Category Archives: leadership development

50 posts 50 rules: Tom Peters on Leadership 30

30. But leaders have to deliver, so they worry about throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I love Peter’s argument here, the cognitive dissonance between the need for execution order and systems with the need for creative destruction and rebirth. … Continue reading

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50 posts 50 rules: Tom Peters on Leadership 29

29. Leaders never get caught fighting the last war. Leaders see around corners. They have the ability to take seemingly random bits of information, to take interactions in the world around them and build from these a picture in their intuition … Continue reading

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50 posts 50 rules: tom peters on leadership 28

28. Leaders don’t fall prey to their own success.A leader is someone who almost never “arrives” They cannot truly “make it” because there is another hill to take, another change to make, another rule to break. ;-)It is one thing … Continue reading

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50 posts 50 rules: tom peters on leadership 27

27. Leaders love rainbows — for totally pragmatic reasons.Group think. Ever heard of it? I wrote a while back about a Fed EX ground video that I love. It is essentially the story of what can happen when a group gets too … Continue reading

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50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #26

26. Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders. YES YES YES they do! This is the core of what they do! Challenge: Who are you developing as a leader right now? If you are not why not?!

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50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #16

16. Leaders trust trust.  This rule is so obvious that it almost bears no explanation.  So let’s go a different direction instead. During my Masters degree I had the honor to separately meet Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner of The leadership … Continue reading

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50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #15

15. Leaders trust their guts.  I read this as the combination of experience and intuition. This is where the ability to be confident in who you are, what you have done culminates in helping determine what you now need to … Continue reading

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50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #14

14. Leadership is an improvisational art.  Another short one go back and read post number 12 again. Leadership is essentially an acting job. Got your attention? Disagree? Let me clarify. As a leader we are always on stage. People are … Continue reading

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50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #13

13. Leaders wire the joint.  Okay today’s post is going to be really short. Read rule number 10 and rule number 12 again. Bottom line is leaders understand the complex pattern of relationships that exist in their environment and know … Continue reading

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50 Posts 50 Rules: Tom Peters on Leadership #12

12. Leaders groove on ambiguity.  I read this rule with amusement from the perspective of “what the heck is Peters trying to say here?!” His explanation of this relatively straight forward rule seemed obtuse to me. The bottom line is … Continue reading

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