Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Jim Collins likens it to turning a giant, heavy flywheel. In Turning the Flywheel , Collins shares practical insights and clarity about the process. Collins lists seven essential steps to finding and capturing your flywheel. Collins explains the flywheels of Amazon, Vanguard, Intel, Giro Sport Design and others.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 7, 2011

I’ve had issues with some of the concepts contained in Jim Collins book Good To Great since it was first released. Just because an opinion is expressed boldly, and even when data can be developed to support the opinion, opinion doesn’t become fact – it’s still an opinion.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: Why is it important to develop future leaders within your company? In his book, Built to Last , Jim Collins describes the very successful succession planning process that GE’s CEO, Reginald Jones, took to find a new CEO. Start Now.

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 8, 2014

When Jim Collins set out to write, “Good to Great,” he set out to write about great organizations, not great leaders.… The great ones are both.

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Terry Starbucker

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Collins is the author of my all-time favorite business book, “ Good to Great &# ( affiliate link, profits to National Park Foundation) , where through a ton of research he identified the most critical traits of companies that were able to sustain above-average growth rates for long periods of time. EVERY instance. Popularity: 3% [ ?

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Posted in Leadership Development Self Leadership [link] Stephan De Villiers (LCG, Twitter) wrote an interesting post at Increment Success blog about character-based leadership. He quotes Jim Collins: A Level 5 leader is an individual who blends extremen personal humility and intense professional will.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Phil Collins – When Peter Gabriel left Genesis in the mid-1970’s, the band auditioned over 400 vocalists before they discovered their drummer already had the voice they needed. Phil Collins asked to be given the mike and a chance. Leadership Development' In looking for true talent, consider the near misses of others.

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Kevin Eikenberry

OCTOBER 11, 2013

And today’s quotation from business author Jim Collins points in a direction I agree with and that has big implications for us as individuals and as leaders. Intention Leadership Learning Personal Development Quotations Jim Collins meaning' Questions to Ponder - Do I agree with this quotation?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2014

Rod Collins writes in Wiki Management , “Today’s managers may spend more time soliciting input from their workers, but at the end of the day, the basic social technology remains the same: The managers are still the bosses, the workers are still subordinates, and the latter are still expected to do as they are told.” Management'

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 28, 2021

She introduced me to the Hedgehog Concept from “Good to Great in the Social Sectors,” a supplement to the business book by Jim Collins, comparing the qualities of hedgehogs and foxes. Leadership development became my one big thing. On the contrary, hedgehogs don’t do much chasing.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

That means less time to think about developing your people. According to Jim Collins, author of “Good To Great,” truly great leaders are ambitious for their organizations, rather than seeking personal celebrity. Unfortunately, diving deep into operational details carries a heavy opportunity cost. Do you give credit to your team?

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Leadership Freak

AUGUST 9, 2012

” Jim Collins Weak leaders rely on cannonballs. “Shoot bullets before cannon balls.” Wise leaders shoot bullets first. During difficult times weak leaders look for big solutions, giant leaps, and dramatic success. Wise leaders take small steps before making giant leaps. Shoot bullets: Bullets are miniature cannonballs.

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Engaging Leader

JULY 11, 2013

In the landmark book Good to Great , Jim Collins studies what drives average companies to take a quantum leap and become extraordinary. These leaders, whom Collins calls “Level 5,” channel their ego ambition away from themselves into the larger goal of building a great company.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 25, 2013

In recent days I’m re-listening to Good to Great by Jim Collins. Collins’ definition is simple: “Level 5 leaders blend the paradoxical combination of deep personal humility with intense professional will.” This is, as Collins puts it, a “study in duality.” So can you and I become a Level 5 leader?

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Engaging Leader

JANUARY 17, 2013

“I’ve heard what thought leaders like Jim Collins and Patrick Lencioni have to say,” Steve asks, “but it just seems like theory when I think about how to apply it to our team. What practical things can we do today to develop our culture?” What practical things can we do today to develop our culture?"

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Modern Servant Leader

MARCH 21, 2013

In Good to Great, Jim Collins explains the best CEOs are not external hires, but brought up through internal development. Do you value operations, maintenance, customer service , engineering, information technology , sales , finance, marketing , accounting – all departments, equally?

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 25, 2011

Jim Collins, explains how character erodes: These were the people who, in the presence of an opportunity to behave differently, got drawn into it, one step after another. Ralph Waldo Emerson put it well: “The force of character is cumulative.”

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 8, 2011

It’s one thing to get all the “right people on the bus&# (to steal a Jim Collins phrase), but it’s quite another to get the team to create an unstoppable collective force that can achieve greatness. There are 7 “keys&# that a leader can use to speed the team’s development.

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Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 13, 2013

In the book Good to Great, legendary business consultant Jim Collins uncovered what it takes for a company to be great. After five years of colossal research, Collins and his team of researchers found something unexpected. The data overwhelmingly concluded that the greatest companies had what Collins called “Level 5 leadership.”

