Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 2, 2012

I succumbed to that fear a few times earlier in my career, and fortunately, I had some great mentors that pointed it out to me. 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. Lead well!

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

You can find and read more about this lesson, and its backing by facts and history, in one of my all-time favorite business books, “ Good to Great ” by Jim Collins. Collins noted that in every instance, the leaders of the great companies demonstrated these two traits. What’s so earth shatteringly wonderful about this?

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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 make the leadership leap with your team and go from just being a good leader (and that isn’t bad) to a great leader?

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Steve Browne’s goal is to motivate people to pursue a career in human resources. Investing in people is arguably one of the best books to read when looking to take your career to the next level. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t by Jim Collins.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 31, 2015

We had worked hard to get our operations in order and build a great team. I had set those wheels in motion years before, giving my immediate team and supervisors the kind of responsibility and latitude I believe they deserved, and needed, but I was still “there” for all the important policy and process discussions. It was time.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Do you feel that there is something missing in overall performance, or your team and/or enterprise could achieve even more? The term I have coined to describe this capacity for teams and organizations is “Effective Intelligence.” thereby increasing the performance and capabilities of a team, a department or an entire organization.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

So leaders should create opportunities to listen to their teams. Furthermore, this behavior encourages action from the team. So a leader who switches directions frequently or lacks a clear vision is not serving their stakeholders and will lose the momentum of the team. NEEDFUL Attributes of Servant Leaders.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Steve Browne’s goal is to motivate people to pursue a career in human resources. Investing in people is arguably one of the best books to read when looking to take your career to the next level. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t by Jim Collins.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

And so this becomes the lens through which we view others: “He has an attitude problem and just cannot work on team&# , or, “She is a high performer, but couldn’t possibly step up to a position in the C-suite&#. Collins worked with were predicted to fail, but instead she believed in and discovered their potential.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

As much as it may be politically incorrect to say so, it’s not nearly as much about the team, as it is the leader’s ability to assemble and lead the team. In all but the rarest of circumstances, teams simply don’t function well in the absence of sound leadership. is who they are going to put in charge?

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Roundtable Talk

APRIL 19, 2011

As we grow in our careers and move up the ladder, crossing the line between confident ability and overconfident arrogance is one that I think all leaders need to be wary of crossing. Filed under: Career Derailer , Leadership Tagged: arrogance , Good to Great , Jim Collins , leadership lessons , overconfidence. What are yours?

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

The hard part is actually building the team that will embody your company culture and propel you forward.” ” –Jim Collins, Good to Great. . “In technology it’s about the people: getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.”

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

This type of behavior is proof certain that the entrepreneur is not being effective at leading, team building, delegation, leveraging process and a variety of other highest and best use activities for CEOs. Priority number two is team building and talent management. link] Mike Myatt Thanks Dan…Have a great weekend Sir.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The number of activities a CEO takes on can certainly vary based upon skill sets, stage of corporate maturation, and the talent level of the rest of the executive team. link] Dan Collins Mike, Your posts and insights are truly very high value. By addressing both sides of an issue you help to remove the ambiguity surrounding said issue.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Lindquist : Professional will, which is defined in Jim Collins’ famous book, Good to Great. Professional will and general curiosity are two core leadership skills we look for in team members at Zane Benefits. It was hard, but with the help from some key team members (especially Christina Merhar and Michael Dyer), we got it done.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

It means your vision is not understood, your team is not aligned and your talent is not performing up to par. " Saying no doesn't imply that your "team is not aligned and your talent is not performing up to par," or that "it means you’re not teaching, mentoring, communicating, or leading."

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

He began his Chick-fil-A career working as an hourly team member in 1977. Mark Miller is a business leader, best-selling author and communicator. In 1978, Mark joined the corporate staff working in the warehouse and mailroom.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

In her 20-year career working with leaders to help them communicate more effectively she’s encountered every personality type imaginable, yet remains more than a little passionate that anyone can learn presence. Her workshops and leadership coaching programs have been utilized by CEOs and teams of all [.].

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

It is emphathy that enables leaders to understand both their teams and their customers, and foster an atmosphere of greater creativity and problem-solving. link] Dan Collins Mike, This is a very, very important post. Lori Meyer Thank you so much for this post. Deb Costello I love this post!

