Lead Change Blog
APRIL 19, 2021
For months senior leaders dismissed warning signs and data from employees about severe problems and had ignored market trends for years. As Jim Collins describes in How the Mighty Fall , hubris was at the core. As a strategic leader, you cannot operate in the smaller space that defined you as an expert.
Leading Blog
DECEMBER 4, 2019
In Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A , former executive vice-president and chief marketing officer, Steve Robinson explains that for Truett Cathy, founder of Chick-fil-A, the most important phase in the purpose statement was, “ by being a faithful Steward.” The stewardship idea guides their marketing. It’s about relationships.
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Modern Servant Leader
MARCH 21, 2013
Do you value operations, maintenance, customer service , engineering, information technology , sales , finance, marketing , accounting – all departments, equally? In Good to Great, Jim Collins explains the best CEOs are not external hires, but brought up through internal development.
Lead on Purpose
MARCH 30, 2013
Here are a few quotes to whet your appetite: “Good is the enemy of Great.” –Jim Collins. Product management focuses on releasing the right products to the right markets at the right time; set both financial and operational goals for your product line. Don’t confuse motion with progress.” –Peter Drucker.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 7, 2011
I’ve had issues with some of the concepts contained in Jim Collins book Good To Great since it was first released. But when theories are marketed as fact, I begin to lose patience rather quickly. Given the legions of those who have drunk the Good to Great Kool-Aid, I realize today’s post might be akin to spitting into the wind.
The Practical Leader
MAY 13, 2020
These leaders operate from core values of partnership and participation. Only about a third of downsizing companies increased productivity and profits in the next 3 to 5 years, and underperformed in stock markets. Leaders who care about people and building long-term trust, treat layoffs as the very last, desperate step.
First Friday Book Synopsis
DECEMBER 8, 2013
"My Meetings With Mandela" "Thinking Mistakes Our Brains Make Every Day and How to Prevent Them" ''Tis the Season to Focus on the Business Basics Adam Bryant Alison Gopnik Angie Hicks “How I Hire: In Search of the Sir Ernest Shackleton Gene” “The Psychology of Self-Control” Belle Beth Cooper Blogging on Business Update from Bob Morris (Week of 12/2/13) (..)
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