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“In Search of Excellence” Revisited

Leading Blog

I IN 1982, Tom Peters and Bob Waterman released In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies. The book was a huge business bestseller and served as a guide for managers for many years to come. Yet, 40 years later, few now speak of the book. When the book project started in 1978, the U.S.

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Closing Your Company’s “Leadership Gap”

Michael Lee Stallard

Tom Peters and Robert Waterman called it “management by wandering around” or “MBWA” in their classic book In Search of Excellence. In every instance, however, I observed several managers in their organizations who were masters at kissing up and kicking down. In effect, these organizations experienced a leadership gap.

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Leaders Need to Walk the Halls

Michael Lee Stallard

Walk the Halls” is similar to “Management by Wandering Around,” or “MBWA,” a term coined by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman in their book In Search of Excellence. Walking the Halls is all about getting out of your office, getting to know the people you are responsible for leading and listening to them.

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Featured Instigator: David Greer

Lead Change Blog

He is a co-author of The IMAGE/3000 Handbook, the reference work for the HP 3000 IMAGE database management system. ” When asked about a leadership lesson he learned from her first job, David replies concisely: “Do what is expected of you.” You really could be running the place.”

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10 Gifts For You To Succeed In 2011.

Rich Gee Group

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 10 Gifts For You To Succeed In 2011. RUN OUT and Get This Book Today. Okay, I’ve never met the guy, but I do love his book. I use this book everyday.

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A Moment of Reflection on 50 Years

The Center For Leadership Studies

I started working at The Center for Leadership Studies (CLS) in June of 1983, and I was so very honored to do so! We had a packaged program ( The Essentials of Situational Leadership ® ) that I was responsible for selling and, if need be, facilitating. My job at CLS was well-defined. There was no internet. Nobody Googled anything.

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Get Out of Your Office

Steve Farber

Consider this: a recent survey conducted by NFI Research showed more than two-thirds of senior executives and managers said they believed their organizations would be more productive if “personal discussion” was used to disseminate information. We choose to talk via text rather than chat via…well…chatting. The results? •