Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I IN 1982, Tom Peters and Bob Waterman released In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies. September 11th, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Great Recession, the COVID pandemic, and polarized politics have created our own existential worries. It became required reading in business school classes. Perhaps not.

Waterman 250

Waterman Bureaucracy Bottom-up Real Estate 250

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

We can design—and redesign—organizations, institutions, and systems to better absorb disruption, operate under a wider variety of conditions, and shift more fluidly from one circumstance to the next.” That necessitates a leader that is reflective and operates from strength rather than weakness; a grounded mindful leader.

Waterman 285

Waterman Emotional Intelligence System Operations 285

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2015

Waterman’s In Search of Excellence , that praised the unique management structure and corporate culture of computer then-giant Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). And, of course, many of the people who operate inside a group do not actually share the values espoused as belonging to the organizational culture.

Waterman 8

Waterman Company Definition Influence 8