only when everyone in them, leaders and members alike, is free to do his or her absolute best.”“The best thing a leader can do for a Great Group is to allow its members to discover their greatness.”

  14. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!“free to do his or her absolutebest” … “allow its members to discover their greatness.”

  15. The “Big Two”!

  16. 35 years in the baking …

  17. De-cent-ral-iz-a-tion!!

  18. Ac-count-a-bil-ity!!

  19. “HOW THE COAST GUARD GETS IT RIGHT”—Headline, Time, 10.31.2005*Autonomy*Flexibility*“Perhaps the most important distinction of the Coast Guard is that it trusts itself”

  20. Speed/Expectations!

  21. Participant: “How long does it take to bring about significant change?”TP: “Whatever you say.”

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