Eric Jacobson

MAY 24, 2019

Earlier this year brought Jim Collin’s monograph to his iconic bestseller, Good to Great book. Titled, Turning the Flywheel , Collins explains why some companies build momentum and some don’t. It must capture the sequence that ignites and accelerates momentum.

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

February 26 brings Jim Collin’s monograph to his iconic bestseller, Good to Great book. Titled, Turning the Flywheel , Collins explains why some companies build momentum and some don’t. It must capture the sequence that ignites and accelerates momentum.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Marva Collins is an educator who believed that the disadvantaged children she taught were capable of more than they – and the traditional school system – thought. Collins tweaked the delivery of conventional education and started a low cost private school using her techniques. Collins’ students had the desire to learn.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 23, 2021

In his book, Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands , Kevin Roberts, CEO of the global advertising agency, Saatchi & Saatchi, explains that fads attract, but without love, it’s a passing infatuation. ” Managers pay a big price for failing to engage hearts. They were named the #1 U.S. Leaders bring the love.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2011

I've just finished reading Jim Collins' latest book, Great By Choice (which he co-authored with Morten Hansen). Collins is a smart observer and a gifted writer. It's hard to put down a Collins book feeling anything but.well, inspired. Collins has a knack for asking good questions. You can do it, he says.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 8, 2012

Good to Great , Jim Collins, Harper Business, New York, 2001, pages 12-14. ” - Jim Collins and Morten Hansen, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck — Why Some Thrive Despite Them All. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 26, 2012

You should be able to pick up a Mayan calendar at half price now! ” In providing provocative perspectives on this challenge, Heskett draws from three books on the folly of predictions, how some predictions can be made more accurate, and how to gain from disorder. So what should leaders do about planning for the future?

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 8, 2012

Good to Great , Jim Collins, Harper Business, New York, 2001, pages 12-14. ” - Jim Collins and Morten Hansen, Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck — Why Some Thrive Despite Them All. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

Extraordinary greatness today requires us to adopt the story of the fox and the Hedgehog in Jim Collins’ outstanding book Good to Great. But, ending well is the ultimate price to pay homage to a well oiled system and change initiative such as the one represented in the language of Performance Driven Execution.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

At the end of each visit, I do ask myself whether or not this is an organization I "admire" in the sense that I went to tell other people — readers of my books , visitors to this blog — about what I saw and learned at the company. Strategy is culture, culture is strategy. The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.".

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2012

In his book How the Mighty Fall , Jim Collins explored this phenomenon and found that one of the key reasons for these failures was that companies fell into "the undisciplined pursuit of more." The price of his dream job was saying no to the many good, parallel paths he encountered.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In our new book Great by Choice , Jim Collins and I pondered that question. Over the years, the CEOs of these companies faced massive technology disruptions, deep industry recessions, sudden collapses in demand, price wars, oil shocks — you name it.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Out of the 17 US Companies selected by Jim Collins in his book Built to Last studied, ten are headquartered in small towns. In addition, the cheap real estate price, fresh air and beautiful environment in small places are increasingly big draws for family-minded folk. It's the same in Europe.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2011

In the late 1990s, I took part in sessions at Suits University, the internal training provided by off-price men's clothing retailer The Men's Wearhouse to its wardrobe consultants. His new book from HarperBusiness is Power: Why Some People Have It and Others Don't. Jeffrey Pfeffer is the Thomas D.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

The innovation research identifies the tyranny of large numbers as a common (and vexing) problem for leaders as companies grow, well documented by Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen in The Innovators Solution , Jim Collins in How the Mighty Fall , and by Scott Anthony on this blog. Are you currently making small bets?

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Women on Business

OCTOBER 28, 2011

At the job fair-they showed us videos of different jobs, one of which was for the price change team. One week later, I was helping set up our Target store and changing prices all over the places. They key in the price change world is to find every single item that needed to be marked down. Her name was Carol.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 7, 2011

I am also eagerly awaiting Amazon’s release of the Kindle for PlayBook so I can use it to read the e-books that I am currently reading on my Kindle for PC and Blackberry Torch. Their stock price has dropped off a cliff this year. RIM’s primary competitor, Apple, is at the same crossroad.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right? As you say, it is not about the coach.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Winning an argument isn’t particularly difficult, but it may come at a very expensive price. M [link] Dan Collins Mike, I have really enjoyed your posts for some time but I must say this has got to be one of the best. How's the book coming? " Thanks for sharing the keen observations.

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