Good to Great

Name: Good to Great
Author: Jim Collins
ISBN: 9780066620992

Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

Written byJim Collins

Collins and his research team compared companies that went from good results to great ones with similar companies that didn't. The book sets out what the great ones did differently.

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Published2001
GenreLeadership
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01Humble, determined leaders
The leaders of great companies combined personal humility with fierce determination.
02First who, then what
Get the right people on board before deciding exactly where to go.
03Face the facts
Confront the hard truth about where you are, while keeping faith that you will win in the end.
04The flywheel
Lasting change comes from steady pushes in one direction, not one big dramatic moment.
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“Those who built the visionary companies wisely understood that it is better to understand who you are than where you are going — for where you are going will almost certainly change.”

— Jim Collins

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