Biography
One of the bestsellers Tom Peters is called "Turn yourself to the brand." The author knows exactly what he writes about, because he has turned himself to the brand a long time ago: a man recognize the business gurus of world importance, and its motivational books have become practical benefits for successful managers of all levels. The writer founded his own company and many years teaches the largest corporations to build a business and implement organizational transformations in the conditions of a changing market.Childhood and youth
Tom was born in Baltimore, USA, in 1942. For his example, Peters shows followers that continuous education is an indispensable way to success. In the status of Twitter, he also calls himself first of all the reader and the student, and only then the writer, mentor, speaker and business owner. The American studied in a private school, graduating which, in the 1960s he entered the Cornelia University. The first diploma is associated with civil engineering technologies.
In 1970, a man decided to continue his studies and chose a prestigious Stanford for this, where he became a master of business administration (MBA). In 1977 he defended his doctoral dissertation on philosophy, specializing in issues of organizational behavior. At that time, Tom lived in a silicon valley, working in the consulting company McKinsey, where solved the tasks of strategic management. Before that, Peters served in the US naval forces, participating in the Vietnamese campaign as part of engineering and construction parts.
Personal life
Tom with family lives on a farm at 1400 acres in the countryside West Tingmouth, Vermont. His personal life has developed happily and flows peacefully: together with his wife, artist Susan Sarget, they live in a cozy home overlooking the mountains. The spouses are breeding Alpaca, goats, horses and other animals, among which are Rosie's favorite dogs, Hammer and Walley.The biographies of St. Petersburg are dedicated to several books, including Tom Peters: The Bestselling Prophet of the Management Revolution and Corporate Man to Corporate Skunk: The Tom Peters Phenomenon.
Books
In 1982, Tom, together with a colleague, Robert Waterman wrote a book "In the search for perfection", which gathered a hooked reviews, became a bestseller and put Peters in a number of classics of business thought. After 3 years, the "passion for perfection" was published, which secured the success. Since then, the bibliography has been replenished with dozens of volumes that have become benefits for middle and senior managers. The works of Peters are written alive, fascinating and present a summary of the successful experience of effective companies with tongue, understandable even to children.
Tom is not limited to writing. He organized his own consulting company TOM PETERS COMPANY. In addition, a man is engaged in public speeches, with whom he traveled the whole world.
Tom Peters now
Despite the old age, outstanding achievements and multi-million state, the least is similar to a person who is in complacency and inaction. The rapidly changing world dictates new laws to business, and Peters seeks to catch strategically important changes and react to them. Therefore, with the thought of work, his eyes still light up passion.In 2018, The Excellence Dividend book was released: Meeting The Tech Tide with Work That Wing and Jobs That Last, where Tom offers its gaze on business management in the realities of constantly accelerating changes. The time comes when the experience of the business guru can reset, because the world becomes completely different.
However, Peters still insists that a person should be put in a business environment for the 1st place. The writer calls on the reader to strive for development in the profession, so that the workplace does not fall at risk due to the development of technology. Dividends embedded in their own improvement and superiority will allow to flourish in the century of technical tsunami.
Tom still stands up with reports. June 5, 2019 Guru Management participated in World Business Forum Bogotá. Photos from the event are published on the official website of the business consultant. Here, news, articles, interviews of the writer and reviews of fresh publications appear.
Bibliography
- 1982 - "In search of perfection. Lessons of the most successful companies of America "
- 1985 - "Passion for Perfection"
- 1987 - Thriving ON Chaos
- 1997 - "Circle of Innovation"
- 1999 - "Turn yourself to the brand"
- 2003 - "Imagine! Excellence in business in the era of destruction "
- 2005 - "Talent"
- 2005 - "Leadership"
- 2005 - "Design"
- 2010 - "These important little things: 163 ways to achieve perfection"
- 2018 - The Excellence Dividend: Meeting The Tech Tide with Work That WOWS AND JOBS THAT LAST