4. TP#1*: Netscape! *Where would you rather have worked for those 5 years, Netscape or IBM-HP-Microsoft-Oracle? (Where, 25 years from now, would you rather to be able to tell someoneâe.g., grandchildâthat you worked?)
9. â Forget China , India and the Internet : Economic Growth Is Driven by Women .â âHeadline, Economist , April 15, 2006, Leader, page 14
10. A DOZEN UNASSAILABLE REASONS WOMEN RULE/WILL RULE Women make [all] the financial decisions. Women make better financial decisions. Women control [all] the [worldâs] wealth. Women [substantially] outlive men. Women [girls] are waxing; men [boys] are waning. Women start most of the new businesses. Womenâs work force participation rates have soared worldwide. Women are closing in on âsame pay for same job.â Women are penetrating senior ranks rapidly [even if the pace is slow for the corner office per se]. Womenâs leadership strengths are [exceptionally] well aligned with new organizational effectiveness & value-added imperatives. Women are [much] better salespersons than men. Women buy [almost] everythingâcommercial as well as consumer goods. So what exactly is ⌠the point of men ?
11. â Goldman Sachs in Tokyo has developed an index of 115 companies poised to benefit from womenâs increased purchasing power; over the past decade the value of shares in Goldmanâs basket has risen by 96%, against the Tokyo stockmarketâs rise of 13% .â âEconomist , April 15
16. Jimâs Mowing Canada Jimâs Mowing UK Jimâs Antennas Jimâs Bookkeeping Jimâs Building Maintenance Jimâs Carpet Cleaning Jimâs Car Cleaning Jimâs Computer Services Jimâs Dog Wash Jimâs Driving School Jimâs Fencing Jimâs Floors Jimâs Painting Jimâs Paving Jimâs Pergolas Jimâs Pool Care Jimâs Pressure Cleaning Jimâs Roofing Jimâs Security Doors Jimâs Trees Jimâs Window Cleaning Jimâs Windscreens Note: Download, free, Jimâs book: What Will They Franchise Next? The Story of Jimâs Group
20. Excellence1982: The Bedrock âEight Basicsâ 1. A Bias for Action 2. Close to the Customer 3. Autonomy and Entrepreneurship 4. Productivity Through Peo p le 5. Hands On , Value-Driven 6. Stick to the Knitting 7. Simple Form, Lean Staff 8. Simultaneous Loose-Tight Propertiesâ
21. â It was a blinding flash of the obvious!â
23. â Why in the world did you go to S iberia ?â
24. Enter p rise * ** (*at its best): An emotional , vital , innovative , joyful , creative , entrepreneurial endeavor that elicits maximum concerted human potential in the wholehearted service of others . *** **Excellence. Always. ***Employees, Customers, Suppliers, Communities, Owners, Temporary partners
26. â I am often asked by would-be entrepreneurs seeking escape from life within huge corporate structures, âHow do I build a small firm for myself?â The answer seems obvious : Buy a very large one and just wait .â âPaul Ormerod, Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics
27. â I donât believe in economies of scale. You donât get better by being bigger. You get worse .â âDick Kovacevich/Wells Fargo
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35. â This is so simple it sounds stupid, but it is amazing how few oil people really understand that you only find oil if you drill wells . You may think youâre finding it when youâre drawing maps and studying logs, but you have to drill.â Source: The Hunters , by John Masters, Canadian O & G wildcatter
37. â We made mistakes, of course. Most of them were omissions we didnât think of when we initially wrote the software. We fixed them by doing it over and over, again and again. We do the same today. While our competitors are still sucking their thumbs trying to make the design perfect, weâre already on prototype version # 5 . By the time our rivals are ready with wires and screws, we are on version # 10 . It gets back to planning versus acting : We act from day one ; others plan how to plan â for months .â âBloomberg by Bloomberg
55. â Execution is the j ob of the business leader .â âLarry Bossidy & Ram Charan/ Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done
56. â Execution is a systematic process of rigorously discussing hows and whats, tenaciously following through, and ensuring accountability.â âLarry Bossidy & Ram Charan/ Execution: The Disci p line of Getting Things Done