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

You want a climate of faith and hope, not fear, in leadership development. As Jim Collins describes in How the Mighty Fall , hubris was at the core. Face the Facts – Whether Bad or Good. An organization had to lay off a third of its workers.

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Michael Lee Stallard

MAY 7, 2010

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on May 7, 2010 06:26 am under E Pluribus Partners , connection culture , employee engagement , intentional connectors At the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, Jim Collins just pointed out that great leaders in his research had the character strength of humility and those who fall could be described as having hubris.

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Leading Blog

JULY 31, 2013

From @inc > Jim Collins: Good to Great in 10 Steps. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Curing the Leader’s Communication Conundrum by @ArtPetty. Measuring Leadership Competence – The Coin Toss by Ken Nowack @Envisia. FT: Dispelling myths about entrepreneurs. On Stupid Ideas by Mike Henry Sr.

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Michael Lee Stallard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Some leaders who do this fail to develop what is arguably the most important character value: humility. Humility is not easily developed when you have wealth, power and/or status. It’s especially difficult to develop humility without the help of others. Humility develops in several ways. Herein lies the paradox.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

link] Dan Collins Academics like to debate. link] Dan Collins Buzzwords are definitely not trite. As you pointed out in your comment toning down the serious nature of discourse can also lighten the mood and be more effective in doing so. Thanks for sharng Sami. The best argument in the world will always lose to a two by four.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2017

Jim Collins: Ten Lessons I Learned from Peter Drucker. Jim Collins’ Top Ten To-Dos for Young Leaders by @pauljsohn. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas. Collaborative Thinking: Do You See Problem Solving as Collaboration? by @KateNasser. Coaches help you find your own answers.

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Women on Business

APRIL 18, 2011

If you have not yet read “When Everything Changed” by Gail Collins grab a copy and take the journey back to the time when turmoil was front and center on the world stage. As Collins points out, that gave women elevated status yet, precious little room to maneuver. It was not so long ago, the upheaval of the 1960’s.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 3, 2012

4) Develop a Zen-like mantra of goals that permeate the minds of all your teammates, and watch great stuff happen. Jim Collins’ epic work “Good To Great” (where this comes from) is still one of the best selling biz books out there. ‘Nuff said.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 18, 2013

This includes finding their talents and helping them develop the skills that make them great. Doing this will allow you to get the right people on the right bus in the right seats (as Jim Collins would say). This is where you come into play as a leader. What can you do to discover the talents? Try these three tips: 1.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Power of Pressure : Why Pressure Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution by Dane Jensen (Collins, 2021) What’s the most pressure you’ve ever been under? What has emerged from these conversations is that while everyone’s experiences under pressure are unique, pressure follows patterns and develops in predictable ways. Blog Post ).

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

link] Dan Collins Mike, I would particularly like someone to address the popularity of "politically correct" leadership. Jonathan Heng Hi Mike- Consider these topics: - Legacies of Leadership – How the impact of effective leadership inspires the organization to a higher standard (ie. Let me expand.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Your comment about the ability to develop as a leader by gleaning insights via social media from other leaders whom you've never met gives validity to three things: 1.) that other leaders looking to develop and improve will grow as a result of their efforts. link] Dan Collins Mike, Thanks for this. Thank You Sir.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

We cannot control much of what happens around us, but the choices we make, as Jim Collins and Morten Hansen’s research confirms, determine our success. It is a defeatist attitude to think that luck or circumstances primarily make you what you are. Luck, both good and bad happen to us all.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

JUNE 25, 2012

Books like Built to Last (Collins and Porras, 1997) and Good to Great (Collins, 2001) have laid a foundation. Judgment Calls shows what it looks like in organizations that have developed the ability to make better decisions through a broad-based, data-intensive approach.

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Terry Starbucker

JUNE 18, 2017

It’s one thing to get all the “ right people on the bus ” (to steal a Jim Collins phrase from his indispensable book “Good to Great” ), but it’s quite another to get the team to create an unstoppable collective force that can achieve greatness. Building a great team is one of those leadership skills that can make or break you.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

I believe great leaders will mentor and coach subordinates for the purpose of identifying and developing other great leaders. Thanks for the post, Larry Bruce (@pcmguy) [link] Dan Collins Not bad Mikey – nothing could add to that one. link] Mike Myatt Thanks Dan…Have a great weekend Sir.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 22, 2014

Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. The combination of these six words, derived from Latin, translates into an executable language leaders can use to overcome the challenges in overall organizational performance and development. Novo: Change the Lens of Thought-leadership and the Approach to Professional Development.

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Skip Prichard

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

The Importance of Leadership Development. Talk to most people about the importance of leadership development and you will likely hear why it’s so important. Studies have proven that leadership development efforts help you: Retain emerging leaders. A servant leader develops other leaders. Jennifer Collins.

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