Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

It’s a playbook you’ll want to read and then refer to time after time. I selected this book because the book is easy to read, incredibly engaging, and is filled with inspirational and powerful stories of lessons learned by a wealth of leaders with diverse backgrounds. And, if you read only one leadership book next year, make it this one.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 3, 2012

Jim Collins’ epic work “Good To Great” (where this comes from) is still one of the best selling biz books out there. ‘Nuff said. It’s really a “stealth” strength we need to leverage. 9) Know “the secret of work” for their team – the passion, the cause, and the fun that results.

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Eric Jacobson

MAY 29, 2022

It’s a playbook you’ll want to read and then refer to time after time. I selected this book because the book is easy to read, incredibly engaging, and is filled with inspirational and powerful stories of lessons learned by a wealth of leaders with diverse backgrounds. And, if you read only one leadership book next year, make it this one.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

In Good to Great , Jim Collins writes about the importance of envisioning a future, and in The Leadership Challenge , Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner suggest that having an envisioned future is one of the top five leadership practices. Leadership is about Envision the Future. So how should leaders go about envisioning the future?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. About the Reference. Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen represents a detailed assessment of companies thriving in times of uncertainty compared with similar organizations not performing so well. Benefits of Using this Reference.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 27, 2021

It’s a book you’ll want to read and then refer to time after time. Heart First is engaging, inspirational and packed with powerful stories of lessons learned by a wealth of leaders with diverse backgrounds. And, if you read only one leadership book this year, make it this one.

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CO2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

In Good to Great , Jim Collins writes about the importance of envisioning a future, and in The Leadership Challenge , Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner suggest that having an envisioned future is one of the top five leadership practices. In their book, Kouzes and Posner reference a study done by the University of Southern California’s Omar El Sawy.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 24, 2022

It’s a playbook you’ll want to read and then refer to time after time. I selected this book because the book is easy to read, incredibly engaging, and is filled with inspirational and powerful stories of lessons learned by a wealth of leaders with diverse backgrounds. And, if you read only one leadership book next year, make it this one.

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Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

This list includes books that have been selected because they are either extremely popular, frequently referred to, or groundbreaking in business literature. By Jim Collins. 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.

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Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It’s a playbook you’ll want to read and then refer to time after time. I selected this book because the book is easy-to-read, incredibly engaging, and is filled with inspirational and powerful stories of lessons learned by a wealth of leaders with diverse backgrounds. And, if you read only one leadership book next year, make it this one.

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Modern Servant Leader

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

The following is from Jim Collins and the book Good to Great : “Early in Smith’s tenure as CEO, a director pulled Smith aside to remind him that he lacked some of the qualifications for the position (he had been corporate counsel and had never run a major division). References : 1. Sipe, James W. & & Frick, Don M.:

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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. For what it's worth, I'm a big fan of all three leaders cited in your comment and appreciate your reference. Let me expand. Thanks for sharing Joe.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

I refer to this as receiving “the gift of ears.” 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. I became arrogant and began to think of myself as the guy who had all the answers.

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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.” To learn how to develop and test your BHAG, refer to Collin’s book, Built to Last. Let’s dig in! 7 Leadership Questions That Will Move The Needle in 2016. QUESTION 1: What is your BHAG? QUESTION 2: For what purpose ….?

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 30, 2018

References. Deming, The New Economics, see reference 2, p. Deming, The New Economics, see reference 2, p. Clore and Allan Collins, The Cognitive Structure of Emotions, Cambridge University Press, 1990, p. Starting at first grade gets us closer toward finding the root cause of the problem. Andrew Ortony, Gerald L.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

A VC friend of mine refers to most entrepreneurs as practicing “seagull management&# in that they fly in, flap their wings, crap all over everything and fly back out again…Many entrepreneurs desire to have input on everything, yet don’t want anything to do with the details.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 19, 2013

Although she refers to them as leaders, suggesting they have supervisory responsibilities, they could also be direct reports at the management level or workers at the “shop floor” level. Multipliers “extract [.].