58. â GE has set a standard of candor. ⌠There is no puffery. ⌠There isnât an ounce of denial in the place .â âKevin Sharer, CEO Amgen, on the âGE mystiqueâ (Fortune)
70. â Economic Growth Is Driven by ⌠Women .â â Headline, Economist , April 15, 2006, Leader, page 14
71. ????????? Home Furnishings ⌠94% Vacations ⌠92% (Adventure Travel ⌠70%/ $55B travel equipment) Houses ⌠91% D.I.Y. (major âhome projectsâ) ⌠80% Consumer Electronics ⌠51% (66% home computers) Cars ⌠68% (90%) All consumer purchases ⌠83% Bank Account ⌠89% Household investment decisions ⌠67% Small business loans/biz starts ⌠70% Health Care ⌠80%
72. The â91% Factorâ! More than 9 in 10 women age 35 - 49 say they either make or at least e q uall y influence their household purchases of home electronics . Source: Andrea Learned, co-author, Donât Think Pink
73. 94 % of loans to ⌠women * * M icrolending; âBanker to the poorâ; Grameen Bank; Muhammad Yunus; 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner
74. USA/F.Stats: Short ân (Very) Sweet >50% of stock ownership, $13T total wealth (2X in 15 years) >$7T consumer & biz spending (>50% GDP; > Japan GDP); >80% consumer spdg (Consumer = 70% all spdg) 57% BA degrees (2002); = ed & social strata, no wage gap 60% Internet users; >50% primary users of electronic equipment >50% biz trips WimBiz: Employees > F500; 10M+: 33% all US Biz Pay from 62% in 1980 to 80% today; equal if education, social status, etc are equal 60% work; 46M (divorced, widowed, never married) Source: Fara Warner, The Power of the Purse
75. Women > 50% of Household Income in >50% of households. In 48% of the 55% of households/married couples, women provide >50% of income. 27% of households are headed by a single female. 75% of married female execs with the rank of VP or above out earn their spouse. Women control 51% of private wealth in the U.S.; head 40% of households with >$600K assets; 47% of market investors are women. Major Credit Union: pre Y2K, modal customer was 53-year-old family man; today, 46-year-old single working woman. Commercial: 51% purchasing managers are women. Women make >80% consumer purchases; businesswomen make >90% of household purchasing decisions. Women: 70% of travel decisions; purchase 57% of consumer electronics; write 80% of personal checks; purchase >50% of cars (primary influence >80%). Source: Donât Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buyâand How to Increase Your Share of This Crucial Market , Lisa Johnson & Andrea Learned
76. Women Household spending: 80% Investment decisions: 53% Home improvement purchase decisions: 80% New cars: 60%+ Computers: 60% Managers and professionals, overall: 51% New businesses started: 70% * (*Women-owned businesses as a share of all new businesses: Employee growth, 3X; Sales growth, 4X.) Source: Marti Barletta, PrimeTime Women (2007)
78. Cases! Cases! Cases! McDonaldâs (âmom-centeredâ to âmajority consumerâ; not via kids) Home Depot (âDo it [everything!] Herselfâ) P&G (more than âhouse cleanerâ) DeBeers (âright-hand ringsâ/$4B) AXA Financial Kodak (women = âemotional centers of the householdâ) Nike (> jock endorsements; new def sports; majority consumer) Avon Bratz (young girls want âfriends,â not a blond stereotype) Source: Fara Warner/ The Power of the Purse
79. U.S. firms owned or controlled by Women: 10.6 million ( 48% of all firms) Growth rate of Women-owned firms vs all firms: 3X Rate of jobs created by Women-owned firms vs all firms: 2X Ratio of total payroll of Women-owned firms vs total for Fortune500 firms: >1.0 Ratio of likelihood of Women-owned firms staying in business vs all firms: >1.0 Growth rate of Women-owned companies with revenues of >$1,000,000 and >100 employees vs all firms: 2X Source: Margaret Heffernan, How She Does It
81. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! â People turning 50 today have more than half of their adult life ahead of them.â âBill Novelli, 50+: Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America
82. 44-65 : âNew Customer Majorityâ * *45% larger than 18-43; 60% larger by 2010 Source: Ageless Marketing , David Wolfe & Robert Snyder
83. Average # of cars purchased per household, âlifetimeâ: 13 Average # of cars bought per household after the âhead of householdâ reaches age 50: 7 Source: Marti Barletta, PrimeTime Women
