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  • This is how CREATIVITY and DISCIPLINE can coexist

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great shows the matrix and the mechanism used by great organizations to merge discipline and creativity

  • Nothing typifies a “NEVER SAY DIE” spirit more than this

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

  • Be it personal lives or business , this framework is the guiding star

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

  • This is why visionary companies stand out

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

    “Visionary companies are so clear about what they stand for and what they’re trying to achieve that they simply don’t have room for those unwilling or unable to fit their exacting standards.”

  • This is when a person’s CHARISMA becomes a liability

    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.”

  • This is what separates the GOOD people from the BEST

    Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book “good to great”

    “What separates people is not the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life.”

  • This educates us on the need of a proper hiring process

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

    “The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you’ve made a hiring mistake.”

  • Want to nurture a good work environment? This tip will help

    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.”

  • GREATNESS is a function of this

    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”

  • This is why BUREAUCRACY kills creativity

    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.”