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. Inflation was in double digits while productivity and personal income were stagnant — an economic condition that became known as stagflation. Hands-on, value-driven leadership. Interest rates were through the roof.

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Michael Lee Stallard

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Tom Peters and Robert Waterman called it “management by wandering around” or “MBWA” in their classic book In Search of Excellence. In effect, these organizations experienced a leadership gap. Employee engagement surveys were developed to help address the challenge of identifying leadership gaps.

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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. They must clearly see leadership or change messages led out loud. notch products or services nobody wanted.

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