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. Because greatness is possible–and when you have great leadership you have a great success. THE LEADERSHIP GAP.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

It’s a similar dynamic to what Good to Great author Jim Collins describes as Level 5 Leadership – the combination of fierce resolve and deep humility. They celebrate your success. They understand that, over the long-run, you can’t get the first without attending to the second. They have your back. They support you.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

A person could either take several minutes to explain the evolution of technologies, mediums, shift in content paradigms, engagement practices and market dynamics that came together to make the Internet a more valuable and efficient space, or they could just utilize &# social media&# as a descriptive aid to make the connection.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

As odd as it sounds, businesses that are not dependant on smart talent, capital, or technology can scale faster and easier than those businesses burdened with the aforementioned dependencies. The dumb factor not only applies to talent, capital, and technology, but it also extends throughout the entire value chain.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

“In technology it’s about the people: getting the best people, retaining them, nurturing a creative environment and helping to find a way to innovate.” ” –Jim Collins, Good to Great. Additional Reading you might enjoy: 12 Successful Leadership Principles That Never Grow Old. –Steve Jobs.

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 21, 2009

Technology and automation certainly improve the work people do; however, no tools or equipment will ever replace the people in a successful organization. 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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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

As with Collins’ first book, Built to Last , and with Good to Great (read my review of both books on LinkedIn or The Leader Letter archive ), they compared the outstanding companies to a control group of comparison companies in the very same industries and extreme environments that failed to thrive. Sounding familiar?

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

Jim Collins did a good job of addressing this as have you in prior posts. link] Bridget Haymond I agree completely that vision is the underpinning of any successful venture, be it corporate or personal. Vision is often misunderstood. Thanks for sharing Mark. learning » Leadership thinking [.] paramount place of vision [.]

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

That said, it is nonetheless safe to say that CEOs who find a way to focus their efforts on values, vision, mission, strategy, team building, innovation, networking, and branding will be the CEOs who achieve the highest and most sustainable levels of success. Best wishes for continued success Ben.

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Six Disciplines

APRIL 27, 2011

The book is filled with concrete examples, processes and checklists that will help a business owner in creating a successful business.” ” (David Daniels, Business & Technology Reinvention). ” (David Daniels, Business & Technology Reinvention). Skip Angel, Random Thoughts of a CTO).

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

It was at this precise moment that I came to understand that the most important factor in determining whether or not something will be successful is who is charged with the responsibility for making it happen. However, even in these circumstances personal leadership is still at the forefront of the success. Thanks for sharing.

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The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 26, 2016

These (or comparable) questions can make the difference between a successful 2016 and a disappointing one. BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” Goal success (or failure) depends predominantly on one thing: Motivation. Let’s dig in!

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

To achieve maximum success I believe it is incumbent upon an entrepreneur to take an honest inventory of his/her skill sets and competencies, and contrast them with the needs of the enterprise as it relates to what is required to efficiently and effectively lead the company forward. link] Mike Myatt Thanks Dan…Have a great weekend Sir.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2017

And the advice they give often sounds reasonable: The World Economic Forum published a post , in cooperation with Business Insider, listing 14 things successful people do before breakfast. A list that Forbes published claims every successful person shares this quality: “They know when to stay and when to leave.”

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Modern Servant Leader

JANUARY 15, 2015

11 2,410 220 2,346 Brian Tracy Personal Development Professional Speaker, Author, Success Expert, CEO of Brian Tracy International¬ô 12 254,000 20,600 1,064,000 Charles Duhigg Personal Development New York Times reporter ([link] ) and author of The Power of Habit ([link] ). 8 1,735 219 109 Bonnie St. Project Manager at @courtinnovation.

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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. I admire this.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 10, 2014

Jim Collins immortal business bestseller, Good to Great , created a revolution in many businesses and an explosion in book sales. Collins knew it. Don’t measure failure, measure success. The book was adopted, adapted, taught, and implemented. The key is these companies sought improvement. Self-improvement. Weak measurement.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

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. No seldom takes you where you want to go. Best, Dan [link] mikemyatt Hi Dan: Thanks for stopping by and sharing your insights.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Rick Lindquist Millennial Rick Lindquist is making his mark in the business world and enjoying the success of his co-authored 2014 bestseller book, The End of Employer-Provided Health Insurance. Lindquist : Professional will, which is defined in Jim Collins’ famous book, Good to Great. Fifth, use technology to accelerate momentum.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

I listened to esteemed business school professors, two Nobel laureates, bestselling authors, and some of the world’s most successful CEOs. Thanks for laying out key success factors. The lie = success is about doing/being the best you can be. Success will come if you pursue excellence. Adjustments or adjournment.

