Tag: 10X leadership
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How can PRODUCTIVE PARANOIA serve as a virtue?
Jim Collins in his book Great by Choice goes ahead and explains the success recipe of 10X companies and leaders. Productive Paranoia is one such quality that helps these companies and leaders “course correct ” and hence achieve phenomenal success. 10Xers remain productively paranoid in good times, recognizing that it’s what you do before the…
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Seven characteristics of a good “20 Mile March”
A balanced year on year growth strategy which is born out of fanatic discipline of 10X companies has been termed as the “20 Mile March” in the book titled “Great by Choice” by Jim Collins. Such a strategy takes into account the fact that we need to respect “unforgiving environment” when the tide is rough…
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How do “high performing” companies overcome uncertainty?
“The 20 mile march” or the disciplined and consistent year on year growth plans of high performing companies , impose order amidst disorder , consistency amidst uncertain environment. This sense of “fanatic discipline” manifested in the form of the well thought out growth plans sacrifice the enticement of aiming for greater growth when the tide…
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“Ambition” for self vs a “Just cause”
All high performing leaders are incredibly ambitious. What makes their ambition different and in turn helps them rally followers and supporters around them is that their ambition is for a “just cause” not for self. When followers are shown a futuristic “just cause” for achieving something larger than themselves it can lead to a big…
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How to succeed in an “unforgiving environment”?
Look at the behavior patterns of the following 10X high performing leaders: Herb Kelleher of South West Airlines – Predicting 11 of the last 3 recessions Andy Grove of Intel – “Always looking for the black cloud in the silver lining” Bill Gates – Issuing nightmare memos in Microsoft By embracing the myriad of possible…
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What goes into FANATIC DISCIPLINE ?
Fanatic discipline is one of the 4 facets manifested by 10X high performing leaders as mentioned by Jim Collins in his book “Great by Choice” Discipline in essence means consistency in action , with respect to: 1) Consistency with values 2) Consistency with long term goals 3) Consistency with perfomance standards 4) Consistency of method…
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What does 10X leadership entail?
10X leadership a term coined by Jim Collins in his book titled “Great By Choice” is a term used to understand how some leaders are able to give their organizations 10 times more growth than others , given the same environmental conditions. The four defining qualities of such leaders are: 1)Fanatic Discipline – These keeps…