[Troop139] Tom Peters on Leadership

[J.Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT]

Hi Folks!

 

Enclosed are some brief thoughts on leadership from Tom Peters.

The links at the bottom are to some very short, but poignant videos.

Parents might find these to help reassuring and instructive as we raise our
children.

There will be a test. :-)

 

Tom Peters -  <http://www.tompeters.com/> www.tompeters.com

 

Leadership is all about love:

Passion,

Enthusiasms,

Appetite for Life,

Engagement,

Great Causes & Determination to Make a Damn Difference,

Commitment to Excellence,

Shared Adventures,

Bizarre Failures,

Growth Beyond Measure,

Insatiable Appetite for Change.

 

Race to Nowhere

Management guru Peter Drucker famously said, "What gets measured gets
managed." But what if we're measuring the wrong things? Consider the
following: you can graduate from high school with straight A's without ever
having:

 

1.      Searched for answers to unknown questions. 

2.      Budgeted your own time. 

3.      Discovered what most interests you. 

4.      Initiated a project requiring sustained commitment. 

5.      Taken risks or experienced failure. 

6.      Led a team in the pursuit of a worthy goal. 

7.      Practiced consensus building or the messiness of compromise. 

8.      Asserted yourself, even if it meant challenging authority. 

9.      Built something of value. 

10.  Created art that speaks to the soul. 

11.  Explored the natural world. 

12.  Interacted with people outside your age group. 

13.  Volunteered substantively in your community. 

14.  Apprenticed in fields of your choosing. 

15.  Started a business. 

16.  Traveled and gathered perspectives outside your comfort zone. 

17.  Acquired practical skills like saving and investing, handling tools,
programming, growing food...

Perhaps most tellingly, you never learned to say "No."

America can continue down the path of national standards, high stakes
testing, longer school days, expanded calendar, merit pay, and all the
rest-but none of it will cure what ills us if we're not focused on what
truly matters.

Matt Lintner

Teacher

Fairfax County, VA

 

o        <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_w4AfflmeM> Tom Peters - (4 min
video on Creativity) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_w4AfflmeM

 

o        <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UyvJgOCS1w> Tom Peters - (1.5 min
video on Fail Forward Fast) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UyvJgOCS1w

 

o        <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AGTpu_i8sc> Tom Peters - (3 min
video on Innovation) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AGTpu_i8sc

 

 

Thanks!

J. Gordon Beattie, Jr.

Principal Technical Architect

AT&T Service Assurance IT

Office & Cellular: 201.314.6964

W2TTT at ATT.NET

 

 

Inspire, Innovate & Invent!

 

 

"He-e-ey...Everyday is a revolution.

Welcome to the future.

 

He-e-ey...Look around it's all so clear.

He-e-ey...Wherever we would go and well we...

He-e-ey...So many things I never thought I'd see...

Happening right in front of me."

 

from "Welcome to the Future" by Brad Paisley