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. Yet, Peters and Waterman pointed out that there were bright spots in the economy. Consider the timelessness of these key qualities: Eight Characteristics of Excellent Companies. Feel familiar? Perhaps not.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 10, 2011

Managers must LOL — lead out loud — if they are going to bring about culture change and shift behavior for higher levels of customer service, quality, safety, productivity, or innovation. Interested in launching, and then sustaining a program of quality improvement through the empowerment of front-line people?

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Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Bob Waterman has written a penetrating little book, Adhocracy: The Power to Change. Similarly, the Japanese philosophy of perpetual quality improvement is a restless, but positive diligence. The developers of the ulcer drug at C. ” ACCOUNTABILITY. PERSEVERANCE. Searle knew they had something when they invented aspartame.

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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Bob Waterman has written a penetrating little book, Adhocracy: The Power to Change. Similarly, the Japanese philosophy of perpetual quality improvement is a restless, but positive diligence. PERSEVERANCE The developers of the ulcer drug at C. Searle knew they had something when they invented aspartame.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Having grown up in Hawaii, I have the utmost respect for Laird as a waterman. Starbucks and Keurig share two essential qualities that are typical in category creators: 1. Starbucks delivered not just high-quality coffee but personalization, badge value, and an affordable luxury experience.

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