In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school and bedside table, and continues to influence the thinking of leaders and managers across the globe today. Based on a study of forty-three of America's best-run companies from a range of sectors - consumer goods, technology, services - the book identifies eight common 'attributes of excellence' that made these organisations successful. Though many of the profiled companies have since lost their edge (or disappeared completely), these eight management principles, each highlighted in a chapter in the book, have...

Through a series of warm and uplifting stories, Tom and Linda Peters take you into the heart of their socially awkward marriage.

Tom had long suspected that there was something wrong with him, but despite his best efforts, he could never figure out what it was. With the help of Linda, a writer and investigator who he would later marry, Tom went looking for answers that would explain his quirky way of seeing the world. At the age of 47, he was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism.

Raw and personal, this book of essays was first inspired by...

Tom Peters, the international bestselling author of IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE which has sold over one million copies, concludes his 15 definitive rules on professional excellence and why, today, they are more important than ever.