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 7, 2011

Since this issue is on fear, and I suspect some may struggle with this, I refer to a couple posts I’ve written on fear: 7 Questions When Facing Fear. Notes: Catalyst Atlanta… #Cat11 – Jim Collins. 5 Reminders for Ridding Your Life of Fear. Related posts: Notes: Catalyst Atlanta… #Cat11 – Judah Smith.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Rule number two: When in doubt refer to rule number one.&# M [link] Dan Collins Mike, I have really enjoyed your posts for some time but I must say this has got to be one of the best. I’m always reminded of the cartoon which reads: “Rule number one: the boss is always right.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 18, 2010

Many of you will have heard of Jim Collins. He refers to it as “The Five&# , meaning level five leadership and explains it here: Do we have to be captains of industry to give the gift of humility? It is that, that makes it a gift. Leadership & The Value Of An Inquiring Mind → Like Be the first to like this post.

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Roundtable Talk

APRIL 27, 2010

That’s an oft quoted managerism that speaks to the importance of (in Jim Collins’ words) getting the right people on your bus. Lesson #5 – Max out the reference requests. Ever wonder where asking for 3 references came from? My former boss used to get us to ask for 9. Happy leading! Bookmark the permalink.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

I couldn’t disagree more…In today’s post I’ll share my thoughts on what I refer to as the fallacy of no. link] Dan Collins Mike, If there is one characteristic I admire in leaders and respect in you it is the willingness to state in no uncertain terms (sorry for the play on words) their stance.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

During a recent interview I was asked how I felt about the coaching profession - I jokingly referred to myself as a coaching heretic, and went on to say that I really don’t like the word “ coach &# as a descriptor for what I do. As you say, it is not about the coach. It is about getting the result the client wants.

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Chris Brady

JANUARY 18, 2011

Therefore, as author and researcher Jim Collins put it, the best leaders will make sure their people are "in the correct seats on the bus." When we are doing what we are built to do, called to do, and deeply motivated to do, we will enjoy it. We will have fun. Posted by: Tony | January 18, 2011 at 07:24 PM Chris, What a great post.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

Taleb refers to the people who didn’t survive as “silent evidence.” If everybody prayed and only a few survived, then praying doesn’t really matter. It just seems like it does to those who survived and those who can observe them. This is what social scientists call survivorship bias.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2012

In his book How the Mighty Fall , Jim Collins explored this phenomenon and found that one of the key reasons for these failures was that companies fell into "the undisciplined pursuit of more." Also known as the divestiture aversion, the endowment effect refers to our tendency to value an item more once we own it.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2014

His references to it were too vague and preachy. Rob’s answer wasn’t really what Collins meant by Level-5 leadership. One idea he especially loved was Level-5 leadership. “If If we want to be great,” Rob would say, “we need more Level-5 leadership.”. I quickly grew tired of hearing him say it. Then we have to walk the talk ourselves.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Take the example of Beth, Director of e-Commerce & Digital Innovation at a company I’ll refer to as Acme, a 20-year-old, global enterprise. Beth manages a team that’s considered a “startup within the enterprise.” Get the right people on the bus.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

When I started my consulting business a decade ago, I spent a little bit of time every night for roughly three years reading classic management authors like Peter Drucker and popular current writers like Jim Collins and Keith Ferrazzi.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

Internal marketing around your employee value proposition serves to re-recruit staff, reminding them why they joined, strengthening their commitment to stay, and prompting them to refer others to the company. Beginning in 2015 the company made a conscious decision to build a more authentic employer brand.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2011

Interestingly, Staw's paper makes direct reference to the war in Vietnam as a situation where logic might fall prey to face-saving.). 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

MARCH 23, 2016

” (For the non-IT types, this is a phrase commonly used to refer to the extra development work that arises when code that is easy to implement in the short term is used instead of applying the best overall solution.) Shortcut debt will leave you in the same predicament. Some will hop off along the way, and that’s normal.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 20, 2010

Saturday, March 20, 2010 Read Good To Great Near the top of virtually every list youll see of the best leadership books, youll find Good To Great , by Jim Collins. The five years of research that Collins and a team conducted to prep for the book consisted of examining 1,435 U.S., The book focuses on 11 good-to-great companies.

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