Tom Peters

About Tom Peters

Tom Peters is coauthor of In Search of Excellence—the book that changed the way the…

Experience

1. Red Bull of Management Thinking Inc

   Tom Peters Company

   Jan 1982 — Present

   Excellence! Excellence = Ultimate short-term goal = Next 5 minutes.(Or else.) WOW! Ready. Fire! Aim.(WTTMSW/Whoever Tries The Most Stuff Wins)\"Tolerate mistakes\"? NO. Celebrate mistakes.(\"Fail faster. Succeed sooner\"/Kelley) Steve Jobs was a tinkerer, not an inventor. Implementation: The shortest distance between two points is NEVER a straight line. Implementation = Politics (Love it or leave it.) Implementation = Encirclement (Build your pool of allies. Ignore enemies.)\"Execution IS strategy\"/Malek Management Job #1: Develop each team member! Leaders:\"I do people.\"\"Culture eats strategy for breakfast\"/Ed Schein My religion: MBWA/Managing By Wandering Around Training =#1 (Army, Navy, sports, arts) And your team? Workplace goal:\"Joy\"/Sheridan \"Your customers can never be happier than your team members\"/DiJulius Employee (human) desire #1: Acknowledgement/Recognition \"Thank you\"\"High design\": Your next email! Women rule!

Education

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  MBA, PhD, Business

  1970 — 1977

• Cornell Duffield College of Engineering

  Bachelors/Masters civil engineering

  1960 — 1965

Skills

• Organizational Development
• Strategy
• Training
• Business Strategy
• Marketing Strategy
• Program Management
• Creative Direction
• Executive Coaching
• Change Management
• Management
• Culture Change
• Executive Development
• Public Speaking
• Entrepreneurship
• Management Consulting
• Leadership Development
• Social Media
• Strategic Planning
• Research
• Leadership
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Coaching
• Strategic Leadership