Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2015

A Higher Standard : Leadership Strategies from America''s First Female Four-Star General by Ann Dunwoody with Tomago Collins. Getting There : A Book of Mentors by Gillian Zoe Segal. Players First : Coaching from the Inside Out by John Calipari and Michael Sokolove. For bulk orders call 1-800-423-8273.

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Rich Gee Group

JUNE 13, 2014

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. What techniques do you use to get your teams to efficiently execute company strategy? Good To Great. Persuasion, Motivation, & Coaching.

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Management Excellence

JUNE 3, 2020

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Power of Pressure : Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution by Dane Jensen (Collins, 2021) What’s the most pressure you’ve ever been under? Outside of the SEALs, he’s run meetings in the White House Situation Room, negotiated international arms treaties, and developed high-impact corporate strategies. Blog Post ).

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

2- Failure to focus on strategy. You have less energy to think about strategy. According to Jim Collins, author of “Good To Great,” truly great leaders are ambitious for their organizations, rather than seeking personal celebrity. Those relationship building efforts will pay dividends in the future.

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Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Mathilde Collin , CEO of Front , disconnected from technology in order to enjoy her honeymoon. However, writes Vicario, a strategy such as scheduling “creative time” toward the end of the day on Monday can help unlock people’s brains and foster constructive team activity while improving the mood.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Like Jim Collins accomplished in Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t , Peters and Waterman developed a methodology for their study. Consider the timelessness of these key qualities: Eight Characteristics of Excellent Companies.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 7, 2011

By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth. I’ve had issues with some of the concepts contained in Jim Collins book Good To Great since it was first released. If you’re a frequent reader of this blog you know from time-to-time I’ll take aim at a sacred cow and pull the trigger.

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Art Petty

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Teaming, strategy and problem-solving all loom large and merit this treatment. We've barely scratched the surface of the areas in our organizations where thinking differently is essential for survival and success.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 6, 2012

Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. Jim Collins much anticipated new release. Collins’ research methods may be criticized by academic scholars, but his insights give engaging analysis into how companies succeed in tough times. Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rummelt.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2011

Great by Choice : Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck—Why Some Thrive Despite Them All by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. Good Strategy Bad Strategy : The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard Rumelt. From Values to Action : The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership by Harry M. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.

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Terry Starbucker

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Conversely, when things go well, the praise is always on them (Think Jim Collins and his concept of the Level 5 leader in his book “Good to Great”). The blame is never on the team – it’s on the leader.

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Career Advancement

JULY 30, 2018

Jim Collins~. Working with an executive coach , Arthur devised the following strategy. High-performing employees might not always stick around forever, but more of them will stay for much longer when you implement these strategies. “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”. Implement a Thorough Onboarding Process.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 4, 2017

As an executive, your job is all about strategy and execution across a large scope and scale. Yes, it starts with what Jim Collins calls “ Getting the right people on the bus. .” 5 Things You Must Know About Every Functional Area You Oversee. And like Mary, you likely have five or so functional areas you oversee.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When you’re building a brand based on emotional engagement rather than transactions, an investment at the personal engagement level is many times more efficient and effective than a media-weighted strategy. We didn’t look at customers as “Oh, we have two thousand customers a day going through a particular store.”

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 21, 2013

May for strategy+business magazine, published by Booz & Company. In it, he explains why the best innovation strategies are rooted in the art of subtraction. Bob''s blog entries Booz & Company Jim Collins Matthew E. Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by by Matthew E.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 2, 2015

Jim Collins. Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.” Indeed, they are incredibly ambitious–but their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, not themselves.” – Jim Collins. —Publilius Syrus. “We Nelson Mandela. Norman Schwarzkopf.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Citing Jim Collins, “First, you cannot ‘set’ organizational values; you can only discover them.” This insight underscores the importance of balanced governance structures that foster a value-enhancing culture. The Fallacy of Universal Values Organizational core values cannot be superimposed.

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 20, 2022

Collins and Jerry Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. They achieve extraordinary results by concentrating on values-based strategies.” . “Profitability is a necessary condition for existence and a means to more important ends, but it is not the end in itself for many of the visionary companies.

