Tag: Great By Choice
-
Why is the “20 MILE MARCH” key to consistent performance?
The following self help and motivational insight has been adopted from Jim Collins’s book Great by Choice.. “If you want to achieve consistent performance, you need both parts of a 20 Mile March: a lower bound and an upper bound, a hurdle that you jump over and a ceiling that you will not rise above,…
-
As a LEADER are you AFRAID to GIVE UP CONTROL to OTHERS?This is how Great Leaders deal with this..
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice “10Xers embrace a paradox of control and non-control. On the one hand, 10Xers understand that they face continuous uncertainty and that they cannot control, and cannot accurately predict, significant aspects of the world around them. On the other hand,…
-
As a LEADER do you have an AUDACIOUS GOAL in sight?Learn how great companies approach such targets..
“Fire Bullets then Cannonball” is an approach adopted by high performing 10X organizations to validate scale up options , as mentioned by Jim Collins in his book Great by Choice.. A bullet is a low-cost, low-risk, and low-distraction experiment that helps to empirically validate what works (and what doesn’t). Based on the outcomes of that,…
-
Do you ASPIRE to be a GREAT LEADER?Learn from the qualities of the great 10X leaders..
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice “10Xers embrace a paradox of control and non-control. On the one hand, 10Xers understand that they face continuous uncertainty and that they cannot control, and cannot accurately predict, significant aspects of the world around them. On the other hand,…
-
Are the BEST LEADERS in a TURBULENT WORLD truly RISK SEEKING VISIONARIES?This insight is fascinating ..
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice “Entrenched myth: Successful leaders in a turbulent world are bold, risk-seeking visionaries. Contrary finding: The best leaders we studied did not have a visionary ability to predict the future. They observed what worked, figured out why it worked, and…
-
Great leaders gleefully embrace DISRUPTION, this explains..
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice “10Xers distinguish themselves by an ability to recognize defining moments that call for disrupting their plans, changing the focus of their intensity, and/or rearranging their agenda, because of opportunity or peril, or both.”
-
This is why CHAMPIONS adhere to the “20 Mile March” philosophy..
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice “WHY 20 MILE MARCHERS WIN 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…
-
Gauging the SPEED to move at in a FAST moving WORLD , is an ART
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…
-
This is how CONSISTENT performance results from a disciplined 20 Mile March
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice “If you want to achieve consistent performance, you need both parts of a 20 Mile March: a lower bound and an upper bound, a hurdle that you jump over and a ceiling that you will not rise above, the…
-
This is why APPLE is so consistent over a period of time..
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice “The difficult task is to marry relentless discipline with creativity, neither letting discipline inhibit creativity nor letting creativity erode discipline.”