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 18, 2010

Step behind the rest of their team when accolades are being given for great results. Make the work and the collective effort of the team more important than their own status or image. Express more pride in their teams, the work and their values than in themselves. Many of you will have heard of Jim Collins.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

John Rego was a Ranger Team Leader in Iraq. Later, she was brought on as a staff member to help coordinate volunteer medical teams to help with basic medical needs that arose in the villages and tent camps, ie malnutrition, minor illnesses, heat exhaustion, etc. link] Dan Collins Mike, Leaders inspire us by their example.

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 19, 2010

For leaders, the flick offers some interesting lessons in what can happen with a great team and a focus on your long-term goals. Teams form around the need to achieve a common purpose. Leadership lesson: Careers don’t happen overnight either. So what’s your career mission and how are you pursuing it today?

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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”. The red flag is a structure that helps leaders avoid serious missteps by empowering people on their teams to raise issues, problems, challenges, etc. immediately. Happy leading! Bookmark the permalink.

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Roundtable Talk

APRIL 27, 2010

That’s an oft quoted managerism that speaks to the importance of (in Jim Collins’ words) getting the right people on your bus. Share this: This entry was posted in Interviewing , Leadership and tagged behavioural interviews , interview lessons , Jim Collins , STAR interviewing. Happy leading! Bookmark the permalink.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2018

My manager and team practiced an egalitarian decision-making process in which we would meet, discuss everything from content marketing campaigns to social media tactics, and collectively come up with strategies to move forward with. Some years ago, at a former company, I began noticing a curious series of events. ” 7. .

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Last year, I realized that my career going forward is to help other entrepreneurs as I have been helped. My new book Wind In Your Sails draws from the ideas of Jim Collins and Guy Kawasaki, among others. In the both book Good To Great and the article Aligning Action & Values , Jim Collins elaborates on purpose.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

in the comments below… [link] Dan Collins Mike, I believe leadership is pretty simple – not easy, not common, but simple. So, on behalf of the entire Weekly Leader Team, thank you for including us on your list which is an amazing leadership resource. Wally challenged us to do that on Weekly Leader Podcast Episode 72!

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2017

In contrast, when leaders are aware of their limitations, they are less likely to make mistakes that put their teams, organizations, and countries in danger. You and Your Team Series. As for engagement, it is arguably the best source of data to evaluate leaders’ effectiveness — other than actual team performance data.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

By Jim Collins. In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.” The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002). .” 3. By Patrick M. 2) Fear of conflict.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Steve Anderson spent his career in the insurance industry focused on risk and business growth. It is based on chapter 8 of Jim Collins book Good to Great. Bezos invited Collins to Amazon a few months before Collin’s book was published in 2001 to teach the senior leadership team the flywheel concept.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

Yet our careers, families, social lives, priorities, and visions may differ significantly from those who are hailed as successful by a particular expert. For advice to be relevant, the beginnings, aims, and conditions of those who are analyzed and those who receive the advice should match, at least approximately.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He was down the road in a new career a couple years later. In fact, Jim Collins – best selling business book ever, “Good to Great” – on page 30 in that book, he says, “you know we debated calling these great leaders ‘servant leaders’”, he said. I’ve seen it my whole career. So they no, they actually terminated him.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

He was down the road in a new career a couple years later. In fact, Jim Collins – best selling business book ever, “Good to Great” – on page 30 in that book, he says, “you know we debated calling these great leaders ‘servant leaders’”, he said. I’ve seen it my whole career. So they no, they actually terminated him.

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Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

That’s why we started our Great Giveback Giveaway , where you can GET a complimentary copy of the book during this season of giving, and then GIVE a copy to someone who’s had a positive impact on your career. Question: Why do you believe readers have reacted that way to your book?

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 29, 2022

That’s why we started our Great Giveback Giveaway , where you can GET a complimentary copy of the book during this season of giving, and then GIVE a copy to someone who’s had a positive impact on your career. Question: Why do you believe readers have reacted that way to your book?

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 28, 2019

A Successful Career is a Marathon. But once you get beyond that stereotype, there are some really encouraging examples of senior people who have enjoyed long careers because they have cultivated a broader set of interests and passions. You have many provocative questions and prompts to spur excellent conversations in leadership teams.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 24, 2022

That’s why we started our Great Giveback Giveaway , where you can GET a complimentary copy of the book during this season of giving, and then GIVE a copy to someone who’s had a positive impact on your career. Question: Why do you believe readers have reacted that way to your book?

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