Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 24, 2013

magazine’s June 2012 issue features a compelling article about author and leadership expert Jim Collins , who has studied leadership for 25 years and penned four best-selling books. Two of the most powerful takeaways from the article for me are Collin’s definition of a great company : “To be great, a company has to make a distinctive impact.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 13, 2020

We can look back to those experiences for leadership lessons on navigating through the financial crisis many companies now face. Only about a third of downsizing companies increased productivity and profits in the next 3 to 5 years, and underperformed in stock markets. percent reduction in costs. Reexamining perks and benefits.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2014

New people with the necessary skills and abilities may be needed to navigate or recover from the changes. Jim Collins , author of Built to Last , notes only 71 companies on the original 1955 Fortune 500 list were still there when the book was written. Change Management' Cost Of New Team Members.

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Career Advancement

JULY 30, 2018

Jim Collins~. Arthur, a manager at a mid-size firm, read a troubling statistic: According to Harvard Business Review, one in five high-performing employees plans to leave their job in the next six months. He wanted to groom his high-performing employees for success , growing their leadership skills. he wondered.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Like the weather, many leaders talk about agility and innovation, but few managers do much about it. Unlike the weather, there’s a great deal managers can do about building agile and innovative cultures. The first two stages depend on people or leadership skills. It’s a big competitive edge.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Human Resource Management (HRM) is a broad term that encompasses human resources management, employee relations , compensation, benefits, training, performance evaluation, recruitment, selection, and other related activities. There are many human resources books , but they often focus on specific industries or companies.

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 27, 2010

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. Persuasion, Motivation, & Coaching What techniques do you use to get your teams to efficiently execute company strategy? Good To Great.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2015

We found that for leaders to make something great, their ambition has to be for the greatness of the work and the company, rather than for themselves.” Jim Collins. Three things a leader or manager should be thinking: What’s happening? Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.” Publilius Syrus. “We

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

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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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I was working hard, putting in extra hours, reading all the tech journals and volunteering for extra assignments, trying to prove to my manager that I was going places! Twenty years later my company, Intertech, is a successful IT consulting and training firm. Of course, mastering these skills takes effort and motivation.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

I think of a company I worked at that, when I started, I saw a complete lack of trust. Management spent time looking for new tools to track and manage staff. The second is that it creates a horrible environment where nobody wants to work, and everyone avoids management. Listening is an important skill for building trust.”

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

Okay, so you founded the company, but does that mean you should also be the chief executive? Perhaps you were the right person for the job initially, but has the company outgrown your management ability? As the founder, can you, or should you, attempt to grow with the company? What does a CEO really do anyway?

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager ?” Covey Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute The One Minute Manager – Kenneth H. within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Some people suggested more than one book.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

“My job as a leader is to make sure that everybody in the company has great opportunities and they feel they are having meaningful impact to the good of society.” “You know, as most entrepreneurs do, that a company is only as good its people. ” –Jim Collins, Good to Great. ” –Bill Gates.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 21, 2009

Their skills, knowledge, intellect, character and integrity provide the primary value to their company. 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.

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 31, 2015

Going ‘Jim Collins’ By the time my travels took me back to Billings, a couple of months later, I knew what I had to do. The source of going “Jim Collins” (and a great book). I had met Clark four years previously when he was a young IT operations manager and taken a chance on him, and it paid off.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Human Resource Management (HRM) is a broad term that encompasses human resources management, employee relations , compensation, benefits, training, performance evaluation, recruitment, selection, and other related activities. There are many human resources books , but they often focus on specific industries or companies.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 26, 2013

If you haven't read, Good To Great by Jim Collins, do so. The book, five years in the making, and published in 2001, addresses the all-important question of: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how? Good-to-great companies are those who have the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

link] Dan Collins Academics like to debate. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. link] ATIG Thanks to all, My understanding was not good and hope have better skill. As you pointed out in your comment toning down the serious nature of discourse can also lighten the mood and be more effective in doing so.

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Even if you manage to find what appears to be solid leadership advice, does it actually help you advance your career and become a better leader? Click "READ MORE" to unveil these books and start taking your leadership skills to a higher level. shares the secrets to how executives and managers can become the leaders their company needs.

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Leading with Trust

MAY 6, 2019

One study showed that firms led by a CEO who scored high in humility developed management teams that were more likely to collaborate and make joint decisions, share information openly, and possess a shared vision. Viewing yourself as a steward. Stewards understand that everything they have is on loan and can be taken away in an instant.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 22, 2012

Near the top of virtually every list you'll see of the best leadership books, you'll find Good To Great , by Jim Collins. The book, five years in the making, and published in 2001, addresses the all-important question of: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how? Engage in dialogue and debate."

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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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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

So they looked for companies that started in vulnerable positions and rose to spectacular performance in dangerously fast changing, unstable environments with major events and forces outside of their control. " They called them "10 times companies" because they didn’t merely get by or just become successful.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 12, 2016

In “ Good to Great ”, Jim Collins lamented the trend of boards that become “enamored with charismatic CEOs,” a tendency that, he concluded, was “most damaging” for “the long-term health of companies.” When CEO Jeff Skilling proclaimed, “I am Enron,” the energy giant was at its peak. That’s exactly what happened at Enron.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The simple truth is that all great leaders are highly skilled in matters of delegation. 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. Share and Enjoy: View Comments bfpower Well said, Mike.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 8, 2012

We were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type of leadership required for turning a good company into a great one. 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.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

I have found that the most common reasons people tend to cite in support of using no are as follows: It helps to keep them from wasting time; It somehow manages risk; It builds character, and; It helps them focus by not biting off more than they can chew. Eroarea lui NU in management:[link] [.]

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Ultimately I see struggles on both secular and spiritual fronts regarding managers and subordinate leaders executing the vision and plans set forth by upper level leaders. I make sure that I am totally prepared to take responsibility for failures of those I manage and serve. 2 Tweets Who’s In Charge?

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Which of your leadership skills helped you most to rise through the ranks at Zane Benefits? Lindquist : Professional will, which is defined in Jim Collins’ famous book, Good to Great. First, you must do whatever must be done to produce the best long-term results for the company, regardless of how difficult it may be.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 8, 2012

We were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type of leadership required for turning a good company into a great one. 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.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In our new book Great by Choice , Jim Collins and I pondered that question. To get some empirically derived answers, we studied leaders of companies that grew to become great in highly uncertain, even chaotic, industries. But even so, they led their companies to great long-term financial performance.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Sure, great leaders never lose sight of their core business, they pay attention to managing risk, etc., link] Dan Collins Mike, You must have been sitting in on our meetings here. What’s interesting is that the best leaders proactively focus on looking for game changers. It was a game changer! Your smart acronym is very focused.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

Every HR, OD professional, and management consultant should at the very least be aware of their existence, if not well-versed in their ideas and theories. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001). By Jim Collins. Ineffective companies operate only from the other two layers. By Daniel H.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

If you look at some of the companies with the strongest results and the best reputations, you’ll find that servant leadership is at the heart of them. Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. So why is it not more common?

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

If you look at some of the companies with the strongest results and the best reputations, you’ll find that servant leadership is at the heart of them. Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. So why is it not more common?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The first is a young salesman in our company. link] Dan Collins Mike, Leaders inspire us by their example. Watching how she instructs and interacts with the children in her class, I am reminded of many of the important skills a leader needs to demonstrate. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here.

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