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Tom Peters Times December 2011
What's Tom Up To?
Tom’s been keeping his seminar audiences
on their toes in every corner of the globe during 2011.
As well as his clutch of domestic US engagements, he’s
spoken to audiences in Australia, New Zealand, Dominican
Republic, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa. You can find
all Tom’s 2011 slides here.
Tom has also stayed in touch with his many followers
via Twitter, reaching his 15,000th tweet
milestone this autumn. If you don’t
yet follow Tom (@tom_peters), why not give it a try?
It's the easiest way to chat with him!
On the writing side, Tom has
produced several short-form, highly designed e-books
on the theme of Excellence this year. All of Tom's titles
on iTunes can be found here.
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A Whole New World?
Tom Peters Company’s foray into the world of Distance
Learning may have been driven by practical necessity
but it has evolved into a festival of international
collaboration. Our most recent programs have attracted
participants from the USA, UK, Spain, South Africa,
Lebanon, Kuwait, New Zealand, Brazil, India and Costa
Rica.
TPC started using Distance Learning seriously in 2009
for training consultants to use our Excellence Model,
Future Shape of the Winner™. This medium was a
pragmatic choice for us, enabling people to join in
the live interactive sessions from all round the world
(providing they didn’t mind losing a little sleep!).
Frankly, we have all been surprised and excited by the
rich mix of insights, examples, and stories aired on
the programs by participants with different backgrounds
and cultures. We have all been given cause for thought
about our assumptions around work and people. The learning
has been rich and productive.
Distance Learning via the Internet has come a long way
from its rather clunky beginnings. The technology is
getting better and better, and early-adopter learners
of all ages are grabbing the new opportunities. We'd
love to hear about your experience of using Distance
Learning. Fill us in via an email to team@tompeters.com
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How's
your Resilience?
How are you feeling about what’s ahead for you
in 2012? This has been a pretty punishing period for
many people who work in western economies and the New
Year promises little short term prospect of improvement.
Keeping up our own and other peoples’ spirits
is a tough challenge. Resilience, an Excellence attribute
that is often highlighted in Tom’s writing and
speaking, is ever more essential.
Tom
recently blogged about Flourish, the latest book
by Martin Seligman, founder of the Positive Psychology
Movement. Their research has shown that the building
of personal strengths such as courage, optimism, work
ethic, honesty and perseverance all have a positive
effect on peoples’ mental wellbeing. The process
of building a positive mindset is not trivial or easy,
as evidenced by Seligman's work with the US Army. However,
if it piques your interest, why not try Seligman’s
"Three Good Things" exercise? It sounds simple,
but over time its effects can be profound.
Three Good Things Exercise
Each night before you go to sleep:
1. Think of three good things that happened today.
Anything from the most mundane to the most exalted works,
as long as it seems to you like a good, positive, happy
thing.
2. Write them down.
3. Reflect on why they happened.
Determining the "why" of the event is the
most important part of the exercise, and can open up
your mind to ways you can increase the positive experiences
you have.
For more information: http://www.authentichappiness.org
Adopting the Three Good Things habit will have personal
and professional benefits. For many years, Tom has been
encouraging leaders to focus on TGRs (Things Gone Right)
as opposed to TGWs (Things Gone Wrong). Measure TGRs!
Try discussing three TGRs at every meeting in 2012.
It’s a great way to discover how to make TGRs
happen more often.
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2012 Highlights
2012 sees the 30th anniversary of In Search of Excellence.
A new edition of the book, with an updated forward by
co-writer
Bob Waterman, is due out next year to mark the event.
You’ll also be able to get an e-book version.
As you well know, Tom spends a large part of his life
preparing and giving presentations to large audiences.
For this reason, slides have been a cornerstone of his
professional life. For the past two years, Tom has been
weaving together concepts he has developed over 30 years
into one definitive (for now!) presentation. It includes
the sort of slides you would see if you were in the
audience at one Tom’s live presentations, and
annotated slides that reference the examples and stories
you would hear him relate. This mega presentation is
entitled "Excellence. Now." or as Tom has
affectionately nicknamed it, “The Mother of All
Presentations." A new website devoted solely to
this presentation http://www.excellencenow.com
launches in the New Year. “Excellence. Now.”
will be released a section at a time at two weekly intervals
during 2012. Let us know what you think of it!
Our success with the Excellence Distance Learning has
convinced us to make this medium part of the future
for Tom Peters Company, so watch out for further programs
in 2012. Let us know if you’re interested in participating.
team@tompeters.com
We will also be launching a new partnership with Business
Results Group in South Africa. They will be offering
TPC training programmes (Brand You, WOW!Projects and
Creating Value for Customers) under license in that
market. For more information see: www.brg.co.za
WARMEST SEASONS GREETINGS TO ALL TP TIMES READERS. HERE’S
TO A SUCCESSFUL 2012 FOR YOU AND YOURS!
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