"Business guru Peters' book combines his thoughts-and the words of many others he quotes throughout the volume-with the design work of Nancye Green to create a motivational objet d'art that is both aesthetically pleasing and thought provoking ... A gift book approach to leadership lessons that delivers highlights elegantly." -KIRKUS REVIEWS

Tom Peters' Compact Guide to Excellence (IdeaPress Publishing) is full of inspiration for anyone aged 20 to 80, from cashiers to CEOs. Legendary best-selling business author Tom Peters partnered with the iconic designer Nancye Green of Donovan/Green to create this guidebook for leaders in the workplace. Peters and Green have packed this strikingly designed little book with exhilarating quotes that will urge you to recognize what truly matters at work. Over the decades, Peters has gathered these gems of wisdom from those who have been down in the trenches creating extraordinary places to work. Green has wrought the most accessible and captivating way to absorb that wisdom.

Tom Peters' Compact Guide to Excellence argues that business leaders must start putting people really first and start helping them prepare for a rocky future. As we come to terms with the debilitating pandemic, confront extreme wealth inequality, and wrestle with destabilizing technological revolutions still in their infancy, it is clear that "Extreme Humanism"-treating one another humanely-is the best path forward.

The insights you'll find in Tom Peters' Compact Guide to Excellence will move you to action, to vigorously and passionately support our communities, provide products and services that stun our clientele with their excellence and verve, and serve our ailing planet. It's not just the best path forward, it's the path that can engender purpose and pride in all of us who perform the work. Take this guidebook to work, on your travels, wherever you need to be reminded of excellence. Better yet, share this book-an exquisite gift-with anyone who needs a jolt of genius.

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About the Author

Tom Peters is coauthor of In Search of Excellence-the book that changed the way the world does business and is often tagged as the best business book ever. Nineteen books and forty years later, he's still at the forefront of the "management guru industry." What's new? A lot. As CNN said, "While most business gurus milk the same mantra for all its worth, the one-man brand called Tom Peters is still reinventing himself." His message is as relevant today as ever. Tom is best known for his always-on passion for "people first," delivering products that "make the world a little bit better," developing leaders who stay in intimate touch with the front-liners who do the real work, and demanding no less than excellence in all that we do. In November 2017, Tom received the Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Nancye Green is a designer and business leader, tackling the complex communication and transformation challenges of enterprises from start-up companies to maturity and non-profit organizations across the public sector. Nancye co-founded Donovan/Green in the mid-1970s. In 2014, she and Michael Donovan received the American Institute of Graphic Arts Medal for their contributions to the field of design. She has recently turned her life-long effort to seek and embrace the deep knowledge and experience of people she believes can contribute to a more humane and just world into a campaign and a company called un eaching.

Reviews

One of the great delights of this book is getting to see the world through Tom Peters' singular eyes. You'll dip into the book, intending to stay for a quote or two - and emerge with your assumptions turned happily upside down.

-Susan Cain, #1 Bestselling Author of Quiet and Bittersweet

Just when you thought Tom Peters was about to drop the curtain on his writing career, here's proof that he still has one more trick up his sleeve, Tom Peters' Compact Guide to Excellence, which succinctly speaks to the topics closest to his heart. How do you process a lifetime of insights from the person who literally "wrote the book" on organizational excellence? Since you may not have the time to read through all 6,500 pages of Tom first nineteen books, it was very kind of him to have summarized his most fervent beliefs in this latest slim volume. And, speaking for those of us who have been along for more of the journey, all I can say is, Thanks, Tom! From beginning to end, it's been a great adventure of learning and leadership.

-Tom Kelley, Partner at IDEO, Bestselling author of Creative Confidence, The Art of Innovation and The Ten Faces of Innovation

The post-pandemic world requires a frameshift in thinking and Tom Peters provides the catalyst for those inspired to put people first and take a human centric approach in a tech focused business climate. His curation of quotes from global leaders will activate movements and inspire a new generation of leaders.

-R "Ray" Wang, Founder and CEO, Constellation Research, Inc. and Two-Time Best-Selling Author

Tom Peters has given us a gift. You have just picked up a THE book filled with all the daily leadership affirmations you will ever need. Open it up to any page and you will be inspired to do better, be better and become the leader people want to follow.

-Tiffani Bova, WSJ Bestselling Author of Growth IQ

I love this concept from Tom Peters, which delivers a wonderful ready-to-hand collection of inspiration and provocation for every business person to dip into in every possible business circumstance, but importantly, infused with Tom's principle of Extreme Humanism: ensuring people always come first.

-Cindy Gallop, Founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn

Tom Peters' Compact Guide to Excellence propelled me on a rollercoaster ride of emotions-the ups, downs, and arounds of extreme humanism and achieving excellence. That's always the case when I read, watch, and listen to Tom Peters. He makes me-and everyone I know- feel something. I think that's what this book, and "Extreme Humanism," is all about-getting the juices flowing in service of the value and goodness of people. Grab a copy now. Read it, savor it, put it to use. And please, please pass the word to everyone you know. Reading what Tom and the hundreds of others in this book have to say is a call to action, and we desperately need an army of extreme humanists to take charge of communities, companies, and the country.

-Jim Kouzes, Coauthor of the Bestselling The Leadership Challenge and Executive Fellow, Doerr Institute for New Leaders, Rice University

Tom Peters proves once and for all that the shareholder primacy model is not only cruel, it's completely ineffective. This compact guide is a play book for breaking the chokehold that the language of finance has on business and restoring a sense of purpose and pride to work.

-Lisa Earle Mcleod, Author of Selling with Noble Purpose

Get a 'guru' brain in five minutes or less. Tom Peters shares the inside of his clock (er brain), so that you can channel his brilliance into your business and life.

-Jeanne Bliss, President of Customer Bliss and Bestselling Author

In this eye-catching, punchy book, powerhouse guru Tom Peters drives home his timeless message to truly put people first. Maybe now we'll listen! Get a copy now, and one for all your colleagues!

-Linda Kaplan Thaler, Bestselling Author of The Power of Nice and Grit to Great

Tom repeats himself. He curses. He shouts. Why? Because his message is so important. And his message is so simple to be timeless. This collection needs to be read, enjoyed, absorbed and practiced. NOW!

-Stuart Crainer, Cofounder Thinkers50

Tom Peters has always been at the forefront of what is to come. He has the uncanny ability to see 'around the curve' and give his readers great insights. Tom's blunt, to the point and witty style has guided many towards a new way of thinking and/ or behaving. This Compact Guide to Excellence is overflowing with nuggets for leaders to mine on a daily basis. This book may be called compact, but the impact of Tom's writing is huge! Consider this your guidepost to excellence in everything you lead or do. Tom's thoughts on Extreme Humanism, Innovation, Leadership, Culture and People is right on time for today's changing environment. Businesses from large to small, for profit or non-profit, government, hospitality, entertainment, utilities and ALL others will benefit from embracing the concepts in the Compact Guide to Excellence!

-Valerie Willis, Valerie Willis Consulting

Book Information
ISBN 9781646871247
Author Tom Peters
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Vicara Books
Publisher Ideapress Publishing