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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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