85. PURPOSE . PASSION . Potential . Presence . Personal . PERSISTENCE . PEOPLE . Potent . Positive .
86. PURPOSE . PASSION . Potential . Presence . Personal . PERSISTENCE . PEOPLE . Potent . Positive .
87. â People want to be part of something larger than themselves . They want to be part of something theyâre really proud of, that theyâll fight for , sacrifice for , trust .â â Howard Schultz, Starbucks ( IBD /09.05)
88. PURPOSE . PASSION . Potential . Presence . Personal . PERSISTENCE . PEOPLE . Potent . Positive .
89. â Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.â âSamuel Taylor Coleridge
90. PURPOSE . PASSION . Potential . Presence . Personal . PERSISTENCE . PEOPLE . Potent . Positive .
91. â The role of the Director is to create a space where the actors and actresses can become more than theyâve ever been before, more than theyâve dreamed of being .â âRobert Altman, Oscar acceptance speech
92. PURPOSE . PASSION . Potential . Presence . Personal . PERSISTENCE . PEOPLE . Potent . Positive .
94. PURPOSE . PASSION . Potential . Presence . Personal . PERSISTENCE . PEOPLE . Potent . Positive .
95. â You must be the change you wish to see in the world.â Gandhi
96. â Itâs alwa y s showtime.â âDavid DâAlessandro, Career Warfare
97. PURPOSE . PASSION . Potential . Presence . Personal . PERSISTENCE . PEOPLE . Potent . Positive .
98. Relentless : âOne of my superstitions had always been when I started to go anywhere or to do anything, not to turn back , or stop, until the thing intended was accomplished.â âGrant
99. PURPOSE . PASSION . Potential . Presence . Personal . PERSISTENCE . PEOPLE . Potent . Positive .
100. â Leaders â do â people. Period.â âAnon.
102. Servant Leadership /Robert Greenleaf 1. Do those served grow as persons? 2. Do they, while being served, become healthier wiser, freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants?
103. PURPOSE . PASSION . Potential . Presence . Personal . PERSISTENCE . PEOPLE . Potent . Positive .
104. Kevin Robertsâ Credo 1 . Ready. Fire! Aim. 2. If it ainât broke ... Break it! 3. Hire crazies. 4. Ask dumb questions. 5. Pursue failure. 6. Lead, follow ... or get out of the way! 7. Spread confusion. 8. Ditch your office. 9. Read odd stuff. 10. Avoid moderation !
105. â A typical day at the office for me begins by asking, â What is impossible that I am going to do today ?ââ âDaniel Lamarre, president, Cirque du Soleil
106. PURPOSE . PASSION . Potential . Presence . Personal . PERSISTENCE . PEOPLE . Potent . Positive .
107. On NELSON: â[other] admirals more frightened of losing than anxious to winâ
108. PURPOSE . PASSION . Potential . Presence . Personal . PERSISTENCE . PEOPLE . Potent . Positive .
109. â Excellence can be obtained if you: ... care more than others think is wise; ... risk more than others think is safe; ... dream more than others think is practical; ... expect more than others think is possible.â Source: Anon. (Posted @ tompeters.com by K.Sriram, November 27, 2006 1:17 AM)