First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Companies Thrive Despite Them All Jim Collins and Morten T.

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MAY 22, 2011

Win: The Key Principles to Take Your Business from Ordinary to Extraordinary Frank Luntz Hyperion/Harper Collins (2011) A brilliant recycling of valuable business material Frank Luntz identifies what he characterizes as “The 15 Universal Attributes of Winners” (on Page 2) and then “The Nine P’s of Winning: What It Takes to Get to the Top” [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era Laurie Bassi, Ed Frauenheim, Dan McMurrer, with Larry Costello Berrett-Koehler Publishers (2011) How and why companies must prove worthy of consumers’ business, employees’ best efforts, and investors’ dollars What’s in a word? For Jim Collins, the word “good” [.].

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 27, 2010

home about rich our team news our fans services executive coach business coach speaking inspire media knowledge books affiliates contact Rich Gee Group 203.500.2421 Why Your Good Leadership Isn’t Great. How can you communicate more effectively and efficiently in 2011? Good To Great. Are you a micromanager? Unported License.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager ?” Some people suggested more than one book. Some during the course of the 18 months made the same book recommendations a couple times. The Top 20 Books are : The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen R.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 4, 2012

One on One: Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game John Feinstein Little, Brown & Company (2011) Memorable moments and unforgettable people during a ten-book journey…thus far…featured in an eleventh book Others have their reasons for holding this book in high regard. Here are three of mine.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Rick Lindquist Millennial Rick Lindquist is making his mark in the business world and enjoying the success of his co-authored 2014 bestseller book, The End of Employer-Provided Health Insurance. He was promoted to Director of Sales in 2009 and took over as President in 2011. What inspired you to co-author your book?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 24, 2012

The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure Grant Cardone John Wiley & Sons (2011) How to increase sustainable fulfillment of human potentialities, one’s own as well as those of others Many years ago, I read a book written by David J. Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big, that helped me to widen [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

The Three Laws of Performance: Rewriting the Future of Your Organization and Your Life Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2011) A 21st century version of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave In his comments in the “Editor’s Note” section that precedes the Introduction, Warren Bennis acknowledges that he was fascinated (..)

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 28, 2012

The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Eric Ries Crown Business (2011) “There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.”

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen represents a detailed assessment of companies thriving in times of uncertainty compared with similar organizations not performing so well. However, StrategyDriven Contributors believe there are some flaws in Collins and Hansen’s analysis.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

link] Dan Collins Academics like to debate. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. As you pointed out in your comment toning down the serious nature of discourse can also lighten the mood and be more effective in doing so. Thanks for sharng Sami. The best argument in the world will always lose to a two by four.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Marva Collins showed that children who were previously labeled “learning disabled&# were actually victims of the label they were given by teachers who didn’t know how to teach to them. Collins worked with were predicted to fail, but instead she believed in and discovered their potential. The children that Ms.

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2010

These goals have been labeled by Jim Collins (and others) as a BHAG – a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. Kevin :) Susan Young: Funny - I just added this to m Poul Andreassen: I should add this book in my s Poul Andreassen: Helpful lessons on leadership Kevin Eikenberry: You are welcome Valerie!Kevi

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 18, 2011

Ten Steps Ahead: What Separates Successful Business Visionaries from the Rest of Us Erik Calonius Portfolio/Penguin Group (2011) Dreamers think about it…visionaries see it and then make it happen, at whatever cost The material in Ten Steps Ahead is based on what Erik Calonius learned during his research (including interviews of various business visionaries) (..)

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 21, 2011

He is an award-winning speaker and the author of the bestselling books, The Fred Factor: How Passion In Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary , You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader: How Anyone Anywhere Can Make a Positive Difference and The Encore Effect: How to Achieve Remarkable Performance in Anything You Do.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 7, 2011

HBR’s Ten Must Reads on Strategy Various contributors Harvard Business Press (2011) How to create “a unique and valuable position” by deciding what to do…and not do This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies of articles that initially appeared in the Harvard Business Review, in this instance from 1960 until [.].

