Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 11, 2012

Former US Secretary of State Collin Powell summed it up nicely when he said; “Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty and persistence.”. The Product Management Perspective: You can’t overstate the importance of persistence in creating great products. Things do not always go as planned.

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Lead on Purpose

MARCH 30, 2013

Here are a few quotes to whet your appetite: “Good is the enemy of Great.” –Jim Collins. The Product Management Perspective: If you are leading a team of product managers, set clear goals and make sure your team knows what’s expected of them. Don’t confuse motion with progress.” –Peter Drucker.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 7, 2010

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 Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

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. New products and services can be “knocked off” or copied. Integration — the new product, service, or business enters the organization’s mainstream.

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Career Advancement

JULY 30, 2018

Jim Collins~. High-performers are 400% more productive than average employees, says the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Reducing work stress will also give you more star performers, as it boosts productivity. “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”. he wondered.

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Skip Prichard

JANUARY 19, 2021

Do you need to hire quickly to fill some gaps or maintain current productivity with the staff you have? Are you preparing to launch a new product line or spending resources to lock-in current customers with your existing services? To get to a performance culture, ask: how are you ensuring that you are aligned?” – Jennifer Collins.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 13, 2020

Only about a third of downsizing companies increased productivity and profits in the next 3 to 5 years, and underperformed in stock markets. Jim Collins’ Good to Great research determined, “half of the companies we were studying didn’t do it (layoffs) once. Downsizing crushes morale and productivity.

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Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

You can find and read more about this lesson, and its backing by facts and history, in one of my all-time favorite business books, “ Good to Great ” by Jim Collins. Collins noted that in every instance, the leaders of the great companies demonstrated these two traits. What’s so earth shatteringly wonderful about this?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

If their work started to look too much like they were advertising for Chick-fil-A, such as promoting specific products and ingredients, they would quickly lose their edginess and even their believability. They were in this thing for their own self-interest, not Chick-fil-A’s. The cows are not on the Chick-fil-A payroll. Six Legacy Principles.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 18, 2015

Bob''s blog entries (MD) A Walk in the Rain with a Brain (Regan Books/Harper Collins) Answers to Distraction (Pantheon 1995) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Delivered From Distraction (Ballantine) Delivered From Distraction (Pantheon) Dr. John Ratey (Pantheon) Dr. Peter Jensen Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and Be More (..)

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Joseph Lalonde

APRIL 25, 2016

From the latest productivity app to the newest course by the big name leader to the latest and greatest book on leadership, there’s always something vying for our attention. They promise to make us more productive or to increase our knowledge. You play with the productivity app. Most of the time we give in. We move on.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 13, 2017

Getting re-connected is also as a way to improve our perspective, productivity, and decision making. As Jim Collins says in Good to Great , to give credit, leaders look out the window; to assign blame, they look in the mirror. Collins Click To Tweet. Problem is, that can be a lonelier road. Here are six ways to make that happen.

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Brigette Hyacinth

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Organizations pay heavily for such managers with low engagement, high turnover and reduced productivity. Jim Collins. They are able to provide short-term results but the truth is they leave a a trail of destruction in their path. The x – factor of great leadership is not personality, it’s humility.” -Jim Humble leaders: 1.They

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Lead on Purpose

JULY 21, 2009

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. Collins makes an important distinction with regard to the people in an organization: you need to get the right people.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 22, 2016

Happy, productive work environments. It is hard to do those things when we lead with fear and hate – products of incivility – which never amounts to anything positive. In closing, I want to give thanks to my former colleague, Kathy Collins. Reciprocity. Deposits in the emotional bank account of others. Innovation.

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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. It is one thing above all others: the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.”

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

We cannot control much of what happens around us, but the choices we make, as Jim Collins and Morten Hansen’s research confirms, determine our success. Productive Paranoia: Highly attuned to threats and changes especially when things are going well. Luck, both good and bad happen to us all. Don’t overreact to events.

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The Practical Leader

JUNE 23, 2021

In his decades of research studying what differentiates great companies, Jim Collins has featured the company’s long track record of investment returns way beyond other companies — in their industry and most others. They were named the #1 U.S. So, what’s love got to do with it?

