1. Celebrating you!

2. Over-rated: Over-rated: Big companies! “Cool” industries! Famous CEOs!

4. You don’t get better by being bigger. You get worse.” Dick Kovacevich: You don’t get better by being bigger. You get worse.”

5. Buy a very large one and just wait.” “I am often asked by would-be entrepreneurs seeking escape from life within huge corporate structures, ‘How do I build a small firm for myself?’ The answer seems obvious: Buy a very large one and just wait.” —Paul Ormerod, Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics

6. #1 Exporter?

7. #4 Japan

8. #4 Japan #2T China #2T USA

9. #4 Japan #2T china #2t USA #1 Germany

10. Reason!!! Mittelstand

11. Over-rated: Over-rated: Big companies! “Cool” industries! Famous CEOs!

12. Jim’s Group

13. Jim’s Mowing Canada Jim’s Mowing UK Jim’s Antennas Jim’s Bookkeeping Jim’s Building Maintenance Jim’s Carpet Cleaning Jim’s Car Cleaning Jim’s Computer Services Jim’s Dog Wash Jim’s Driving School Jim’s Fencing Jim’s Floors Jim’s Painting Jim’s Paving Jim’s Pergolas [gazebos] Jim’s Pool Care Jim’s Pressure Cleaning Jim’s Roofing Jim’s Security Doors Jim’s Trees Jim’s Window Cleaning Jim’s Windscreens Note: Download, free, Jim Penman’s book: What Will They Franchise Next? The Story of Jim’s Group

14. etc. PRSX/Paragon Railcar Salvage* *Salvaged railcars into bridges, etc. etc. PRSX/Paragon Railcar Salvage* *Salvaged railcars into bridges, etc.

15. * Lived in same town all adult life *First generation wealthy/no parental support *“Don’t look like millionaires, don’t dress like millionaires, don’t eat like millionaires, don’t act like millionaires” *“Many of the types of businesses [they] are in could be classified as ‘dull- normal.’ [They] are welding contractors, auctioneers, scrap-metal dealers, portable toilets, dry cleaners, re-builders of diesel engines, paving contractors …” Source: The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas Stanley & William Danko

16. Over-rated: Over-rated: Big companies! “Cool” industries! Famous CEOs!

17. Mission impossible? $36B/’98 minus $675M/‘07

18. Market capitalization lost per day, 1998- 2007: $10,000,000/Day

19. Over-rated: Over-rated: Big companies! “Cool” industries! Famous CEOs!

20. What’s “Left”? SME s ! “Real” industries! Excellent CEOs!

21. Tom Peters’ X25* EXCELLENCE. ALWAYS. Mind Consulting/Bologna 09 November 2007 *In Search of Excellence 1982-2007

22. tompeters.com Slides at … tompeters.com

23. All you need to know …

24. 25

25. “… a blinding flash of the obvious” —Manny Garcia

26. All you need to know …

28. A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.” “ A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.” —Chinese Proverb

29. This is it: All you need to know …

30. TP: TP: “How to flush $500,000 down the toilet in one easy lesson!!”

31. People! People!

32. This is it: All you need to know …

33. R.O.I.R.

34. R eturn O n I nvestment In R elationships

35. “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” “You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.” —Dale Carnegie

36. “Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.” “Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.” —Henry Clay

37. “Happy Birthday!”

38. “The deepest human need is the need to be appreciated.” William James

39. THE PROBLEM IS RARELY/NEVER THE PROBLEM. THE RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM INVARIABLY ENDS UP BEING THE REAL PROBLEM THE PROBLEM IS RARELY/NEVER THE PROBLEM. THE RESPONSE TO THE PROBLEM INVARIABLY ENDS UP BEING THE REAL PROBLEM.

