The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Development — major resources are committed to developing or refining the new products, services, or businesses that are ready to be capitalized on. The best new products, services, or methods often come from the wrong people, at the wrong time, in the wrong way, for all the wrong reasons.

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Innovation Agility Strategic Planning Core Competence 59

Lead Change Blog

MARCH 22, 2016

Keeping commitments. In closing, I want to give thanks to my former colleague, Kathy Collins. Here’s a sample from one workshop where participants described both civil and uncivil behaviors, in their own words. Civil behaviors. Uncivil behaviors. Saying “hi”. Holding doors. Acknowledging others. Giving due credit. Making introductions.

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Emotional Intelligence Short-term Long-term Collins 150

Skip Prichard

JULY 23, 2019

When he addressed a joint session of Congress, in May of 1961, President Kennedy put it this way: “I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”. It mattered to the astronauts, their families and an anxious nation.

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Armstrong Collins Goal Succession 84

Leading with Trust

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

As Jim Collins, the author of Good to Great points out, it’s not just about getting the right people on the bus, but getting the right people in the right seats on the bus. Teach them about trust —One of the truths about trust is that it’s based on perceptions. ABCD is an acronym that describes trustworthy team members.

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Team Strategy Sports Banking 127

Sales Wolf Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Chances are you have heard of Jim Collins’ groundbreaking framework, ' A Culture of Discipline.' Include Jim Collins' timeless book Good to Great as well. Following is an excerpt from Jim Collin's 'A Culture of Discipline'. Jim Collins is famous for advocating - "get the right people on the bus" (Good to Great).

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Collins CEO Agility Commitment 130

Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 7, 2013

13) Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote “The Hunger Games”. When you feel the urge to make an excuse, revisit this list and re-commit yourself to being accountable, dependable, and determined to succeed: 10. 2) Amelia Earhart was 31 when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. 5) Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Franchising Armstrong Collins Morale 207

Steve Farber

JANUARY 12, 2012

The following email invitation from Superintendents Randy Ward , William Kowba , and John Collins and Mission Federal CEO, Debra Schwartz , recently went out to all San Diego county educational leaders. If you’ll be in the area, please join us. If you won’t be in the area, tell your friends and colleagues who will.

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Education Collins Participative Energy 87

The Empowered Buisness

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

They are bold, committed and persistent about their desired outcomes. When you lead a meeting, to what extent do team members give reasons why they did not keep their commitments or reach their goals? As a leader, there is no middle ground in what you stand for. You can stand for reasons or you can stand for results.

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Goal Collins Motivation Consensus 151

Eric Jacobson

MAY 12, 2016

Jim Collins captured this difference when he talked about level 5 leaders in his book, Good to Great. Collins said that level 5 leaders have a paradoxical combination of "intense professional will and extreme personal humility." If they do this well then that will be a step in the right direction.

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Execution Collins Open-book Reputation 50

The Empowered Buisness

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

They are bold, committed and persistent about their desired outcomes. When you lead a meeting, to what extent do team members give reasons why they did not keep their commitments or reach their goals? As a leader, there is no middle ground in what you stand for. You can stand for reasons or you can stand for results.

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Goal Collins Motivation Consensus 100

Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Follow through on commitments you made. End your week with look back time. Before you log out on Friday, take another 30 to 60 minutes to review the week just ended. Tie up quick loose ends. Make the mental connections between what happened this week and what’s coming up next week. Start your day with planning time.

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Tactics Strategy Management Collins 315

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2010

If you’re not committed, passionate and intentional in your focus on something besides yourself, you might be in a leadership role, but you’re not a leader. link] Dan Collins Mike, This is a very, very important post. Not recognizing this is not only flawed thinking, but just plain sad…Thanks for stopping by Deb.

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Blog Leadership Brand Reputation 417

N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 6, 2011

No emotional commitment at all. 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. Ultimately we all want to say yes. There is no arguing, reasoning, memos, crying etc.

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Blog Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up Brand 344

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

It was on what he called “Personal Renewal,” the urgent need for leaders who wish to make a difference and stay effective to commit themselves to continue learning and growing. What did Spence learn from Collins? But his focus that day was on neither money nor power. ” What was his message?

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Collins McKinsey Advice Learning-by-Doing 15

Deming Institute

AUGUST 30, 2018

At some point, should industry take responsibility and make a commitment for progress toward a societal quality culture? Clore and Allan Collins, The Cognitive Structure of Emotions, Cambridge University Press, 1990, p. Much has been learned in the professional world about quality, which could be useful to our educational system.

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Quality P&L Deming Education 51

LDRLB

JANUARY 6, 2012

In that spirit, we’ve compiled 12 books we feel every leader or aspiring leader should commit to read, or re-read in 2012. Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. Jim Collins much anticipated new release. The new year is a great time to reflect and set goals to best leverage the clean slate we all share.

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Collins Cialdini Kahneman Constraint 141

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2011

As Jim Collins observes, of the 500 companies that appeared on the first Forbes 500 list in 1953 "only 71 have a place on the list today." And this means we must commit to warring instincts. We now face intense competition, narrowing margins, higher risk, inscrutable change, and greater punishment for being wrong.

