A company’s success is measured by the happiness of its employees, and that goes for any industry we can think of. This sounds like basic knowledge, but increasing happiness in the workplace is one of the most overlooked and at the same time essential changes a company can make in order to be more successful. Often times even simple acknowledgements like a handshake or a hello at the beginning of the day can really impact an employee’s level of engagement and create a positive workplace culture.

Today, on The Melting Pot, we are joined by Tom Peters, a business management pioneer and co-author of “In Search Of Excellence”, the book that, to this day, is recognized as one of the most influential books about business practices. Through this work, Tom’s ultimate goal was to motivate business owners and entrepreneurs to focus more on their employees and the way their happiness directly affects productivity and to discover their products through the eyes of their customers.

Twenty books and forty years later, Tom is still one of the leading management thinkers, preaching about the importance of human connection and creating business excellence through work culture.

Listen and download this fascinating episode in which Tom shares the story behind his well-known bestseller, the legacy that leaders should really focus on leaving behind and his views on women as business leaders, remote leadership and building excellent culture in this “work from home” era.

In today’s episode:

40 years of “In Search Of Excellence”- the book that changed the way the world does business

Why businesses need more women leaders

A leader's job is to grow people

Remote leadership and building excellent culture and business in the “work from home” era

Tom’s latest book, “The Compact Guide To Excellence”

Links:

Website - Tom Peters.com

Linkedin- Tom Peters

Twitter-@tom_peters

Youtube- Tom Peters

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Biography- Tom Peters

Publications-Tom Peters- books and articles

Tom’s latest book- Tom Peters' Compact Guide to Excellence

How Human Connection Can Lead A Business To Excellence With Tom Peters, Co-author Of “In Search Of Excellence”

Tom Peters is a well-renowned business management pioneer and co-author of “In Search of Excellence”, the book that even 40 years after its publication is still considered to be the book that changed the way the world does business. But as he himself declares, this is just one of the numerous ventures in his life and career.

Tom attended Cornell University where he received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a master's degree and later on, earned an MBA and a PhD in Organizational Behaviourfrom the Stanford Graduate School of business. During the war in Vietnam, he served in the U.S. Navy, making two deployments as a Navy Seabee and also participated in an exchange program between the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy (UK) which led to him serving as a midshipman on the HMS Tiger (a battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s).

While working forMcKinsey & Company, he was inspired to develop different practices for business management that support the idea that...