40. THERE ONCE WAS A TIME WHEN A THREE-MINUTE PHONE CALL WOULD HAVE AVOIDED SETTING OFF THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL THAT RESULTED IN A COMPLETE RUPTURE. Relationships (of all varieties) : THERE ONCE WAS A TIME WHEN A THREE-MINUTE PHONE CALL WOULD HAVE AVOIDED SETTING OFF THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL THAT RESULTED IN A COMPLETE RUPTURE.

41. The only thing you need to know …

42. Conrad Hilton, at a gala celebrating his life, was asked, “What was the most important lesson you’ve learned in you long and distinguished career?” His immediate answer: “ remember to tuck the shower curtain inside the bathtub”

43. Hands On! People! Relationships! “Sweat the small stuff!”

44. Celebrating you!

45. Over-rated: Over-rated: “Cool” industries! Big companies! Famous CEOs!

46. Jim’s Group

47. Jim’s Mowing Canada Jim’s Mowing UK Jim’s Antennas Jim’s Bookkeeping Jim’s Building Maintenance Jim’s Carpet Cleaning Jim’s Car Cleaning Jim’s Computer Services Jim’s Dog Wash Jim’s Driving School Jim’s Fencing Jim’s Floors Jim’s Painting Jim’s Paving Jim’s Pergolas [gazebos] Jim’s Pool Care Jim’s Pressure Cleaning Jim’s Roofing Jim’s Security Doors Jim’s Trees Jim’s Window Cleaning Jim’s Windscreens Note: Download, free, Jim Penman’s book: What Will They Franchise Next? The Story of Jim’s Group

48. etc. PRSX/Paragon Railcar Salvage* *Salvaged railcars into bridges, etc. etc. PRSX/Paragon Railcar Salvage* *Salvaged railcars into bridges, etc.

49. * Lived in same town all adult life *First generation wealthy/no parental support *“Don’t look like millionaires, don’t dress like millionaires, don’t eat like millionaires, don’t act like millionaires” *“Many of the types of businesses [they] are in could be classified as ‘dull- normal.’ [They] are welding contractors, auctioneers, scrap-metal dealers, portable toilets, dry cleaners, re-builders of diesel engines, paving contractors …” Source: The Millionaire Next Door, Thomas Stanley & William Danko

50. Over-rated: Over-rated: “Cool” industries! Big companies! Famous CEOs!

51. #1 Exporter?

52. #4 Japan

53. #4 Japan #2T China #2T USA

54. #4 Japan #2T china #2t USA #1 Germany

55. Reason? Daimler? BASF? Siemens? Commerzbank?

56. Reason!!! Mittelstand

57. Over-rated: Over-rated: “Cool” industries! Big companies! Famous CEOs!

58. Market capitalization lost per day, 1998- 2007: $10,000,000/Day

59. Over-rated: Over-rated: “Cool” industries! Big companies! Famous CEOs!

60. Tom Peters’ X25* EXCELLENCE. ALWAYS. Mind Consulting/Bologna 09 November 2007 *In Search of Excellence 1982-2007

61. 1982. (NOVEMBER) A BOOK.

62. Excellence1982: The Bedrock “Eight Basics” Excellence1982: The Bedrock “Eight Basics” 1. A Bias for Action 2. Close to the Customer 3. Autonomy and Entrepreneurship 4. Productivity Through People 5. Hands On, Value-Driven 6. Stick to the Knitting 7. Simple Form, Lean Staff 8. Simultaneous Loose-Tight Properties” Properties”

63. “Breakthrough” 82* People! People!Customers!Action!Values! *In Search of Excellence

64. EXCELLENCE. ASPIRATION. 2006.

65. Why in the World did you go to Siberia? go to Siberia?

66. Enterprise* ** (*at its best): An emotional, vital, innovative, joyful, creative, entrepreneurial endeavor that elicits maximum concerted human concerted human potential in the wholehearted service of others **Employees, Customers, Suppliers, Communities, Owners, Temporary partners potential in the wholehearted service of others.** **Employees, Customers, Suppliers, Communities, Owners, Temporary partners

67. 2007. SEPTEMBER. SYDNEY. DRUCKER TRIBUTE.

