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Tom Peters’ EXCELLENCE. ALWAYS. XAlways/Kuala Lumpur/02August2006. 25. 2P.3E. P eople. P roduct. E xecution. E nthusiasm. E xcellence. “Why in the world did you go to S iberia ?”.
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Tom Peters’EXCELLENCE. ALWAYS.XAlways/Kuala Lumpur/02August2006
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.
The Passion Imperative: The Leadership50Tom Peters/Kuala Lumpur/02August2006
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.”
Leadership’s Mt Everest“free to do his or her absolute best” … “allow its members to discover their greatness.”
2.Great Leaders on Snorting Steeds Are Important – butGreat Talent Developers(Type I Leadership)are the Bedrock of Organizations that Perform Over the Long Haul.
3. But Then Again, There Are Times When This “Visionary” (Type II Leadership) Stuff Actually Works!
The Golden Leadership Triangle: (1) Talent Fanatic … (2) Creator-Visionary … (3) Inspired Profit Mechanic.
“If things seem under control, you’re just not going fast enough.”—Mario Andretti
“We have a ‘strategic’ plan. It’s called doing things.”— Herb Kelleher
“We made mistakes, of course. Most of them were omissions we didn’t think of when we initially wrote the software. We fixed them by doing it over and over, again and again. We do the same today. While our competitors are still sucking their thumbs trying to make the design perfect, we’re already on prototype version No. 5. By the time our rivals are ready with wires and screws, we are on version No. 10. It gets back to planning versus acting: We act from day one; others plan how to plan—for months.”—Bloomberg by Bloomberg
Hackneyed but none the less true:LEADERS SEE CUPS AS “HALF FULL.”
Half-full Cups:“[Ronald Reagan] radiated an almost transcendent happiness.”Lou Cannon
“It is no use saying ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.”—WSC
15.BUT … Leaders Are Realists/ Leaders Win Through LOGISTICS!