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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 Good to Great

“First Who … Then What. We expected that good-to-great leaders would begin by setting a new vision and strategy. We found instead that they first got the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats—and then they figured out where to drive it. The old adage “People are your most important asset” turns out to be wrong. People are not your most important asset. The right people are.”

Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great

“Freedom is only part of the story and half the truth…. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplanted by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast. —VIKTOR E. FRANKL, Man’s Search for Meaning”

Biggest problem with charismatic leaders

Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great this wonderful insight throws more light the biggest problem with charismatic leaders.

“The moment a leader allows himself to become the primary reality people worry about, rather than reality being the primary reality, you have a recipe for mediocrity, or worse. This is one of the key reasons why less charismatic leaders often produce better long-term results than their more charismatic counterparts.”

The book Good to Great is a masterclass in leadership and illuminates us on various key aspects of leadership.

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Know more about Jim Collins

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Collins

Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great

“Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.”

Inspired from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great, illuminates us on this undeniable truth on Great Leaders.

“The good-to-great leaders never wanted to become larger-than-life heroes. They never aspired to be put on a pedestal or become unreachable icons. They were seemingly ordinary people quietly producing extraordinary results.”

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

“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.”