68. “ I have always believed that the purpose of the corporation is to be a blessing to the employees.” * —Boyd Clarke *TP: An “organization” is, in fact and after all is said and done, a/the “house” in which most of us “live” most of the time. is said and done, a/the “house” in which most of us “live” most of the time.

69. Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period. Passionate servant leaders, determined to create a legacy of earthshaking transformation in their domain create/must necessarily create organizations which are … no less than Cathedrals in which the full and awesome power of the Imagination and Spirit and native Entrepreneurial flair of diverse individuals is unleashed … In passionate pursuit of jointly perceived soaring purpose and personal and community and client service Excellence.

70. “We are a ‘Life Success’ Company.” “We are a ‘Life Success’ Company.” Dave Liniger, founder, RE/MAX

71. EXCELLENCE. “the rules.”

72. Cause (worthy of commitment) Space (room for/encouragement for initiative) Decency (respect, humane)

73. “It was much later that I realized Dad’s secret. He gained respect by giving it. He talked and listened to the fourth-grade kids in Spring Valley who shined shoes the same way he talked and listened to a bishop or a college president. He was seriously interested in who you were and what you had to say.” Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Respect

74. Cause (worthy of commitment) Space (room for/encouragement for initiative-adventures) Decency (respect, grace, integrity, humane) service (worthy of our clients’ & extended family’s continuing custom) excellence (period)

75. Cause (worthy of commitment) Space (room for/encouragement for initiative-adventures) Decency (respect, grace, integrity, humane) service (worthy of our clients’ & extended family’s continuing custom) excellence (period) servant leadership

76. Cause Space Decency service excellence servant leadership

77. EXCELLENCE. “one idea.” 1966-2007.

78. What makes God laugh?

79. People making plans!

80. try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Screw it up. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Try it. Screw it up. it. Try it. Try it. try it. Try it. Screw it up. Try it. Try it. Try it.

81. drill.

82. you only find oil if you drill wells. “ This is so simple it sounds stupid, but it is amazing how few oil people really understand that you only find oil if you drill wells. You may think you’re finding it when you’re drawing maps and studying logs, but you have to drill.” Source: The Hunters, by John Masters, Canadian O & G wildcatter

83. try things.

84. “We made mistakes, of course. Most of them were omissions we didn’t think of when we initially wrote the software. We fixed them by doing it over and over, again and again. We do the same today. While our competitors are still sucking their thumbs trying to make the design perfect, we’re already on prototype version # 5. By the time our rivals are ready with wires and screws, we are on version ready with wires and screws, we are on version # 10. It gets back to planning versus acting: We act from day one; others plan how to plan— for months.” —Bloomberg by Bloomberg # 10. It gets back to planning versus acting: We act from day one; others plan how to plan— for months.” —Bloomberg by Bloomberg

85. Culture of Prototyping “Effective prototyping may be the most valuable core competence an innovative organization can hope to have.” —Michael Schrage

86. faIL. FAST.

87. “Fail. Forward. Fast.” “Fail. Forward. Fast.” High Tech CEO, Pennsylvania

88. “Natural selection is death.... Without huge amounts of death, organisms do not change over time.... Death is the mother of structure.... It took four billion years of death... to invent the human mind...” — The Cobra Event

89. “Reward Punish “Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes.” Phil Daniels, Sydney exec

90. try. Miss. try.

91. READY. FIRE! AIM. READY. FIRE! AIM. Ross Perot (vs “ Aim! Aim! Aim!” /EDS vs GM/1985)

92. No try. No deal.

93. “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” —WayneGretzky “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” —Wayne Gretzky

94. EXCELLENCE. INNOVATION. JOB ONE. ALWAYS.

95. INNOVATE. OR. DIE.

96. InnoTacs

97. revenue matters most

98. The Commerce Bank Model “Cost cutting is a death spiral.” Source: Fans! Not customers. How Commerce Bank Created a Super-growth Business in a No-growth Industry, Vernon Hill & Bob Andelman

