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With Tom in May 2006 in LondonIf you want some fantastic FREE advice about the art of speaking from one of the world's leading speakers on business then go to Tom Peters at this link. Tom has a phenomenal record of speeches to millions of people all over the world over the last 30 years.
I was fortunate enough to attend a Tom Peters Seminar in May 2006 in London. Tom spoke for 6 hours in four 90 minute slots. It was a brilliant experience.
If you were to ‘buy’ professional advice on public speaking you would pay a fortune.
In this half hour interview Tom provides many nuggets of advice. The highlight for me is when Tom talks about the power of stories – Amen to that Tom. In fact my book ‘I Wanna Tell You a Story’ is a collection of 16 leadership stories. It has always been my belief that story telling is the most under used skill in any manager’s repertoire.
I hope you find time to enjoy listening to the great man in conversation.
I’ll be resting from Blogging for a couple of days.
I am passionate about the exchanges I have through Blogging both here and on Tom Peters Blog. I learn so much from the interactions I have with so many terrific people all over the world through Blogging.
At 55 years of age I love my work more than ever and I feel young enough to to carry on working for a few more decades yet just like my heroes Sir Alex Ferguson, Tony Benn and George Giarchi.
Work is good for me.
HOWEVER .......
Nothing can be more important than encouraging our children and grandchildren.
Today Annie and I look forward to a trip to see my two Grandsons Sebastian (right) and Reece (left) pictured above.
We are all blessed with many gifts from God. The opportunity and the ability to work is one gift that I cherish but the greatest gifts are people. I am blessed to have the beautiful gift of Annie as my wife. I am blessed to have 3 terrific children who are gifts that make me very proud. These two wonderful grandsons are very special gifts who have both already made a huge impact on my world.I will return to Blogging on Saturday.
I think the ‘traditional’ world of management can learn a tremendous amount by looking outside its own ‘backyard’ and look at, for instance, sport and entertainment.
This last weekend has seen Manchester United forge ahead again by five clear points at the top of the English Premier League.
Also this weekend I was fortunate enough to see The Eagles play another fantastic concert to 20,000 fans at the O2 Arena in London.
One common factor about the phenomenal success of both Manchester United and The Eagles is how they have sustained excellence at the very top level for such a long time. It is not overnight success that blows out after a couple of years. We are talking high performance over a very long period.
Tom Peters famous best seller and the book that popularised management in the early 1980’s was called ‘In Search of Excellence.’
Even allowing for my obvious and self-confessed bias I suggest that Manchester United and The Eagles have achieved excellence and more importantly sustained it.
So …. Three questions to consider:
1 Just what are the ingredients that enable not only the achievement of excellence but sustained excellence for both The Eagles and Manchester United?
2 Can we apply those ingredients in the more traditional world of management in business?
3 If not, why not?
I will be fascinated to receive your comments on this.
In the busy world of business do you, like me, ever have times when you could just do with a book to fill in an hour or so? You know - those times when you have the time but not the means to do some quick and simple learning through reading something that will leave a positive mark.
I have the answer for you.
Joel D Canfield is a friend from the US who I met through Tom Peters Blog. Joel has written a super little book called ‘49 Commonsense Business Observations’ and I have just read it in about one hour. It is written, unsurprisingly in commonsense language and is full of practical tips and ideas about how you can use commonsense to grow your business and your reputation. I recommend this book highly.
Joel and I share a common view about the need for commonsense to underpin all aspects of business and management. He uses this book to illustrate how you can add value to your work and your business through commonsense.
Joel places great emphasis on integrity, honesty and an ethical approach in business and as such he clearly is a man you will do well to take notice of. I know Joel wants to receive feedback about his book and you can see more about him and how to order Joel’s book on his web site. Later this year Joel will be publishing his follow on book called ‘The Commonsense Entrepreneur’
One of the joys of the internet and Blogging is the opportunity to ‘meet’ like minded people with whom I develop friendships that will last. I know Joel is someone who has terrific expertise and commonsense that I will be calling on regularly to increase my learning.
Good luck Joel – you deserve to succeed
With Tom in May 2006 in London
