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MAY 18, 2010

In his classic work, Good to Great , Jim Collins makes the case for how organizations and leaders must confront the brutal facts. This book is less technical or methodic and more a collection of interesting and memorable stories from Hayzlett’s experience. Leadership book review hayzlett'

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Jim Collins is a student and teacher of enduring great companies — how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies. Having invested nearly a quarter of a century of research into the topic, Jim has authored or co-authored six books that have sold more than ten million [.].

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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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DECEMBER 27, 2011

For Jim Collins, the word “good” [.]. 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?

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NOVEMBER 19, 2011

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

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

This is a very timely, inspiring, and practical book for leading in turbulent times. The book is structured around the main finding of the research. Collins and Hansen present incredibly strong evidence through their exhaustive research (which included reviewing 7,000 historical documents!) Sounding familiar?

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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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Rich Gee Group

JUNE 13, 2014

An incredible book by Jim Collins — relates how certain companies overcame their obstacles and pushed themselves from being just good companies to the stars of their industry. I’d like you to think back to three major or difficult decisions you had to make over the past year and review how did you make them? Good To Great.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 2, 2012

I recall writing a self review at at time that I really felt I was being under appreciated, and deserved a promotion. Yes, my good man Jim Collins figured it all out in my favorite business book of all time, Good to Great. And it was researched, and documented, many times over. Because they didn’t DO it.

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CEO Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

I recently read Amanda Lang's new book - The Beauty of Discomfort. Great book - simple messages. From a Harper Collins review: Truly successful people don’t merely tolerate discomfort—they embrace it and seek it out again and again. I know Frank (the father) well and am also friends with Linda.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 7, 2010

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on May 7, 2010 06:26 am under E Pluribus Partners , connection culture , employee engagement , intentional connectors At the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, Jim Collins just pointed out that great leaders in his research had the character strength of humility and those who fall could be described as having hubris.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 22, 2020

Perhaps now more than ever it's time for the book by John Blakey called, The Trusted Executive: Nine Leadership Habits That Inspire Results, Relationships, and Reputation. By the time you finish the book, you will also have learned about the nine habits that inspire trust.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 25, 2012

Books like Built to Last (Collins and Porras, 1997) and Good to Great (Collins, 2001) have laid a foundation. For this reason I was delighted to discover Judgment Calls: 12 Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right by Thomas Davenport and Brook Manville (Harvard Business Review Press, 2012).

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 27, 2011

What makes Six Disciplines for Excellence different from other business improvement books? ” (David Rothacker, Rothacker Reviews). ”We interrupt our coverage of meaningless business books to review a book that made the cut: Six Disciplines for Excellence by Gary Harpst.

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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

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Liz Wiseman ''s new book, Rookie Smarts , jumped onto the Best-Selling Books Hardcover Business List at No. Her book is all about living and working perpetually on a learning curve. One of her earlier books is, Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 6, 2012

I read thousands of books, papers, articles, and blogs on the topic. I’ve also written seven books, hundreds of articles and blogs, facilitated over a thousand retreats and workshops, and delivered hundreds of keynotes on personal, team, and organizational leadership. Leadership has been a lifelong passion for me.

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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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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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JULY 4, 2011

Taylor and Polly LaBarre explain in this book, Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-70) was a wealthy land speculator in southwest Texas who cared [.]. Taylor and Polly G. Labarre Harper Paperbacks (2008) How an organization can prosper in a “hypercompetitive marketplace” As William C.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 13, 2017

A Harvard Business Review post noted that over half of CEOs feel a sense of loneliness, and 61 percent believe it hinders their performance. Crack open a book. This may sound counter-intuitive, but it could help to pick up a book or two. Collins Click To Tweet. It’s Lonely at the Top. Leader isolation is a problem.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Last month, members of three discussion groups on the business professionals social media web site LinkedIn submitted their recommendations for the best books about leadership. Drucker, Jack Welch and John Maxwell.

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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. Good To Great. Do you stand by what you say? What was the result?

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First Friday Book Synopsis

DECEMBER 27, 2011

The Power of LEO: The Revolutionary Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results Subir Chowdbury McGraw-Hill (2012) Still another “revolutionary process” to achieve “extraordinary results Subir Chowdhury and other authors of recently published business books are to be commended for having the courage to contribute additions to the (..)

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MAY 24, 2012

The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling Free Press/A Division of Simon & Schuster (2012) “Vision without execution is hallucination.” ” That is perhaps what [.].

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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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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 18, 2018

Perhaps now more than ever it's time for the book by John Blakey called, The Trusted Executive: Nine Leadership Habits That Inspire Results, Relationships, and Reputation. By the time you finish the book, you will also have learned about the nine habits that inspire trust.

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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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QAspire

JUNE 8, 2015

That is what Cheryl Bachelder, CEO of Popeyes® Lousiana Kitchen, Inc says in her brand new book “ Dare to Serve – How to Drive Superior Results by Serving Others ”. I could see the same contrast/creative tension between “dare” and “serve” that Jim Collins described as “Fierce Resolve” and “Humility” as a trait of Level 5 Leader.

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DECEMBER 8, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind Jocelyn Glei, Editor Innovating Analytics: Word of Mouth Index- Use the Next Generation of Net Promoter to Increase Sales and Drive Results […].

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Establish a regular review process for your team/organization to reflect on the reasons for failures and successes. The best new products, services, or methods often come from the wrong people, at the wrong time, in the wrong way, for all the wrong reasons. This is a key component of organizational learning.

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JULY 7, 2011

Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary Joel Kurtzman Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Sons (2010) “Organizations themselves are mindless, so if people don’t repair them, no one will.”

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JULY 6, 2011

Doing Both: Capturing Today’s Profit and Driving Tomorrow’s Growth Inder Sidhu FT Press/Pearson Organizational transformation is not — repeat not – a zero-sum game One of the most self-defeating mindsets is suggested by the admonition, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.&#

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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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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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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Some of our favorite books deal with this topic. Jim Collins described the humility of Level 5 leaders in Good to Great and how it often came as the result of a life threatening event or religious experience. About Michael Find out about Michaels latest book, Fired Up or Burned Out. Military Gamification in Everything?

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 21, 2009

Recently I decided to re-read (actually listened to) to the classic business book Good To Great by Jim Collins where he discusses, among other things, the value of people. Collins makes an important distinction with regard to the people in an organization: you need to get the right people.

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