Bob Waterman


Confessions of a Ghost

A best-selling ghostwriter explains the making of business books, and what you don't want to know about it.  Read story

Peters' Principles: Secrets Of Growth

In Search of Excellence confirms that the key to prosperity for companies large and small lies in a commitment to such irrational, difficult-to-measure thing...  Read story

The Classics

A noted author offers readers a guide to the best business and management books of all time.  Read story

In Our Time

A timeline listing some of the most significant events in business from 1979 to 1999.  Read story

The Entrepreneurial Mystique

Almost all of the conventional wisdom about entrepreneurship, says Peter Drucker, is dead wrong. Entrepreneurship is nothing more than a discipline and, like...  Read story

Franchise Capital Of America

In Rocky Mount, N.C., fast food is big business. But the Boddie brothers' 208-outlet empire hasn't lost the founders' touch.  Read story

Book Value

Reviews of two business books -- one featuring the business wisdom of Elizabeth I and one with tips on organizing your life. Also, why the book publishing in...  Read story

When Everyone Was Excellent

With "In Search of Excellence," co-authors Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr. turned management advice into a fashion industry. Here are some overlo...  Read story

Doubting Thomas

Tom Peters discusses his experiences in the world of business and the nature of entrepreneurship.  Read story

Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom

Some of America's biggest corporations are discovering that their future may depend on thinking small.  Read story

Magnificent Obsession

Company founder obsesses over quality control and spends millions on patent protection, all to keep his product unique.  Read story

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