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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
A Favourite of 4, Read by 35, Owned by 28, Reviewed by 2, | Quotes 28
Amazon Description:
Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?" In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, 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 Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come. --Harry C. Edwards


Added on: Sunday, July 23 2006
Recent Reviews:
It's Revolutionizing My Business

I've got the whole audio book in my car CD changer, so a few times a day I filter my business thinking through Collin's simple, beautiful model for building a great company.  His thinking is sinking deeper and deeper into mine, and now, months later I'm essentially starting over with the structure of my business.  It's exciting to have a framework like this to build from. 

Brian : PhilosophersNotes.com
Sun Jul 23 18:15:27 UTC 2006
Brian said
Brilliant

If you're an entrepreneur or trying to create anything “built to last,” then this is a must read. 

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Recent Quotes:
Jim Collins : Gaia Explorer
Mon Aug 21 07:50:31 UTC 2006
Source: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't, Page: 59
Contributed by: Jessica Farley.
Jim Collins said

Dreams make you click, juice you, turn you on, excite the living daylights out of you. You cannot wait to get out of bed to continue pursuing your dream. The kind of dream I'm talking about gives meaning to your life. it is the ultimate motivator.

Jim Collins : Gaia Explorer
Mon Aug 21 07:47:57 UTC 2006
Source: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't, Page: 59
Contributed by: Jessica Farley.
Jim Collins said

No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It's the vision you wake up with in the morning, and it's the last thing you picture before you fall asleep. Everytime you think of it, the idea in your head seems to get more vivid, filled in with more detail: You not only want to win a gold medal at the Olympics, you not only can see yourself standing there on the podium, but you can also feel the goose bumps as your national anthem is played; the tears are in your eyes. (That's how real a dream can be and should be)



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