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Great by Choice

Leading Blog

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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Do You Speak the Language of Performance Driven Execution?

N2Growth Blog

Or, if you are responsible for managing Solopreneur projects, how can you be sure that the work will increase impact and productivity? Extraordinary greatness today requires us to adopt the story of the fox and the Hedgehog in Jim Collins’ outstanding book Good to Great. Isn’t that what productivity should be doing?

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Three Ways to Manage Luck (Both Good and Bad)

Harvard Business Review

So if it's outside your control, why bother to try to manage it? In our new book, Great by Choice , Jim Collins and I studied the role of luck in explaining corporate success. Our research suggests that you can indeed manage luck, although perhaps not in the way you might think. Are great companies just luckier than the rest?

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When Good Management Is a Matter of Life and Death

Harvard Business Review

Jim Collins and I studied this question in our book Great by Choice in which we analyzed CEOs and companies that led successfully in such a world. soldiers operating a radar station saw something that looked like an incoming airplane; they telephoned an officer, who told them to forget it (the attack occurred 53 minutes later).

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Leadership & Influence Summit | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

when leaders move on – how do other leaders step up…or not) - Leadership tactics that Engage – How can we raise the level of employee engagement (during these dis-engaged times) Thanks for inviting us to weigh in. You could create a presentation that would benefit many.

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World Business Forum – Day 1 Recap | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I have live video above, and in the text that follows I’ll share my opinions on the best and the worst of WBF Day 1… Jim Collins kicked-off the day with everything you would expect from him. Be willing to change your tactics, but not your core principles. Jim was animated, passionate, informative and lucid.

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The Problem With Coaching | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

They are able to play the role of ambassador, emissary, influencer, coach, facilitator, expediter, lobbyist, buffer/shield, crisis manager, negotiator, publicist, strategist, tactician, mentor, consultant, counselor, collaborative thinker and in some cases partner, based upon what the client needs. As you say, it is not about the coach.

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