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Women on Business

JUNE 29, 2011

Guest post by Susie Collins (learn more about Susie at the end of this post). That strategy won’t benefit anyone! About Susie Collins. Susie Collins is a relationship advisor. The tension and stress have been there for, it seems, all time. It continues today. It can start with re-assessing your priorities.

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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. Persuasion, Motivation, & Coaching What techniques do you use to get your teams to efficiently execute company strategy? Good To Great. Unported License.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2011

I've just finished reading Jim Collins' latest book, Great By Choice (which he co-authored with Morten Hansen). Collins is a smart observer and a gifted writer. It's hard to put down a Collins book feeling anything but.well, inspired. Collins has a knack for asking good questions. You can do it, he says. You really can.

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LDRLB

AUGUST 17, 2010

So when Wally offered to send me a review copy of Ruthless Focus: How to Use Key Core Strategies to Grow Your Business , I was excited (and to be honest, flattered). Hall and Bock argue that lasting companies ruthlessly focus on their core strategy. They offer a simple definition of strategy. and “How are we going to make money?”

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

link] Dan Collins Academics like to debate. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. The problem is that many people tend to immediately tune out anyone who chooses to use them. As you pointed out in your comment toning down the serious nature of discourse can also lighten the mood and be more effective in doing so.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

So, in the interest of helping you manage your time more effectively and saving you time while you do it, here’s my ultimate (for now) guide to personal time management tactics and strategies. Ten quick hits that you can put to work this week. See the final post below for specific tips.)

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leaderCommunicator

MAY 29, 2015

These articles will provide you with tips, strategies and thought-starters from many of the smart folks in my network. 10 Best Kept Secrets on Building a Business That Lasts By Kristof De Wulf ( @kristofdewulf ), Switch & Shift “When in 1994 Jim Collins and Jerry I.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

What looks in hindsight like a brilliant strategy was often the residual result of opportunistic experimentation and purposeful accidents.” 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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LDRLB

DECEMBER 2, 2010

I think of Jim Collins’ oft-quoted analogy of getting people on and off the bus, and into the right seats on the bus. It’s a brilliant metaphor, and is something organizations should probably take to heart as part of their long-term strategy. I wonder if Mr. Collins has ever had to do that personally? Anderson, B.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2015

As Jim Collins wrote in his book Good to Great , leaders start by getting the right people on the bus and in the right seats. Give Them Kudos: Management consultant Peter Drucker told me he didn’t have much interest in discussing assistants with me because his focus was on strategy and assistants don’t create strategy.

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LDRLB

JANUARY 21, 2013

Even Jim Collins begins his latest book, Great by Choice, with a cold fact: “We cannot predict the future.”. And some have missed Collins’ second sentence: “But we can create it.” Advocates of unpredictability and the need to be able to react to changing conditions are absolutely right.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t by Jim Collins. Aligning Human Resources and Business Strategy by Linda Holbeche. Streets, Lindsay McFarlane, and Rachael Johnson-Murray . Strategic Human Resource Management: An HR Professional’s Toolkit By Karen Beaven. Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen.

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Joseph Lalonde

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

J im Collins in his book Good to Great shares that we need to get the right people in the right seats on the right bus. Begin implementing those strategies and see how it goes. As leaders, we know this is crucial. I recently came across a great quote and I don’t know who said it. Rather, examine what is being said.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

Extraordinary greatness today requires us to adopt the story of the fox and the Hedgehog in Jim Collins’ outstanding book Good to Great. By doing this, they’ll be able to assess their skills and acumen levels against the norms to identify areas of improvement as they relate to the strategy forward.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Some leaders think their social media strategy can be created and implemented by an intern or a relative. Jim Collins,'' Built To Last , addresses the question, "Why are some companies able to achieve and sustain success through multiple generations of leaders, across decades, and even centuries?"

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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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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 7, 2011

HBR’s Ten Must Reads on Strategy Various contributors Harvard Business Press (2011) How to create “a unique and valuable position” by deciding what to do…and not do This volume is one of several in a new series of anthologies of articles that initially appeared in the Harvard Business Review, in this instance from 1960 until [.].

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A CEO who took the time to explain our strategy to me in more detail. Jennifer Collins. A leader listening carefully and incorporating my thoughts into their action plans. A manager taking my emotional state into account during a time of crisis. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts. insert link). “A A leader has the long-term vision.

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