Biography - Thomas J. Peters

In 1982, two McKinsey consultants trying to determine the attributes of "corporate excellence" published a book on the subject. The result, In Search of Excellence, became one of the most popular business books of all time and one of the authors, Tom Peters, continues to be one of the most sought after and highest paid speakers on the corporate circuit. For students of management thought we provide below a list of Peter's books and some books and articles about him.

For brief biographical material we suggest the profile found on p.526 of the IEBM Handbook of Management Thinking ( HD38.15.I33). For a longer one, see the book by Crainer The Tom Peters Phenomenon (details are provided below). For a recent sketch see this interview in the New York Times: Claudia H. Deutsch, "A Guru's Advice in Technicolor," November 2, 2003, p.B11. For an interesting book that puts Peter's early ideas into the perspective of the 1980s and 1990s see The Witch Doctors: Making Sense of the Management Gurus by John Micklethwait & Adrian Wooldridge.

In 2006 Tom Peter's web site is here: http://www.tompeters.com/

Books by Peters

In Search Of Excellence: Lessons From America's Best-Run Companies
HD70.U5P424 1982

A Passion For Excellence: The Leadership Difference
HD70.U5P425 1985

Thriving On Chaos: Handbook For A Management Revolution
HD70.U5P426 1987

In Search Of Excellence [Sound Recording]
ARCC HF5006.F37 no.2 1988

The Pursuit Of Wow! Every Person's Guide To Topsy-Turvy Times
HD58.8.P482 1994

Liberation Management: Necessary Disorganization For The Nanosecond Nineties
HD58.8.P478 1994

The Tom Peters Seminar: Crazy Times Call For Crazy Organizations
HD58.8.P483 1994

Toward Perpetual Revolution
HD31.P387 1994

The Circle Of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way To Greatness
HD53.P48 1997

The Brand You50, Or, Fifty Ways To Transform Yourself From An "Employee" Into A Brand That Shouts Di stinction, Commitment, and Passion!
HF5381.P472 1999

The Project50, Or, Fifty Ways To Transform Every Task Into A Project That Matters!
BF481.P48 1999

Re-Imagine! Business Excellence In A Disruptive Age
HD58.8.P4825 2003

Tom Peters Essentials
HD58.8.P4827 2005 v.1-4

Books About Peters

Langdon, Ken
The 100 Greatest Business Ideas of all Time
HB615.L365 2003

The Best Business Books Ever: The 100 Most Influential Management Books You'll Never have Time to Read
Z7164.C81B547 2003

Kennedy, Carol
Guide to the Management Gurus: Shortcuts to the Ideas of Leading Management Thinkers
HD30.5.K45 1998

Rigby, Rhymer.
28 business thinkers who changed the world : the management gurus and mavericks who changed the way we think about business
HC29.R54 2011

Spurge, Lorraine Ed.
Knowledge Exchange Business Encyclopedia: Illustrated
HF1001.K52 1997

Pierce, Jon and Newstrom, John
The Manager's Bookshelf: A Mosaic of Contemporary Views
HD70.U5M32 2000

Brocka, Bruce and Brocka, M. Suzanne
Quality Management: Implementing the Best Ideas of the Masters
HD62.15.B73 1992

Crainer, Stuart
The Ultimate Business Library: 75 Books that Made Management
HD31.C7274 2000

Crainer, Stuart
The Tom Peters Phenomenon: Corporate Man to Corporate Skunk
HD69.C6C73 1999

Crainer, Stuart
Key Management Ideas: Thinkers that Changed the Management World
HD31.C69 1998

Crainer, Stuart Ed.
The Financial Times Handbook of Management
HD38.15.F56 1995

Articles

Stern, Stefan. The Management Gurus Laughing all the Way to the Bank. Financial Times. London (UK): Sep 26, 2006. p.13

Barmann, Timothy. Unconventional Consulting Guru can't Stand Business as usual. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. Washington: Dec 10, 2004. p. 1

Macklem, Katherine. 'Make Yourself the Centre'. Maclean's. Toronto: Dec 1, 2003. Vol. 116, Iss. 48, p. 40

Kitchen, Patricia. U.S. Business Guru Demands More Corporate Imagination in New Book. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. Washington: Oct 23, 2003. p. 1

Kinsman, Michael. Management Guru Tom Peters Discusses Women in Business in New Book. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. Washington: Oct 12, 2003. p. 1

Tom Peters' Top Hr Strategies for Now and the Future. IOMA's Report on Compensation & Benefits for Law Offices. New York: Jan 2002. Vol. 02, Iss. 1, p. 5 (3 pp.)

Kellaway, Lucy. A boast too far: Tom Peters' 'Confession' that he Faked the Data for his Most Famous Management Book Shows how Attitudes have Changed in 20 years. Financial Times. London (UK): Dec 3, 2001. p. 16

"Fast Company" Reveals Search of Excellence Fakery, and Gets "BW'S" Attention. Media Industry Newsletter. Potomac: Dec 3, 2001. Vol. 54, Iss. 48, p. 1

Jackson, Tony. Tom Peters can Claim to have Invented an Industry. Financial Times. London (UK): Apr 18, 1997. p. 16 (Excellence explored: Book Review)

Management Theorists: Tom Peters, Performance Artist. The Economist. London: Sep 24, 1994. Vol. 332, Iss. 7882, p.73 (1 pp.)