First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 11, 2015

It’s interesting… Just after I presented my synopsis of Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by General Stanley McChrystal, (with Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell) at our monthly First Friday Book Synopsis, Google announced it’s reorganization into a “Company of Companies.”

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Power of Pressure : Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution by Dane Jensen (Collins, 2021) What’s the most pressure you’ve ever been under? When they converge, they’ll produce sea changes that sink companies and wash away entire industries overnight. Blog Post ). How did you react? What helped? What didn’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. 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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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

These are the leadership-related thoughts each date sparked for me and how they can help teams continuously improve. Mathilde Collin , CEO of Front , disconnected from technology in order to enjoy her honeymoon. Make this Friday a day to revisit the resolve you felt on January 1, and encourage your team members to do the same.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 4, 2017

I usually write for your teams (and how to help them deal with you ;-) But today, I write to you. Because when senior leaders practice winning well behaviors, the culture shifts that much faster– and results not only go up, they stay up– and teams feel excited about what they’re up to. Not my usual M.O.,

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The people I am working with often quote Jim Collins Good-to-Great : “…leaders of companies that go from good to great start not with “where” but with “who.” In other words: Like Collins in Good-to-Great, getting the right people on the bus in the right seat is important. This does not have to change anything, immediately.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Phil Collins – When Peter Gabriel left Genesis in the mid-1970’s, the band auditioned over 400 vocalists before they discovered their drummer already had the voice they needed. What she ended up creating was a team of nice people that were afraid to make a decision without their boss. Disney kept doodling.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 24, 2017

One simple tactic to give your team an edge. Great leaders must strike the issues that disrupt progress and great team members need to be mature enough to receive the strike. In Good to Great , Jim Collins writes about the Level 5 Executive. Pat Lencioni writes about humility in his book, The Ideal Team Player.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 13, 2013

Obviously we’re not talking about the kind of pride a mother feels for her child, or the pride you feel for your country, or the pride you experience when your team wins a big game. Here are a few examples: “I can’t move up in my company because my boss doesn’t like me. After all, it’s not their fault, because nothing ever is.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 6, 2018

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 use technology as an accelerator of momentum, not a creator of it."

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The presence of a significant shareholder, owning at least 5% of the company, often correlates negatively with integrity (Guiso et al., Citing Jim Collins, “First, you cannot ‘set’ organizational values; you can only discover them.” Core Values are wasted opportunities for teams & leaders.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Team members don’t sit still. Cost Of New Team Members. 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 is a necessity. Our markets and competitive situations never hold still. Leadership change carries a cost.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 26, 2021

Discussion members recommended other things instead of giving a book about leadership to a new manager, such as: o Interviewing everyone in the company with whom they will directly work. Maxwell each have two books in the Top 20. o Giving a book about management first. Blanchard The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership – John C.

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Terry Starbucker

JANUARY 2, 2012

Yes, my good man Jim Collins figured it all out in my favorite business book of all time, Good to Great. The leaders of all the “Great” companies all had this humility – they gave the credit to someone else. 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. Through a ton of research he identified the most critical traits of companies that were able to sustain above-average growth rates for long periods of time.

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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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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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Engaging Leader

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Also, information was no longer the domain of the corporate brass; everyone in the company could find out what they needed to know. is not about you and your vision; it’s about the team. Team leadership' For decades, Influence 2.0 had been producing superior business results. Welcome to Influence 3.0. Influence 3.0

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 6, 2016

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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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 14, 2016

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 use technology as an accelerator of momentum, not a creator of it."

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Skip Prichard

APRIL 1, 2020

Your team, your shareholders, your customers—they can see through that nonsense. When counseling someone in a time of adversity try to respond, don’t react.” – Jennifer Collins. Whether you lead a team at work or a circle of friends, you can make waves that influence others and help them be more resilient, too.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Bring customers into your company offices and plants for visits, joint problem-solving and planning sessions, celebrations, focus groups, conferences, barbecues, presentations, and the like. Establish a regular review process for your team/organization to reflect on the reasons for failures and successes.

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Eric Jacobson

APRIL 6, 2014

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? The book focuses on 11 good-to-great companies.

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Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 25, 2014

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? The book focuses on 11 good-to-great companies.

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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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Eric Jacobson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

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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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 25, 2012

Since the 1990’s when Peter Senge popularized the notion of “learning organizations,” there has been a lot of discussion about attributes of great companies. Books like Built to Last (Collins and Porras, 1997) and Good to Great (Collins, 2001) have laid a foundation.

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Brigette Hyacinth

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Employees might join companies, but they leave managers. Jim Collins. They are quick to recognize and reward the efforts of team members. Empathy allows them to build healthy relationships and bond with team members. Too many managers view their position as one of entitlement rather than one of responsibility.

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The Practical Leader

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

A European study reports on “The Downside of Charisma” with this conclusion, “We found that leaders of the higher-performing companies were often not charismatic — and were, in fact, less likely to be charismatic than the leaders of the lower-performing companies. They often see humility as weakness.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

Guest post from Robert (Dusty) Staub : “Perhaps the only sustainable competitive advantage is increasing your ability to learn faster than your competition.” - Arie de Geus, former head of Strategic Planning, Shell Oil Company Are you getting the best results from the people–the embedded collective intelligence–in your organization?

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 28, 2014

Maxwell each have two books in the Top 20. · Group members recommended other things instead of giving a book about leadership to a new manager, such as: o Interviewing everyone in the company with whom they will directly work. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team – Patrick Lencioni. Good to Great – Jim Collins.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 11, 2019

“Arrogant leaders require everything to go through them, and that weakens the team.” It’s because humble leaders understand that their ideas, goals, strengths and concerns aren’t the only ones that go into the mix of a high-performing team. How do you model humility for your team? Pride in being part of a winning team.

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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 use technology as an accelerator of momentum, not a creator of it."

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There are many human resources books , but they often focus on specific industries or companies. For example, Adams demonstrates how to better manage employees in a more digital and disruptive company environment by using examples from her time as the BBC’s HR director. HR Rising: From Ownership to Leadership by Steve Browne.

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Joseph Lalonde

JANUARY 14, 2015

The leader pulls it together, gives out a shout, and him and his team give the opposing forces a run for their money. We’ve seen it time and again as armies and organizations have used the battle cry to bring their teams together. to bring their teams together. How can we employ a battle cry to encourage our teams?

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

” Highly effective leaders are in love with the organization, community, or team that they work or live in. Their love is expressed in a deep desire to see that organization, community, or team grow to its full potential. Leaders love the people they work with enough to contribute to their growth and development.

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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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