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. When the book project started in 1978, the U.S. Yet, Peters and Waterman pointed out that there were bright spots in the economy. Hands-on, value-driven leadership. was in the midst of an economic quagmire.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

In Adhocracy , Robert Waterman notes that “Bureaucracy gets us through the day; it deals efficiently with everyday problems. Waterman explains: Stud poker is a good metaphor for this process. But as each card is dealt, just as a project proceeds through each phase, you buy more information on the probable success of the outcome.

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Kevin Eikenberry

APRIL 27, 2014

By Ryan Tate This book’s title is a tip of the hat to Google’s famous 20% of time given to work on personal projects of interest. This isn’t really a new idea – Peters and Waterman made the idea of “skunkworks” famous in their book In Search of Excellence back in 1983. Books Creativity Innovation Leadership Learning Solving Problems'

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The Center For Leadership Studies

APRIL 23, 2019

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. PI was a custom house that lived project to project for the better part of 25 years.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 10, 2010

And this employee/object will remain at rest (no movement – no raises, no promotions, no new projects, no GROWTH) until “a sum of physical forces” are acted upon it. Peters and Waterman — “In Search of Excellence”. As long as they have a job, they won’t take any risks, butt any heads, or raise their hand at a meeting. Unported License.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2014

They’re now working on version 8, which they will produce in October, and version 10, with better lighting, and there is a design projected for 2015. Leadership roles and responsibilities. Todd Waterman, GE’s corporate Lean leader, is leveraging GE Appliance’s insights with other GE units.

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