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Posted on January 21st, 2011 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Operations & Strategy By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Entrepreneur, CEO or Both? Thanks for the post, Larry Bruce (@pcmguy) [link] Dan Collins Not bad Mikey – nothing could add to that one. Which hat, or hats do you wear?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

Jim Collins did a good job of addressing this as have you in prior posts. Mission Share and Enjoy: View Comments Oarabile Thats a gud advice Mike and keep the good work up and empower you generation Mark Oakes Good post, Mike Ah… the 'Vision' Thing … the underpinning of great things to come.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, Your posts and insights are truly very high value. I've found that defining what something is without explaining what it is not often doesn't tell the whole story. By addressing both sides of an issue you help to remove the ambiguity surrounding said issue. Best wishes for continued success Ben.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Related Post: Keeping it Simple Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Collins Excellent – Simple, Scalable and Succinct Advice. Focus on driving-down the most complex tasks to the lowest levels of the organization, and then leverage with talent, capital and technology while avoiding the creation of margin eroding dependencies.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 18, 2011

Therefore, as author and researcher Jim Collins put it, the best leaders will make sure their people are "in the correct seats on the bus." Posted by: Tony | January 18, 2011 at 07:24 PM Chris, What a great post. Posted by: Cathy - Team Rascals | January 18, 2011 at 07:55 PM Chris: Great post. We will have fun.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

link] Dan Collins Mike, If there is one characteristic I admire in leaders and respect in you it is the willingness to state in no uncertain terms (sorry for the play on words) their stance. No seldom takes you where you want to go. Best, Dan [link] mikemyatt Hi Dan: Thanks for stopping by and sharing your insights.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, This is a very, very important post. In some circles a lack of empathy is defined as having sociopathic tendencies Thanks for sharing Lori… [link] mikemyatt Hi Deb: Agreed…true strength is born out of love. It addresses one of the most prevalent misconceptions of leadership extremely well.

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Tim Milburn

DECEMBER 18, 2010

In Jim Collins’ book, Good to Great , he talks about the need to get the right people on the bus and in the right seats and then decide where you are going. It was a question of “who&# needed to lead. As a result of the evaluation process, we’ve gone back to having the Freshman Class alone host the variety show.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.] 2 Tweets Who’s In Charge? N2Growth Blog By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Who the * is in charge around here?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

I plan on circulating your information and just ordered your book. link] mikemyatt Thanks for the kind words Dan, and I hope you enjoy the book. One example from my latest book, Ruthless Focus, is Staples. link] Dan Collins Mike, You must have been sitting in on our meetings here. link] Wally Bock Fine post, Mike.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

This list includes books that have been selected because they are either extremely popular, frequently referred to, or groundbreaking in business literature. It is hands-down the most popular leadership book of all time. A book that is a favorite among consultants. By Jim Collins. Listed in no particular order.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 25, 2012

Some of the following thinking and exercises were inspired by an article called Building Your Company’s Vision , by Collins and Porras, the authors of Built to Last. In February of 2012 Bruce published his first book Front Line Heroes: How to Battle the Business Tsunami by Developing Performance Oriented Cultures.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 30, 2018

Clore and Allan Collins, The Cognitive Structure of Emotions, Cambridge University Press, 1990, p. William Kalush and Larry Sloman, The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero, Atria Books, 2006. Franz, The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement, McGraw-Hill, 2011, pp. Andrew Ortony, Gerald L.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I tend to agree with most of Michael’s positions (except when he left my book off his list) and find his business logic to be solidly grounded. in the comments below… [link] Dan Collins Mike, I believe leadership is pretty simple – not easy, not common, but simple. You can follow Michael on Twitter @LeadershipNow.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, Leaders inspire us by their example. Tuition, uniforms, books, supplies. But as you can imagine, that would easily require a book. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. Actions, words and behaviors that are ordinary to them provide extraordinary fuel to the rest of us.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Collins is the author of my all-time favorite business book, “ Good to Great &# ( affiliate link, profits to National Park Foundation) , where through a ton of research he identified the most critical traits of companies that were able to sustain above-average growth rates for long periods of time. EVERY instance.

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Roundtable Talk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

In Jim Collins’ must-read book “Good to Great” , Collin’s coined the phrase “red flag mechanism”. Hand out flags… Take a page out of Anita Roddick’s book. The remaining candidates are resorting to high school bullying tactics and one candidate has even launched an eyebrow-raising Soprano’s-esque ad campaign. immediately.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 6, 2012

In that spirit, we’ve compiled 12 books we feel every leader or aspiring leader should commit to read, or re-read in 2012. Perhaps the most under-rated book on evidence-based management. Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. Jim Collins much anticipated new release. The single must-read book on leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

And Apple's share performance skyrocketed between the time we compiled the data and when he stepped down on August 24, 2011. Jobs' final scorecard for his entire tenure from 1997 to 2011 is: Country-adjusted total shareholder return: 6,682%. Adjusted for share issues, repurchase, and dividends (excluding for 2011).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

Some lists do draw heavily from research, like this 2011 one , published by HBR. Unfortunately, most of the “great” companies ran into trouble after the book sold millions of copies. Thus some behaviors are what success has brought them, and not the other way around. But academic research is often very context-specific.

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