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Isn’t MEDIOCRITY encouraged in some workplaces?Agree?

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.”

If you want to create a GREAT WORK ENVIRONMENT, don’t make this MISTAKE..

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 motivatedContinue reading “If you want to create a GREAT WORK ENVIRONMENT, don’t make this MISTAKE..”

Why does BUREAUCRACY exist in a workplace?

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.”

Why are so many of us GOOD , yet so few GREAT ?

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, principallyContinue reading “Why are so many of us GOOD , yet so few GREAT ?”

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.”