99. “Our whole story is growing revenue.” —Vernon Hill (Top-line driven; standard is bottom-line driven by cost cutting)

100. The Commerce Bank Model “over-invest in our people, over-invest in our facilities.” Source: Fans! Not customers. How Commerce Bank Created a Super-growth Business in a No-growth Industry, Vernon Hill & Bob Andelman

101. We become who we spend time with

102. The “Hang Out Axiom”: At its core, every (!!!) relationship-partnership decision (employee, vendor, customer, etc) is a strategic decision about: “Innovate, ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ ”

103. Measure “Strangeness”/Portfolio Quality Staff Consultants Vendors Out-sourcing Partners (#, Quality) Innovation Alliance Partners Customers Competitors (who we “benchmark” against) Strategic Initiatives Product Portfolio (LineEx v. Leap) IS/IT Projects HQ Location Lunch Mates Language Board

104. We become who we spend time with ii

105. WikiWorld: “The Billion-man Research Team: Companies offering work to online communities are reaping the benefits of ‘crowdsourcing.’” —Headline, FT, 0110.07

106. Educate for creativity

107. “Human creativity is the ultimate economic resource.” —Richard Florida, The Rise of the Creative Class

108. “Every child is born an artist. The trick is to remain an artist.” —Picasso

109. Foster independence

110. Muhammad Yunus: “ All human beings are entrepreneurs. When we were in the caves we were all self- employed... finding our food, feeding ourselves. That’s where human history began... As civilization came we suppressed it. We became labor because they stamped us, ‘You are labor.’ We forgot that we are entrepreneurs.” Source: Muhammad Yunus/The News Hour—PBS/1122.2006

111. Race up & up & Up the “value- added ladder”: “solutions” Race up & up & Up the “value- added ladder”: “solutions”

112. $55B

113. OPPORTUNITY-SEEKING Customer Success/ Gamechanging Solutions The Value-added Ladder/ OPPORTUNITY-SEEKING Customer Success/ Gamechanging Solutions Services Goods Raw Materials

114. Race up & up & Up the “value- added ladder”: “Experiences” Race up & up & Up the “value- added ladder”: “Experiences”

115. “ Experiences are as distinct from services as services are from goods.” “ Experiences are as distinct from services as services are from goods.” —Joe Pine & Jim Gilmore, The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage

116. “We have identified a ‘third place.’ “The [ Starbucks ] Fix” Is on … “We have identified a ‘third place.’ And I really believe that sets us apart. The third place is that place that’s not work or home. It’s the place our customers come for refuge.” —Nancy Orsolini, District Manager

117. “What we sell is the ability for a 43- year-old accountant to dress in black leather, ride through small towns and have people be afraid of him.” Harley Experience: “Rebel Lifestyle!” “What we sell is the ability for a 43- year-old accountant to dress in black leather, ride through small towns and have people be afraid of him.” Harley exec, quoted in Results-Based Leadership

118. MEMORABLE CONNECTION Spellbinding Experiences The Value-added Ladder/ MEMORABLE CONNECTION Spellbinding Experiences Gamechanging Solutions Services Goods Raw Materials

119. TGR [Things Gone WRONG/Things Gone RIGHT] TGR [Things Gone WRONG/Things Gone RIGHT]

120. Singapore- Candy (Operational Excellence+)

121. 3-cent lemon!