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Rich Gee Group

DECEMBER 27, 2010

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. How To Be More Productive When You Work From Home. Good To Great. It chronicles how they made the leap, what they did, and what they didn’t do.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

If you are responsible for leading teams, how can you be sure that the work being done throughout the day will innovatively increase impact and productivity to make tomorrow a better place? Or, if you are responsible for managing Solopreneur projects, how can you be sure that the work will increase impact and productivity?

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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. It drags down their morale and productivity and fosters disengagement. Teach them about trust —One of the truths about trust is that it’s based on perceptions.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

It’s as if it has become more acceptable to bash users of buzzwords than to actually listen to what’s being said – this in my opinion is not healthy, nor is it productive. link] Dan Collins Academics like to debate. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. Thanks for sharng Sami.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

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. Online MBA Rankings Recently added Maximize Employee Engagement, Alignment and Productivity Strengthen Your “Critical Connections&# Cartoon Boosts “Voice&# in U.S.

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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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Leading with Trust

APRIL 19, 2020

Meeting the needs of customers, your employees, and even figuring out how to deliver your product or service in this new environment has been consuming your time and attention. As recounted by Jim Collins in his book, Good to Great , Stockdale described the importance of balancing reality with resilience.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Greg helps gang members who are looking for a way out to become productive members of society through the motto, “nothing stops a bullet like a job&#. Collins worked with were predicted to fail, but instead she believed in and discovered their potential. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.&#

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Miles Anthony Smith

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't Jim Collins' book, "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't," pulls from a study covering 28 companies to offer advice on which leadership strategies and business practices work, and which don't. The Case for Servant Leadership Author Kent M.

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Lead from Within

JUNE 9, 2018

You may have the best materials, the newest innovations, the most creative product –but those resources are meaningless without the core of your business: your employees. ” –Jim Collins, Good to Great. Poorly motivated and uninspired people can bring down even the most amazing organization. ” — Tom Peters.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 26, 2010

The most productive, high-performance organizations have the ability to deliver fairly complex solutions, and complete difficult tasks at the lowest levels within their organization. link] Dan Collins Mike, Your posts and insights are truly very high value. Best wishes for continued success Ben.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 11, 2010

Jim Collins did a good job of addressing this as have you in prior posts. It is far more than an ethereal statement – it is a catalyst for creating a focused, impassioned and productive workforce. Vision is often misunderstood. Thanks for sharing Mark.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 26, 2012

The clearest and most helpful guide to this question comes from the extensive empirical research of Jim Collins and his research team. Collins and co-author Morton Hansen summarized their findings in Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck – Why Some Thrive Despite Them All. We can predict there are big changes ahead.

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 14, 2018

This means people feel “safe” offering different opinions, ideas, suggestions and, as outlined in the research and findings in Jim Collins’ book Good to Great, engaging in “vigorous intellectual debate.” Google research on the core factor fostering high performance teamwork finds that a sense of “psychological safety” is key.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Selections from Great by Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck — Why Some Thrive Despite Them All by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen: “We cannot predict the future. 10Xers use difficulty as a catalyst to deepen purpose, recommit to values, increase discipline, respond with creativity, and heighten productive paranoia.

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The Empowered Buisness

JANUARY 26, 2016

BHAG stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal , a concept introduced by Jim Collins in his book, “Built to Last.” It can make or break a product launch, change initiative, new technology or even growing your company. For example, if you want to increase your personal productivity, perhaps the question is …. Let’s dig in!

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Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 6, 2010

These goals have been labeled by Jim Collins (and others) as a BHAG – a Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. To be more specific, for each goal, consider setting a range of targets like this: Target A – This is a perfect world scenario, I/we absolutely want it goal. Target B – This is a big, but potentially believable goal.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

If your skill sets are best suited for business development, product development, branding, finance or other areas you may want to consider playing to your strengths by taking a senior position in the area of your subject matter expertise and hiring the best chief executive you can find to lead the company.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

Related Post: Keeping it Simple Share and Enjoy: View Comments [link] Dan Collins Excellent – Simple, Scalable and Succinct Advice. It was exactly the simplicity of their business model and their product that made them into the company that they are today. Even their advertising model is simplistically brilliant.

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