Tom Peters Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“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.”

“Mittelstand companies are incredibly focused and almost always family-run. The young men and women go through the apprenticeship system and learn that the goal is excellence.”

“One of the biggest problems of 'In Search of Excellence' is that it focused on giant, publicly-traded companies. There are thousands upon thousands of excellent companies. Some of them are two-person accountancies in a community of three thousand people.”

“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.”

“Good managers have a bias for action.”

“All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.”

“All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.”

“Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.”

“A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.”

“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.”