122. Disney’s Parking Lot Attendants = Alpha and Omega

123. winning through “design” winning through “design”

124. treated like a religion “Design is treated like a religion at BMW.” —Fortune

125. Race up & up & Up the “value- added ladder”: “dreams come true” Race up & up & Up the “value- added ladder”: “dreams come true”

126. “The sun is setting on the Information Society—even before we have fully adjusted to its demands as individuals and as companies. We have lived as hunters and as farmers, we have worked in factories and now we live in an information-based society whose icon is the computer. We stand facing the fifth kind of society: the Dream Society. … Future products will have to appeal to our hearts, not to our heads. Now is the time to add emotional value to products and services.” Rolf Jensen/The Dream Society:How the Coming Shift from Information to Imagination Will Transform Your Business

127. We sell dreams Furniture vs. Dreams “We do not sell ‘furniture’ at Domain. We sell dreams. This is accomplished by addressing the half-formed needs in our customers’ heads. By uncovering these needs, we, in essence, fill in the blanks. We convert ‘needs’ into ‘dreams.’ Sales are the inevitable result.” — Judy George, Domain Home Fashions

128. Dreams Come True Spellbinding Experiences Gamechanging Solutions Services Goods Raw Materials

129. TGR [Things Gone WRONG/Things Gone RIGHT] TGR [Things Gone WRONG/Things Gone RIGHT]

130. imagination unbound! imagination unbound!

131. Single greatest act of pure imagination of pure imagination

132. 24%

133. dubai

134. Women as innovation force!

135. “Forget China, India and the Internet : Economic Growth Is Driven by Women.” “Forget China, India and the Internet : Economic Growth Is Driven by Women.” —Headline, Economist, April 15, 2006, Leader, page 14

136. Pursuing humongous “new” markets Pursuing humongous “new” markets

137. “Women are the majority market” —Fara Warner/The Power of the Purse

138. Home Furnishings … 94% Vacations … 92% Houses … 91% D.I.Y. … 80% Consumer Electronics … 51% Cars … 68% (90%) All consumer purchases … 83% Bank Account … 89% Household investment decisions … 67% Small business loans/biz starts … 70% Health Care … 80% ????????? Home Furnishings … 94% Vacations … 92% (Adventure Travel … 70%/ $55B travel equipment) Houses … 91% D.I.Y. (major “home projects”) … 80% Consumer Electronics … 51% (66% home computers) Cars … 68% (90%) All consumer purchases … 83% Bank Account … 89% Household investment decisions … 67% Small business loans/biz starts … 70% Health Care … 80%

139. Repeat: “Goldman Sachs in Tokyo has developed an index of 115 companies poised to benefit from women’s increased purchasing power; over the past decade the value of shares in Goldman’s basket has risen by 96%, against the Tokyo stockmarket’s rise of 13%.” of 13%.” —Economist, April 15

140. “The most significant variable in every sales situation is the gender of the buyer, and more importantly, how the salesperson communicates to the buyer’s gender.” “The most significant variable in every sales situation is the gender of the buyer, and more importantly, how the salesperson communicates to the buyer’s gender.” —Jeffery Tobias Halter, Selling to Men, Selling to Women

141. Selling to men: The TRANSACTION Model Selling to Women: The RELATIONAL Model Source: Selling to Men, Selling to Women, Jeffery Tobias Halter

142. The Perfect Answer Jill and Jack buy slacks in black…

144. Cases! Cases! Cases! McDonald’s Home Depot P&G DeBeers AXA Financial Kodak Nike Avon Bratz Fara Warner/The Power of the Purse Cases! Cases! Cases! McDonald’s (“mom-centered” to “majority consumer”; not via kids) Home Depot (“Do it [everything!] Herself”) P&G (more than “house cleaner”) DeBeers (“right-hand rings”/$4B) AXA Financial Kodak (women = “emotional centers of the household”) Nike (> jock endorsements; new def sports; majority consumer) Avon Bratz (young girls want “friends,” not a blond stereotype) Source: Fara Warner/The Power of the Purse

145. “We simply had stopped being relevant to women.” —Kay Napier, SVP Marketing (Fara Warner, The Power of the Purse, “From Minority to Majority: McDonald’s Discovers the Woman Inside the Mom”)

146. “Mostly Moms” “Women were either ignored in favor of focusing on men— generally considered the industry’s most frequent users and therefore its most important consumers—or they were cast in the role of moms who were simply conduits to their children.” “Women were either ignored in favor of focusing on men— generally considered the industry’s most frequent users and therefore its most important consumers—or they were cast in the role of moms who were simply conduits to their children.” —Fara Warner, The Power of the Purse, “From Minority to Majority: McDonald’s Discovers the Woman Inside the Mom”

