Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great
“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. The management team”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great
“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. The management team”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great
“Consider the idea that charisma can be as much a liability as an asset. Your strength of personality can sow the seeds of problems, when people filter the brutal facts from you.”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great
“Letting the wrong people hang around is unfair to all the right people, as they inevitably find themselves compensating for the inadequacies of the wrong people. Worse, it can drive away the best people. Strong performers are intrinsically motivated by performance, and when they see their efforts impeded by carrying extra weight, they eventually become frustrated.”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great
“The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great
“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don’t have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don’t have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice
“Far more difficult than implementing change is figuring out what works, understanding why it works, grasping when to change, and knowing when not to.”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice
“20 Mile Marching helps turn the odds in your favor for three reasons: 1. It builds confidence in your ability to perform well in adverse circumstances. 2. It reduces the likelihood of catastrophe when you’re hit by turbulent disruption. 3. It helps you exert self-control in an out-of-control environment.”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice
“The idea that leading in a “fast world” always requires “fast decisions” and “fast action”—and that we should embrace an overall ethos of “Fast! Fast! Fast!”—is a good way to get killed. 10X leaders figure out when to go fast, and when not to.”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice
“Victory awaits him who has everything in order—luck people call it. Defeat is certain for him who has neglected to take the necessary precautions in time; this is called bad luck.” —Roald Amundsen, The South Pole”