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Moving from Expert to Executive: Changes Great Leaders Learn to Make

Lead Change Blog

As Jim Collins describes in How the Mighty Fall , hubris was at the core. Obsessed with a focus on successful reports, these leaders avoided negative news and data. An organization had to lay off a third of its workers. There was an inability to see the truth because of self-obsession with past success and personal blind spots.

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3 Studies Prove Servant Leadership Good for Business

Modern Servant Leader

Each year, the authors report the ratings for top companies, grading them on the index of good performance. Collins’ 5 year study identified 11 companies with Level 5 Leaders (the Good to Great companies). The Level 5 leader companies identified by Collins research averaged a 17.5% So what about the results? Good to Great.

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This is What TRUSTworthy Leadership Looks Like in Turbulent Times

Lead Change Blog

Several areas in the country are starting to report a decrease in the number of new infections, which mirrors the experience of several countries around the world. In his book Good to Great , Jim Collins popularized the concept of the “Stockdale Paradox.” Resilient leaders balance optimism with a sobering dose of reality.

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The Biggest Mistake NEW Leaders Make

Let's Grow Leaders

Ian McAllister, General Manager at Amazon, reports that one of his greatest challenges as a new manager was thinking too small. According to Jim Collins, author of “Good To Great,” truly great leaders are ambitious for their organizations, rather than seeking personal celebrity. 2- Failure to focus on strategy.

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7 Keys To Unlocking Your Team’s Potential

Terry Starbucker

It’s one thing to get all the “right people on the bus&# (to steal a Jim Collins phrase), but it’s quite another to get the team to create an unstoppable collective force that can achieve greatness. Every member of your team should have a chance to speak, report, ask questions, pose problems, and offer solutions.

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Loosening the Reins: Why It’s Important To Pass the Leadership Torch

Terry Starbucker

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). What if we made you an SVP of all the field operations, and a couple of people that now report to me would report to you?”.

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How To Be A Trusted Executive

Eric Jacobson

Part Three : Finally, Blakey reviews the impact of the three pillars and discusses governance, remuneration, corporate social responsibility, reporting, scale, regulation and structure. Jim Collins captured this difference when he talked about level 5 leaders in his book, Good to Great.