Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

In Good to Great, Jim Collins writes, “Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others: the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

It’s as if it has become more acceptable to bash users of buzzwords than to actually listen to what’s being said – this in my opinion is not healthy, nor is it productive. link] Dan Collins Academics like to debate. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. Thanks for sharng Sami.

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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. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. Good To Great. It chronicles how they made the leap, what they did, and what they didn’t do.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The most productive, high-performance organizations have the ability to deliver fairly complex solutions, and complete difficult tasks at the lowest levels within their organization. link] Dan Collins Mike, Your posts and insights are truly very high value. Best wishes for continued success Ben.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. Related Post: Keeping it Simple Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Collins Excellent – Simple, Scalable and Succinct Advice. Here is a simple rule of thumb…the bigger the key man policy the less scalable the company is.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

Jim Collins did a good job of addressing this as have you in prior posts. It is far more than an ethereal statement – it is a catalyst for creating a focused, impassioned and productive workforce. Vision is often misunderstood. Thanks for sharing Mark.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

This means people feel “safe” offering different opinions, ideas, suggestions and, as outlined in the research and findings in Jim Collins’ book Good to Great, engaging in “vigorous intellectual debate.” Google research on the core factor fostering high performance teamwork finds that a sense of “psychological safety” is key.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

If your skill sets are best suited for business development, product development, branding, finance or other areas you may want to consider playing to your strengths by taking a senior position in the area of your subject matter expertise and hiring the best chief executive you can find to lead the company.

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The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 26, 2016

BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” It can make or break a product launch, change initiative, new technology or even growing your company. Missing emerging market trends and opportunities. Let’s dig in! QUESTION 1: What is your BHAG?

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2010

These goals have been labeled by Jim Collins (and others) as a BHAG – a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. To be more specific, for each goal, consider setting a range of targets like this: Target A – This is a perfect world scenario, I/we absolutely want it goal. Target B – This is a big, but potentially believable goal.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

Put simply; the most productive teams have the best leadership. To further my point, you can examine any organization and you’ll consistently find that the the best performing units have the best leadership, and the worst performing units have leadership challenges to overcome. 2 Tweets Who’s In Charge?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

And when they don't deliver, or deliver an inferior product because it is beyond their scope, or capabilities, it further erodes the relationships with other departments, managers and each other. Trust, in turn, is the product of two components: Integrity and Ability. You ask how people feel when they get told no.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, This is a very, very important post. In some circles a lack of empathy is defined as having sociopathic tendencies Thanks for sharing Lori… [link] mikemyatt Hi Deb: Agreed…true strength is born out of love. It addresses one of the most prevalent misconceptions of leadership extremely well.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

“We have to disrupt ourselves before the market does.” Perhaps no approach has captured the imagination of big companies yearning to get more nimble than the lean startup method: quickly building and launching minimum viable products — MVPs — and then iterating and pivoting based on market feedback.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 25, 2012

Some of the following thinking and exercises were inspired by an article called Building Your Company’s Vision , by Collins and Porras, the authors of Built to Last. They are the conduct and beliefs that will support positive and productive interaction between employees. So how do organizations get to this point?

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Leaders focused on products, profits, processes, and procedures are aiming too LOW. link] Dan Collins Mike, You must have been sitting in on our meetings here. link] Dan Rockwell Mike, I love the passion permeating this post and agree that leaders are always spying for the game changer. Thanks for laying out key success factors.

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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. I'm not sure Godin's work classifies as leadership…though I do read it every day, it's more for marketing tips and deep thoughts. Great work… [link] davidburkus Good list.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

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. Finding Purpose. He explains that it is not sufficient to document your purpose and core values. Meaning Matters.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, Leaders inspire us by their example. but you’ll not find that here. but you’ll not find that here. Ted is one of dozens of other soldiers I could have mentioned here, but he's due to come home for his R&R (rest and relaxation) this week, so I thought of him first.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In our new book Great by Choice , Jim Collins and I pondered that question. Productive Paranoia. Productive paranoia is the ability to be hyper-vigilant about potentially bad events that can hit your company and then turn that fear into preparation and clearheaded action. Markets down? Market hype? He did not care.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

