false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899741m/76865.jpg 76865 14 Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In <I>Good to Great</I> Collins, the author of <I>Built to Last</I>, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11--including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo--and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Like <I>Built to Last</I>, <I>Good to Great</I> is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come. --<I>Harry C. Edwards</I> 1094028 4 10 2001 Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't total:4054|5:1103|4:1680|3:985|2:243|1:43| 4054 15719 6036 718 1 3 false false Fri Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 14:15:57 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 10:01:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false true Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 05:37:10 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 24 03:21:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Dec 28 19:00:21 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 18 18:18:10 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 15:55:34 -0800 2007
The concept that has struck me as most applicable (so far), particularly with respect to businesses, is the need to get the right people on the team firs...more...]]> 1 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri Nov 23 10:02:33 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 09:15:13 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Aug 25 11:14:03 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 11:31:36 -0700 2007
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Tips from the book:

First Who, then What
First, get the right people on...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 15 09:25:48 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 21 19:26:50 -0700 2009 Good to Great is Jim Collins’s follow-up to Built to Last, the 1994 management classic, which he co-wrote with Jerry Porras. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is built on Collins’s research. In fact, Collins spent five years of research assisted by 20 business school students, who analyzed 1,435...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 28 11:56:23 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 28 12:03:56 -0800 2008
Collins notes correctly that some Level 5 leaders have had significant life experiences such as a bout with a terminal illness, a strong confrontation in war, a religious conversion, etc. Others seemingly led “norma...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 12 09:57:52 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 06:42:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Aug 01 13:58:46 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 14:08:33 -0700 2007
If you read this, don't bother with "Built to Last" since much of the content is the reiterated. Ok, so Built to Last is about companies that have lasted over many eras and...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jun 22 10:44:30 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 10:50:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 25 14:52:42 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 14:56:25 -0800 2008 Circuit City, as an example, is a train-wreck to work for. Their success has come at a horrible cost to their people who they do value any more than the penny ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Jan 15 23:02:57 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 23:02:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 09:09:05 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 09:15:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Oct 29 20:39:06 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 20:39:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Aug 04 06:42:45 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 06:54:40 -0700 2009
* State up front what the themes are, but disguise at least a few of them with cryptic...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 12:36:15 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 05:34:40 -0800 2009 Good to Great and the Social Sectors - which is a monograph appendix to Good to Great, I couldn't wait to read the full book. I appreciate the way Collins communicates the essential gist of what he is saying in a very disciplined way. While relying pretty heavily on catch ph...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 09:09:24 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 09:33:03 -0800 2009 Hi...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=76865