Peter R. Scholtes

Books

• The Leader's Handbook: Making Things Happen, Getting Things Done
  Absolutely wonderful book - we give it our highest recommendation.

• The Team Handbook for Educators: How to Use Teams to Improve Quality
  

• The Team Handbook: 2nd Edition
  Originally published in 1986.

• Team Handbook: Third Edition
  Most recent update to the management classic.

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Articles

• Leaders of People: Some are Wonderful, Some are Clueless. The Rest are Somewhere In Between.   view details
  Excellent short article by the author of the Leader's Handbook and the Team Handbook.

• Total Quality Leadership vs. Management by Results   view details
  Excellent article for those interested in improving management. It begins with a very short early 90's view on the increasing Asian economic clout. Those who are not interested in management improvement would likely be tempted to ignore the important...

• My First Trip to Japan   view details
  Report on trip to Japan to learn about how Japanese management focused on quality and productivity improvement to meet and exceed customers needs and expectations.

• Reward and Incentive Programs are Ineffective -- Even Harmful   view details
  "The greatest management conceit is that we can 'motivate' people. We can't. Motivation is there, inside people. Our people were motivated when we hired them and everyday, when they come to work, they arrive with the intention of doing a good job."

• An Introduction to Deming’s Management Ideas   view details
  An Introduction to Deming's Management Teaching and Philosophy by Peter Scholtes – webcast from the Annual W. Edwards Deming Institute conference in Madison, Wisconsin, November 9th, 2008.

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Author Quotes

Management quotes by Peter R. Scholtes

Web sites

• Peter R. Scholtes
• Peter Scholtes
  Web site of Peter Scholtes, author of The Leader's Handbook (an excellent book) and The Team Handbook. The site offers several excellent management articles. He taught with Deming. Peter was a good friend and his management ideas are well worth studying.

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