I spend much of my time visiting organizations of many different shapes and sizes, in many different fields, with very different business strategies, product offerings, and organizational cultures. There are plenty of organizations with cool technology or hot products. What ideas does this company stand for?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

Many companies are aiming to be more transparent and authentic about their products, services, and costs. They can benefit greatly from assessing the distance between their recruitment marketing and the actual employee experience. Few employees had been to regional offices or even interacted with colleagues in other markets.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Unlike most rankings, it was based on a systematic analysis of stock-market performance among nearly 2,000 CEOs of the world's largest companies. Market Capitalization increase during tenure: $341.5 In the new book, Great by Choice , Jim Collins and Morten analyzed the 1997-2002 period and discovered something interesting.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2016

As I approach the 10-year anniversary of HubSpot, the marketing and sales software firm of which I’m CEO, I’ve been reflecting back on the decisions I’ve made — both right and wrong. Target personas go beyond the demographics and psychographics normally associated with target markets. vincent tsui FOR HBR.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

How did your brand move the needle in a market category? This simple exercise grows out of a powerful question I heard years ago from advertising legend Roy Spence , who says he got it from Jim Collins of Good to Great fame. But really.How many products or services do you know for which this is true? Your dishwasher?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

The innovation research identifies the tyranny of large numbers as a common (and vexing) problem for leaders as companies grow, well documented by Harvard Business School Professor Clayton Christensen in The Innovators Solution , Jim Collins in How the Mighty Fall , and by Scott Anthony on this blog.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

More than 190 member countries committed to “eliminate poverty in all its forms everywhere” by 2030, together with 16 other “big, hairy, audacious goals” — to use Jim Collins’ memorable phrase. Realizing the Sustainable Development Goals will improve the environment for doing business and building markets.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

I just tell them, 'Please make something great,'" says Liam Collins, who oversees the Los Angeles facility, told the paper. "We While lean production has almost nothing to do with video production, the clear message was that genuinely lean enterprise craved innovation that made their suppliers more innovative.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2016

I have a clock in my office that synchronizes itself at 1:00 am every day using a signal sent out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Fort Collins, Colorado, which has an advertised precision in the fraction-of-a-second range. Of course, we could argue that this is just a flaw in the product.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

In our new book, Great by Choice , Jim Collins and I studied the role of luck in explaining corporate success. Your project derails because of someone else's error, a competitor unexpectedly blows you away with a better product, the new CEO downplays your product area, a medical condition derails your plans.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 12, 2016

In this process, called “expression,” the instructions in the DNA are turned into proteins and other cellular products. The language of ecosystems redefined our understanding of competition by viewing markets has habitats. One of its most successful marketing campaigns was “Let’s Build a Smarter Planet.”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

Unease is rippling through financial markets, and a sense of anxiety has overtaken society. Management guru Jim Collins puts it this way: “The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. In the United States, the presidential campaign has devolved into a frenzy of personal insults and unhinged behavior.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, I would particularly like someone to address the popularity of "politically correct" leadership. Registration for this free online event will not only give you access to my video, but also presentations featuring some of today’s leading influencers. Let me expand.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2011

They know they must be disciplined in thinking about what products not to pursue and bring to market, what geographies not to enter, what activities not to focus on at the moment. But despite all the books and articles, like Jim Collins' Good to Great , that preach such reasonable humility, the culture of heroic leadership persists.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

And yes, many of us have also seen evidence that its opposite, humility, inspires loyalty, helps to build and sustain cohesive, productive team work, and decreases staff turnover. Jim Collins had a lot to say about CEOs he saw demonstrating modesty and leading quietly, not charismatically , in his 2001 bestseller Good to Great.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

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. There was a lot more common thinking than critical, innovative thinking. Jim was animated, passionate, informative and lucid.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Michael Hyatt : I am working on a couple of books, one on leadership and one on productivity, but they are still a ways off. link] Dan Collins Mike, Thanks for this. " I recently read Jim Collins' book "How the Mighty Fall" and recognized myself and some of my friends and colleagues in his research.

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