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Deming Institute

AUGUST 30, 2018

Looking through the lens of a business professional with a passion for quality, the deeper reasons for the success of restaurant day provide useful insight toward what a quality culture really means and how to get closer to achieving it. This should be treated as a beginning to a successful pilot worth expanding.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2013

Dell''s success can be attributed in large part to its "direct model." This simple strategy proved wildly successful. In a 2011 paper , researchers from HBS, Columbia, and the University of Chicago looked at the success of 472 tech buyouts based on a novel measure: patents. The Case of IBM.

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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 would nominate Miki Saxon's MAPping Company Success here though: [link] Posts are usually short, concise and speak much in few words. Dan elliotross No – not me !

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Skip Prichard

MAY 10, 2024

William Ury’s latest work, POSSIBLE: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict , arrives as a timely resource amid the divisions of a polarizing election year, ongoing global conflicts, and the disruptive potential of AI technologies. Let’s start with the fascinating conversation you had with your friend and neighbor, Jim Collins.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

He had a successful career in ministry and was in good churches, but he felt God calling him to this assignment. link] Dan Collins Mike, Leaders inspire us by their example. but you’ll not find that here. Ted felt God calling him to this.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2014

The asset we’re overvaluing now is the notion of doing it all, having it all, achieving it all; what Jim Collins calls “ the undisciplined pursuit of more.”. In the process, we have been sold a bill of goods: that success means being supermen and superwomen who can get it all done. And with them, busyness, sleep deprivation and stress.

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Skip Prichard

OCTOBER 10, 2019

It is one of most successful companies in the world. He is a leading authority on insurance, risk management, technology, and innovation. As Bezos says, “Setting the bar high and our approach to hiring has been and will continue to be, the single most important element of Amazon.com’s success.” How You Can Learn from Amazon.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Then joining and remaining on Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For list, Zappos.com’s motto is “We’re a service company and we just happen to sell shoes”, achieved these results and more behind their successful servant leadership. Servant leadership has proven successful and has a positive impact for the long term, time and again.

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Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Then joining and remaining on Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For list, Zappos.com’s motto is “We’re a service company and we just happen to sell shoes”, achieved these results and more behind their successful servant leadership. Servant leadership has proven successful and has a positive impact for the long term, time and again.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

Technology may be heading toward self-driving cars and genomics-inspired medicine, but most people believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. The most successful leaders and organizations think differently from everyone else (see above). They want to be the only ones who do what they do.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2011

There are plenty of organizations with cool technology or hot products. Success today in every field is about so much more than price, performance, features — pure economic value. As Jim Collins, the great management guru, has argued, "The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

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. The successful CEOs in our study displayed an odd behavior that we labeled " productive paranoia." This question is relevant for CEOs and government leaders alike.

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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. Some of the nuggets that Jim did disseminate were as follows: Success that translates in hubris leads to failure. More power!

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In our new book Great by Choice , Jim Collins and I pondered that question. Over the years, the CEOs of these companies faced massive technology disruptions, deep industry recessions, sudden collapses in demand, price wars, oil shocks — you name it. How do you lead successfully in an uncertain, disruptive, even chaotic world?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2011

Ned Barnholt is the former CEO of Agilent Technologies, the measurement company, and these days he's one of the more respected executives in Silicon Valley. The technology was great. The technology was remarkable and it could fit into your pocket. HP rise had been remarkable. Their ideas made sense. But they still failed.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2013

In terms of people, processes and technologies, Toyota and Google's YouTube have little in common. I just tell them, 'Please make something great,'" says Liam Collins, who oversees the Los Angeles facility, told the paper. "We They don't just partner; they provide resources that add value. We provide the space, equipment and expertise.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

If she’s tasked with building $50 million in new revenue, she should be rewarded for success — a raise, equity in the startup part of the business, a promotion. Note: Technology is not required to do this step. On the flip side, if she wins, she should have skin in the game. Get the right people on the bus.

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