147. “McDonald’s shifted its strategy toward women from one of ‘minority’ consumers who served as a conduit to the important children’s market to one in which women are the company’s majority consumers and the main driver behind menu and promotion innovation.” “McDonald’s shifted its strategy toward women from one of ‘minority’ consumers who served as a conduit to the important children’s market to one in which women are the company’s majority consumers and the main driver behind menu and promotion innovation.” —Fara Warner, The Power of the Purse, “From Minority to Majority: McDonald’s Discovers the Woman Inside the Mom”

148. 10 UNASSAILABLE REASONS WOMEN RULE Women Women Women make [all] the financial decisions. Women control [all] the wealth. Women Women [substantially] outlive men. Women Women start most of the new businesses. Women’s Women’s work force participation rates have soared worldwide. Women Women are closing in on “same pay for same job.” Women Women are penetrating senior ranks rapidly [even if the pace is slow for the corner office per se]. Women’s Women’s leadership strengths are exceptionally well aligned with new organizational effectiveness imperatives. Women Women are better salespersons than men. Women Women buy [almost] everything—commercial as well as consumer goods. So what exactly is the point of men?

149. For a number of observers, we have already entered the age of ‘womenomics,’ the economy as thought out and practiced by a woman.” “One thing is certain: Women’s rise to power, which is linked to the increase in wealth per capita, is happening in all domains and at all levels of society. Women are no longer content to provide efficient labor or to be consumers with rising budgets and more autonomy to spend. … This is just the beginning. The phenomenon will only grow as girls prove to be more successful than boys in the school system. For a number of observers, we have already entered the age of ‘womenomics,’ the economy as thought out and practiced by a woman.” —Aude Zieseniss de Thuin, Financial Times, 10.03.2006

150. “new” markets ii

151. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! “People turning 50 today have more than half of their adult life ahead of them.” “People turning 50 today have more than half of their adult life ahead of them.” —Bill Novelli, 50+: Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America

152. 7/13

153. We are the Aussies & Kiwis & Americans & Canadians. We are the Western Europeans & Japanese. We are the fastest growing, the biggest, the wealthiest, the boldest, the most (yes) ambitious, the most experimental & exploratory, the most different, the most indulgent, the most difficult & demanding, the most service & experience obsessed, the most vigorous, (the least vigorous,) the most health conscious, the most female, the most profoundly important commercial market in the history of the world—and we will be the Center of your universe for the next twenty- five years. We have arrived!

154. “Marketers attempts at reaching those over 50 have been miserably unsuccessful. No market’s motivations and needs are so poorly understood.” — “Marketers attempts at reaching those over 50 have been miserably unsuccessful. No market’s motivations and needs are so poorly understood.” —Peter Francese, founding publisher, American Demographics

155. Conscious measurement

156. Innovation Index: Top 5 8 or higher “Wow”/“Rock the World” Innovation Index: How many of your Top 5 Strategic Initiatives/Key Projects score 8 or higher [out of 10] on a “Wow”/“Rock the World” Scale?

157. EXCELLENCE. BEDROCK. LEADERSHIP. 10Ps.

158. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE. Potent. Positive.

160. “People want to be part of something larger than themselves. They want to be part of something they’re really proud of, that they’ll fight for, sacrifice for, trust.” “People want to be part of something larger than themselves. They want to be part of something they’re really proud of, that they’ll fight for, sacrifice for, trust.” — Howard Schultz, Starbucks (IBD/09.05)

161. Leader Job One Paint Portraits of Excellence !

162. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE. Potent. Positive.

163. “ Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.” “ Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.” —Samuel Taylor Coleridge

164. BZ: “I am a … Dispenser of Enthusiasm!”

165. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE. Potent. Positive.

