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Why Your Good Leadership Isn’t Great.

Rich Gee Group

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. Do you feel that you stayed true to your ethics and that your decision grew you as a leader in your organization? Good To Great.

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Why Your Good Leadership Isn't Great.

Rich Gee Group

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. Do you feel that you stayed true to your ethics and that your decision grew you as a leader in your organization? Good To Great. Unported License.

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Your Leaders, Hubris or Humility?

Michael Lee Stallard

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on May 7, 2010 06:26 am under E Pluribus Partners , connection culture , employee engagement , intentional connectors At the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, Jim Collins just pointed out that great leaders in his research had the character strength of humility and those who fall could be described as having hubris.

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The Pride Paradox

Michael Lee Stallard

Values such as work ethic, excellence and open-mindedness can be cultivated with practice. Jim Collins described the humility of Level 5 leaders in Good to Great and how it often came as the result of a life threatening event or religious experience. Humility is not easily developed when you have wealth, power and/or status.

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43 Best Leadership Books to Skyrocket Your Career

Miles Anthony Smith

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us a Daniel H. ​ Making the Grass Greener on Your Side Ken Melrose, the head of the Toro lawn care company, shares his journey of corporate loss, gains, and knowledge learned along the way. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies Jim Collins and Jerry I.

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The Big Picture of Business – Tribute to Dick Clark

Strategy Driven

Motivating pop culture piece designed to foster better, more successful companies. Companies and industries need to embrace change sooner, rather than becoming a victim of it later. Finding common ground about the zeal and joys inherent in running a company results in better buy-in and support of the goals. Be ethical.

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To Give Your Employees Meaning, Start With Mission

Harvard Business Review

Jim Collins. And as Keller describes , when people take ownership of the work, they are more committed to it, more intrinsically motivated, more engaged. Unfortunately, too many companies don't even try to make work meaningful for the people doing it. But extrinsic motivation only goes so far. Dean Foods Company.