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Lead Change Blog
MARCH 20, 2014
Guest Post by Jess Millis There are quite a few rules and tips that Jim Collins has churned out in his time, and where there may be students essay writing on them all right now, here is a short article on just a few of them. 1 – Work on no more than ten things Jim says you [.]
Lead Change Blog
APRIL 29, 2021
In his best-selling classic business book, “Good to Great,” author Jim Collins explains that it’s natural for ambitious leaders to have a healthy ego. Collins advises leaders to “channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company.”.
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Lead Change Blog
MAY 28, 2021
She introduced me to the Hedgehog Concept from “Good to Great in the Social Sectors,” a supplement to the business book by Jim Collins, comparing the qualities of hedgehogs and foxes. The standing joke with my boss was that I was really good at something , we just needed to figure out what it was.
Lead Change Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
These include selections from Collins Thesaurus of the English Language, and WordNet 3.0.) Merriam-Webster defines instigate as to goad or urge forward: provoke. The Free Dictionary ads to stir up; foment. Synonyms include incite, stimulate, inspire, induce, start, encourage, influence. Here in the Lead Change Group, we talk [.].
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 3, 2013
On May 1, 2013 a man named Wally Collins passed away. Posted in Self Leadership [link] Have you ever been touched deeply by someone you barely knew? A few short years ago I sang at his wedding as he married one of the people I hold most dear, Mary McClean. They shared a brief, but beautiful love. It was moving [.].
Lead Change Blog
APRIL 19, 2021
As Jim Collins describes in How the Mighty Fall , hubris was at the core. An organization had to lay off a third of its workers. For months senior leaders dismissed warning signs and data from employees about severe problems and had ignored market trends for years.
Lead Change Blog
AUGUST 29, 2012
As Jim Collins, author of Good To Great, states, these incremental decisions build momentum. It may be the most important thing they do. It’s not necessarily one individual decision that is important. It’s the cumulative effect of decisions that build momentum, or destroy it. They create the flywheel effect, one small nudge [.].
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