Quotes By Tom Peters
One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.
Tom Peters
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
Tom Peters
Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.
Tom Peters
South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
Tom Peters
The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.
Tom Peters
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
All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
Tom Peters
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.
Tom Peters
I know it sounds crazy, but you've got to let what you're going to do find you, rather than you pursuing it.
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.
Tom Peters
Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.
Tom Peters
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.
Tom Peters
Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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.
Tom Peters
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.
Tom Peters
Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.
Tom Peters
As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.
Tom Peters
If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there.
Tom Peters