166. “The role of the Director is to create a space where the actors and actresses can become more than they’ve ever been before, more than they’ve dreamed of being.” —Robert Altman, Oscar acceptance speech

167. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE. Potent. Positive.

168. 25

170. “ You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” “ You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Gandhi

171. “Being aware of yourself and how you affect everyone around you is what distinguishes a superior leader.” —Edie Seashore (Strategy + Business #45)

172. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE. Potent. Positive.

173. “ Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.” —William Feather, author

174. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE. potent. Positive.

175. “I used to have a rule for myself that at any point in time I wanted to have in mind — as it so happens, also in writing, on a little card I carried around with me — the three big things I was trying to get done. Three. Not two. Not four. Not five. Not ten. Three.” — Richard Haass, The Power to Persuade

176. “Dennis, you need a … ‘To-don’t ’ List !”

177. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE i. Potent. Positive.

178. “Leaders ‘do’ people. Period.” “Leaders ‘do’ people. Period.” —Anon.

179. “The leaders of Great Groups love talent and know where to find it. They revel in the talent of others.” “The leaders of Great Groups love talent and know where to find it. They revel in the talent of others.” —Warren Bennis & Patricia Ward Biederman, Organizing Genius

180. “Leaders ‘SERVE’ people. Period.” “Leaders ‘SERVE’ people. Period.” —inspired by Robert Greenleaf

181. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE ii. Potent. Positive.

183. “I can’t tell you how many times we passed up hotshots for guys we thought were better people, and watched our guys do a lot better than the big names, not just in the classroom, but on the field—and, naturally, after they graduated, too. Again and again, the blue chips faded out, and our little up-and-comers clawed their way to all- conference and All-America teams.” —Bo Schembechler (and John Bacon), “Recruit for Character,” Bo’s Lasting Lessons

184. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE iii. Potent. Positive.

185. 53 = 53

186. “ Diverse groups of problem solvers — groups of people with diverse tools — consistently outperformed groups of the best and the brightest. If I formed two groups, one random (and therefore diverse) and one consisting of the best individual performers, the first group almost always did better. … Diversity trumped ability. ” — Scott Page, The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies Diversity

187. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE iv. Potent. Positive.

188. “AS LEADERS, WOMEN RULE: TITLE/ Special Report/ BusinessWeek “AS LEADERS, WOMEN RULE: New Studies find that female managers outshine their male counterparts in almost every measure” TITLE/ Special Report/ BusinessWeek

189. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 14 to 168* *Leadership Positions/D&T/1992-2002/ WIAR (Women’s Initiative Annual Report)

190. Period??!!* Start: 3 0f 14 18 months later: 10 of 18 *AIM/September 2007

191. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE v. Potent. Positive.

192. PUT HR AT THE HEAD OF THE HEAD TABLE. BEST PEOPLE. NOBLEST MISSION.

193. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE vi. Potent. Positive.

194. 2 per Year/ 20 per Decade = Excellence + Legacy

195. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE vii. Potent. Positive.

196. Brand = Talent.

197. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE. Potent. Positive.

198. “You do not merely want to be the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do.” “You do not merely want to be the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do.” —Jerry Garcia

199. 1. Ready. Fire! Aim. 2. If it ain’t broke... Break it! 3. Hire crazies. 4. Ask dumb questions. 5. Pursue failure. 6. Lead, follow... or get out of the way! 7. Spread confusion. 8. Ditch your office. 9. Read odd stuff. Avoid moderation! Kevin Roberts’ Credo 1. Ready. Fire! Aim. 2. If it ain’t broke... Break it! 3. Hire crazies. 4. Ask dumb questions. 5. Pursue failure. 6. Lead, follow... or get out of the way! 7. Spread confusion. 8. Ditch your office. 9. Read odd stuff. 10. Avoid moderation!

200. PURPOSE. PASSION. Potential. Presence. Personal. PERSISTENCE. PRIORITIES. PEOPLE. Potent. Positive.

201. The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. Michelangelo