Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

The excellence dividend : meeting the tech tide with work that wows and jobs that last / Tom Peters.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Vintage Books, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xxxiv, 460 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525434627
  • 0525434623
Subject(s):
Contents:
The pitch: Excellence, now more than ever -- Excellence dividend: the plot -- Organizing principle I -- Organizing principle II -- Section I: Execution -- Execution, first among equals -- Section II: Excellence -- Excellence is the next five minutes -- Culture, the sine qua non -- The trailblazers, small- and medium-size enterprises -- Section III: People -- One more (damn) time: putting people first -- A mania for training -- Tech tsunami, white-collar apocalypse, the new moral imperative -- Job security in an insecure world -- Section IV: Innovation -- Whoever tries the most stuff wins, whoever screws the most stuff up wins -- We are who we hang out with -- Section V: Adding value, a "top line" obsession -- A passions for design, differentiator #1 -- The relentless pursuit of TGRs/Things Gone Right (and eight other value-added strategies) -- Section VI: Leadership excellence -- Listening, the bedrock of leadership excellence -- Frontline leadership excellence, the most undervalued asset -- Twenty-six tactics to spur leadership excellence, guaranteed to work -- Epilogue: Coda 2018.
Summary: Management guru Tom Peters shows that nothing beats a high-quality product or service, designed and delivered by people who are as dedicated to each other as they are to their shared goal. With his unparalleled expertise and inimitable charisma, Peters offers brilliantly simple, actionable guidelines for success that any business leader can immediately implement, punctuated by incisive quotes from some of today's leading lights in business.
Fiction notes: Click to open in new window
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 658.4 P483 Available water damage on pages toward beginning of book. 12/28/2022 33111009175510
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Brilliantly simple, actionable guidelines for success that any business leader can immediately implement.

"Tom Peters' new book is a bundle of beautiful dynamite. While I've been a CEO for 30 years, I still learned much worth knowing from The Excellence Dividend . You will too."
--John C. Bogle, founder, Vanguard

For decades Tom Peters has been preaching the gospel of putting people first, and in today's rapidly changing business environment, this message is more important than ever. With his unparalleled expertise and inimitable charisma, Peters provides a roadmap for you and your organization to thrive amidst the tech tsunami, and he has a lot of fun doing it. The Excellence Dividend is an important new book from one of today's greatest business thinkers.

The pitch: Excellence, now more than ever -- Excellence dividend: the plot -- Organizing principle I -- Organizing principle II -- Section I: Execution -- Execution, first among equals -- Section II: Excellence -- Excellence is the next five minutes -- Culture, the sine qua non -- The trailblazers, small- and medium-size enterprises -- Section III: People -- One more (damn) time: putting people first -- A mania for training -- Tech tsunami, white-collar apocalypse, the new moral imperative -- Job security in an insecure world -- Section IV: Innovation -- Whoever tries the most stuff wins, whoever screws the most stuff up wins -- We are who we hang out with -- Section V: Adding value, a "top line" obsession -- A passions for design, differentiator #1 -- The relentless pursuit of TGRs/Things Gone Right (and eight other value-added strategies) -- Section VI: Leadership excellence -- Listening, the bedrock of leadership excellence -- Frontline leadership excellence, the most undervalued asset -- Twenty-six tactics to spur leadership excellence, guaranteed to work -- Epilogue: Coda 2018.

Management guru Tom Peters shows that nothing beats a high-quality product or service, designed and delivered by people who are as dedicated to each other as they are to their shared goal. With his unparalleled expertise and inimitable charisma, Peters offers brilliantly simple, actionable guidelines for success that any business leader can immediately implement, punctuated by incisive quotes from some of today's leading lights in business.

Powered by Koha