Joel Peterson

Fmr Chairman of @JetBlue. Professor @Stanford Graduate School of Business. Founder @PetersonPrtnrs. Author Entrepreneurial Leadership, available now.

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I'm honored to have my book, #Entrepreneurial Leadership, brought to life in a new innovative video format through @LITvideobooks. In this videobook, I share lessons I've gathered over a half-century of building and investing in over 300 companies. You can stream today!

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ON STUBBORNNESS

Entrepreneurs are among society’s most determined members. When they run into obstacles (as they always do), the successful ones look for other routes to the summit. In brief, they’re unafraid to change course. Entrepreneurs who fail…https://t.co/ZjbkkhFXDn

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ON BEING INTENTIONAL

A map is a radically simplified representation of physical reality. Just as we all rely on maps to navigate our physical world, we likewise have mental maps that provide life’s signposts, turnoffs and thoroughfares. 

To dr…https://t.co/ov3dJLLMcl

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ON THEORY vs. REALITY

Q: Since freedom and free markets raise living standards, promote innovation, and allocate capital efficiently, how might one go about promoting big-government socialism instead? 

A: Promoting collectivism as a more “equitable” eco…https://t.co/uO3bliF6pF

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ON MAKING THE SIMPLE COMPLEX

There’s a malaise in the land. Everything is going the wrong way. And most of us know it. Just check out the “wrong track” polling. From food shortages, inflation, supply chain woes, energy shortages, crime, social unres…https://t.co/HshxGF3t3I

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ON DOING THE WORK

Indira Gandhi, the former prime minister of India and daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru (leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930’s and 1940’s) got some great advice from her grandfather – More actual work, less credit-grab…https://t.co/gy7kqRMiIq

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ON COMPROMISE

Many have concluded that their views are represented by neither political party in America. While General Schwarzkopf (leader of coalition forces in the Gulf War) argues that – with life being a series of trade-offs – one should choose…https://t.co/2TSGjpO3dE

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ON ENLIGHTENED LEADERSHIP

Herman Miller, a leader in office furniture, was founded in 1905. Max De Pree, son of its founder, became Miller’s CEO in 1962 and stayed on in that role through 1987. His successor, Brian Walker, said of him, “he taught me…https://t.co/wqpVRUOyNO

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ON DISAGREEING AGREEABLY

Alfred P. Sloan was the long-time President, CEO and Chairman of General Motors. His MIT training as an engineer led his approach to building GM into the world’s largest company in the 1920’s and ‘30’s.

When Peter Druc…https://t.co/QNTTLR5YIS

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On Politicians as Leaders
Politicians are prodigious speakers of words. Unfortunately, they also fashion themselves as competent doers of deeds. However, never having met a payroll, planned a successful expansion, or turned around a failing business,…https://t.co/co4HbF1adm

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ON THE VERTICAL PRONOUN

Management guru Peter Drucker, while never anticipating today’s debate over preferred pronouns, had an interest in a leader’s most abused pronoun – the vertical one. Narcissistic leaders who reference themselves at every turn…https://t.co/wOvvR3bduc

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ON BEARING PAIN

Each of us remembers those who helped us carry burdens in our moments of greatest need. The most powerful leaders we will ever know have been servants at heart. https://t.co/u3Je25qVtU

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On Coaching and Parenting

         Tom Landry, coach of the Dallas Cowboys used to say that the job of the coach was to tell you what you don’t want to hear and help you to see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you’ve always known you could…https://t.co/BR9dM6uD5l

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ON MENTORING II

C. Roland Christensen, a legend at Harvard Business School, pioneered the case method instruction used at so many business schools. He inspired generations of teachers to mimic the craft he developed and refined. 

Christensen’s…https://t.co/asQKoyrYlK