Dr. Peters is the author of the international bestselling book, In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies (with Robert H, Waterman Jr.) plus such other bestsellers as A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Difference (with Nancy Austin); Thriving on Chaos: Handbook for a Management Revolution; Liberation Management Necessary Disorganization for the Nanosecond Nineties; The Tom Peters Seminar: Crazy Times Call for Crazy Organizations; The Pursuit of WOW! Every Person’s Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times; The Circle of Innovation: You Can’t Shrink Your Way to Greatness; The Brand You 50: Or Fifty Ways to Transform Yourself from an “Employee” into a Brand That Shouts Distinction; Commitment, and Passion!; The Project50: Fifty Ways to Transform Every “Task” into a Project That Matters! Re-imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age; The Professional Service Firm50: Fifty Ways to Transform Your “Department” into a Professional Service Firm Whose Trademarks are Passion and Innovation!; Essentials: Design, Innovate, Differentiate, Communicate; Leadership: Inspire, Liberate, Achieve; Design; Sixty: This I Believe; Trends: Recognize, Analyze, Capitalize (with Martha Barletta); Talent: Develop It, Sell It, Be It; and The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence.

He is the recipient of honorary doctorates from institutions that range from the University of San Francisco to the State University of Management in Moscow.