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Collins Rogers Wilde Open-book 11

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Really messed-up experiencing strikes, union drives, turnover absenteeism, low commitment, low morale. In fact, Jim Collins – best selling business book ever, “Good to Great” – on page 30 in that book, he says, “you know we debated calling these great leaders ‘servant leaders’”, he said. The kids are acting out”, right?!

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Really messed-up experiencing strikes, union drives, turnover absenteeism, low commitment, low morale. In fact, Jim Collins – best selling business book ever, “Good to Great” – on page 30 in that book, he says, “you know we debated calling these great leaders ‘servant leaders’”, he said. The kids are acting out”, right?!

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Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2017

If you don’t schedule and commit to solitude, something else will fill the space. One of the biggest reasons we struggle to focus is because we fill our schedules with too many commitments and we consistently prioritize urgent tasks over important ones. Treat it as you would any meeting or an appointment.

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Competitive Advantage Collins Committee Advice 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, Leaders inspire us by their example. I'm glad you were able to tell his story so others can see what the fruit of one man's commitment can produce. Those that we often most respect are simply acting on a core that resonates, drives and emotionally connects with us.

Blog 295

Blog Covey Learning-by-Doing Video 295

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

If a leader is committed to lifting others up and making the workplace better, we have a special opportunity for them to get the book at no cost (really!) These are real people opening up about their emotional journeys and how they managed to lead with humanity during these unprecedented times for business and society. for a limited time.

Books 103

Books Leadership Open-book Supply Chain 103

Roundtable Talk

JULY 19, 2010

Watching the film, you can’t help but be impressed with the group’s camaraderie and commitment to each other. Your comment reminded me of Jim Collins’ “fly wheel&# effect from Good to Great. This myopic focus on the music (vs. Totally with you on the persistence front. Thanks for reading and commenting!

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Leadership Teamwork Film Blog 37

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

As an executive search consultant with three decades' experience in leader selection and development who is also a committed Catholic, I've long been frustrated by some of the people practices in my beloved Church. Does the candidate display the proverbial paradoxical blend of fierce commitment and deep personal humility?

How To 9

How To Delegation Collins Commitment 9

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 22, 2011

In his book, Built to Last , Jim Collins describes the very successful succession planning process that GE’s CEO, Reginald Jones, took to find a new CEO. GE’s commitment to the succession process not only identified Jack Welsh, but all of his predecessors as well.

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Development Critical Success Factor Leadership Development Collins 232

Eric Jacobson

MAY 29, 2022

If a leader is committed to lifting others up and making the workplace better, we have a special opportunity for them to get the book at no cost (really!) These are real people opening up about their emotional journeys and how they managed to lead with humanity during these unprecedented times for business and society. for a limited time.

Books 105

Books Leadership Open-book Supply Chain 105

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2012

Jim Collins. And as Keller describes , when people take ownership of the work, they are more committed to it, more intrinsically motivated, more engaged. It is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.

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Mission Statement Collins Competitive Advantage Motivation 11

Chart Your Course

JUNE 30, 2016

By Jim Collins. In one of the defining management studies carried out in the 90s, Collins and his team complied a list of 1,435 companies in search of those special few that could truly be called “great.” 3) Lack of commitment. .” 3. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … and Others Don’t (2001).

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Human Resources Talent Management Resources Ulrich 100

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In our new book Great by Choice , Jim Collins and I pondered that question. When John Brown of Stryker set the long-term goal of 20% annual net income growth, year in and year out (he hit it in more than 90% during 21 years), he was so committed to this quest that it could only be described as, well, fanatical. Markets down?

Skills 15

Skills Leadership Airlines Long-term 15

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 24, 2022

If a leader is committed to lifting others up and making the workplace better, we have a special opportunity for them to get the book at no cost (really!) These are real people opening up about their emotional journeys and how they managed to lead with humanity during these unprecedented times for business and society. for a limited time.

Books 65

Books Leadership Open-book Supply Chain 65

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. A public commitment to such an effort creates an incentive to follow through. during the assembly.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 3, 2016

In times like these, even for leaders committed to building a more prosperous future for their organizations, it’s easy to surrender to pessimism. Management guru Jim Collins puts it this way: “The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.”

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Collins Motivation Open-book Creativity 8

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. You must prepare intensively, commit all the resources you can, and be maniacal about execution when the good-luck moments arrive. Luck is something that happens to you and your company.

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Management Collins Tactics Planning 14

The Empowered Buisness

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Your vision lacks commitment and “ownership.” The other is backed by 100% commitment to the outcome.The word decide in its Latin root form means to cut off all other possibilities. What you need in addition is: Secret 1: A compelling vision that wins the hearts and minds of employees, resulting in buy-in and commitment.

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Leadership Long-term Short-term Mission Statement 113

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 29, 2021

If a leader is committed to lifting others up and making the workplace better, we have a special opportunity for them to get the book at no cost (really!) These are real people opening up about their emotional journeys and how they managed to lead with humanity during these unprecedented times for business and society. for a limited time.

Books 65

Books Leadership Open-book Supply Chain 65

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

The most influential people strive for genuine buy in and commitment — they don''t rely on compliance techniques that only secure short-term persuasion. Mike was one of the highly prestigious Good to Great CEOs featured in the seminal book by Jim Collins on how the most successful businesses achieve their results.

How To 11

How To Short-term Open-book Collins 11

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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Reputation Brand Attrition How To 12