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Great by Choice

Leading Blog

We cannot control much of what happens around us, but the choices we make, as Jim Collins and Morten Hansen’s research confirms, determine our success. For their study, the authors chose a set of major companies that achieved spectacular results over 15 or more years while operating in unstable environments.

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Do You Speak the Language of Performance Driven Execution?

N2Growth Blog

Extraordinary greatness today requires us to adopt the story of the fox and the Hedgehog in Jim Collins’ outstanding book Good to Great. Design the campaign plan with compressed timeframes (Parallel Operations). Achieve Flawless Execution: Operation Arizona – the Mop-up: Plan-Brief-Execute-Debrief (Grand Strategy).

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A Culture of Discipline: Ignition Points for CEOs Serious About Scaling Up Their Business

Sales Wolf Blog

Chances are you have heard of Jim Collins’ groundbreaking framework, ' A Culture of Discipline.' Include Jim Collins' timeless book Good to Great as well. Following is an excerpt from Jim Collin's 'A Culture of Discipline'. Jim Collins is famous for advocating - "get the right people on the bus" (Good to Great).

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Three Ways to Manage Luck (Both Good and Bad)

Harvard Business Review

In our new book, Great by Choice , Jim Collins and I studied the role of luck in explaining corporate success. cash on the balance sheet) and running lean operations in good times. While on a trip to my home country Norway, I was given an opportunity to go on Norwegian television to talk about our new book.

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What Companies Can Learn from Military Teams

Harvard Business Review

Joint Special Operations Task Force in 2003, he recognized that traditional tactics of warfare were failing in Iraq. The book is co-authored by his colleagues Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell.). I may not know you personally, but I know some SEALS, and I know how they operate.

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When Good Management Is a Matter of Life and Death

Harvard Business Review

Jim Collins and I studied this question in our book Great by Choice in which we analyzed CEOs and companies that led successfully in such a world. As I write in my book Collaboration , several barriers get in the way of effective information sharing. How do you lead in a world full of crises, shocks, terror and disruptions?

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I have live video above, and in the text that follows I’ll share my opinions on the best and the worst of WBF Day 1… Jim Collins kicked-off the day with everything you would expect from him. Be willing to change your tactics, but not your core principles. Jim was animated, passionate, informative and lucid.

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