A Passion for excellence : the leadership difference /
Tom Peters, Nancy Austin.
- Special ed. prepared for the Presidents Association.
- New York : Random House, c1985.
- xxv, 437 p. ; 25 cm.
Gift of Rowan H. Taylor.
Includes bibliographies and index.
A blinding flash of the obvious -- MBWA : the technology of the obvious -- Integrity and the technology of the obvious -- Common courtesy : the ultimate barrier to competitor entry -- No such thing as a commodity -- Mere perception : the irreducible humanness of customers -- Quality is not a technique -- The smell of the customer -- The mythology of innovation, or the skunkworks tale -- Three skunks -- The context of innovation -- The smell of innovation -- Bone-deep beliefs -- Ownership -- ApplauseApplause -- Attention, symbols, drama, vision -- and love -- Transformations and enhancements : small wins, debureaucratizing and pockets of excellence -- Coaching -- Doing MBWA -- Excellence in school leadership -- What price excellence.