Tennessee: From Paper to Power: Tennessee Focuses on Performance Excellence
“We have a guiding leadership principle in Tennessee that we like to call ‘from paper to power’,” said Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen. “This simple expression recognizes the fact that effective leaders go further by actually executing their goals, strategies and vision.” Tennessee’s philosophy is being noticed in the business community. In 2006, the state had more than 700 new projects yielding more than $3.5 billion in new investment, with nearly two thirds of those new jobs created from existing industry. more....