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1. A Who's Who of Gurus


2. A Burning Sense of Mission
In a very literal sense, Tom Terez suggests you light a fire under your organization's ill-conceived mission statement. From its ashes, you can begin again.


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A Who's Who of Gurus


10 business gurus, along with their books and their message.
By Samuel Greengard

Name Title Speaking Fee Schtick Books Web
Clayton Christensen Professor, Harvard Business School $40,000+ "Disruptive technologies" will force innovation The Innovator's Solution (2003) Innovation and the General Manager (1999) The Innovator's Dilemma (1997) www.claytonchristensen.com
Jim Collins Independent researcher $45,000+ Ideology, not technology, defines long-term success Good to Great (2001) "Building Your Company's Vision," (1996) Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (1994) Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Business Into an Enduring Great Company (1992) Collaborator/Coauthor: Jerry Porras www.jimcollins.com
Stephen Covey Author, Co-chairman, FranklinCovey Co. $65,000 Successful lives lead to business success First Things First (1994) Principle Centered Leadership (1991) The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (1989) www.franklincovey.com
Gary Hamel Founder and chairman, Strategos $50,000+ Companies must identify their "core competencies" and strive to attain "stretch goals" Leading the Revolution (2000) Competing for the Future (with C.K. Prahalad, 1994) www.strategos.com
Michael Hammer President, Hammer and Co. $2,500 + per student Companies must embrace change by reengineering themselves around their core processes The Agenda: What Every Business Must Do to Dominate the Decade (2001) Beyond Reengineering (1997)   Reengineering the Corporation (1993) www.hammerandco.com
Rosabeth Moss Kanter Professor, Harvard Business School N/A Innovate and grow through knowledge and empowerment Leadership and the Psychology of Turnarounds (2003) ▪ E-Volve!: Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow (2001) ▪  Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking at 3M, DuPont, GE, Pfizer, and Rubbermaid (1997) ▪  World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy (1995) ▪ The Change Masters (1983)Men and Women of the Corporation (1977) N/A
Don Peppers and Martha Rogers Founders, Peppers and Rogers Group N/A Companies need to know today what customers will want tomorrow The One to One Manager (1999) The One to One Fieldbook (1999) The One to One Future (1993) www.1to1.com
Tom Peters Founder, Tom Peters Group $65,000 Overthrow the traditional corporate hierarchy Re-Imagine! (2003)   Liberation Management (1992) Thriving on Chaos (1987) In Search of Excellence (1982) www.tompeters.com
Michael Porter Professor, Harvard Business School $70,000 Successful strategy boils down to three essentials: cost leadership, differentiation, and focus The Competitive Advantage of Nations (1990) Competitive Advantage (1985) Competitive Strategy (1980) www.isc.hbs.edu
Don Tapscott President, Digital4Sight $35,000+ The Internet will dominate industry in the future and business transparency is inevitable The Naked Corporation (2003) Digital Capital (with David Ticoll and Alex Lowy, 2000) Creating Value in the Network Economy (1999) The Digital Economy (1996) www.tapscott.com

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Samuel Greengard is a contributing editor for Workforce. E-mail sam@greengard.com to comment.

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