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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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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Leadership Freak

APRIL 21, 2013

Jim Collins said he wanted to write a book about great organizations not great leaders. But as his research grew, he realized great organizations had one thing in common, great leaders. He ended up writing, “Good to Great,” a book about leaders.

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Lead on Purpose

MAY 25, 2013

In recent days I’m re-listening to Good to Great by Jim Collins. Though I love every part of this book, I’m most impressed with the chapter on Level 5 Leadership. Collins’ definition is simple: “Level 5 leaders blend the paradoxical combination of deep personal humility with intense professional will.”

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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. The only real leadership is servant leadership.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

One of the great leadership challenges is making the transition from subject matter expert (SME) to leading teams of SMEs. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. So you’ll need a more collaborative style of leadership. But now the question becomes, “As I mature in leadership, can I move from ME to WE?”.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Jimmy Collins, retired president of Chick-fil-A and author of, Creative Followership, doesn’t wait for people to ask him about lousy bosses. He said things like: “Seeking Leadership roles […]. I receive emails and questions after presentations like, “How can I manage up, I have a lousy boss?” He asks them.

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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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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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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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Eric Jacobson

MAY 26, 2021

Years ago when I started my leadership and management blog, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager ?” within a leadership discussion forum on LinkedIn. o Mentoring the person for a period of time before recommending a leadership book. Maxwell · Kenneth H.

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Leading with Trust

MAY 6, 2019

One study showed that firms led by a CEO who scored high in humility developed management teams that were more likely to collaborate and make joint decisions, share information openly, and possess a shared vision. So how can we develop humility in our leadership? Viewing yourself as a steward.

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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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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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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. Beware of these three leadership traps from @wallybock. Leadership As a Performing Art by @edbatista. 10 Easy Ways to Measure the Security of Your Leadership via @WScottCochrane. by @KateNasser.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 14, 2014

The world we now live in has forced us to reexamine the way we lead people that gained preeminence during the industrial age and our often immature view of leadership—the “I’m in charge” mentality. Authoritarian leadership implies that the smartest, most valuable people are at the top and so the leader commands and the followers do.

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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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Brigette Hyacinth

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

He made such an impact and influenced my leadership style. Such managers push employees to grow and develop in order to reach their full potential. ” Developing leadership skills is a lifetime project. Such managers push employees to grow and develop in order to reach their full potential.

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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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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Like Jim Collins accomplished in Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t , Peters and Waterman developed a methodology for their study. Hands-on, value-driven leadership. Rob Mathews is the Executive Director of the Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute at Ball University.

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Joseph Lalonde

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Leadership Lessons From Black History Month. George Washington Carver is best known for the techniques he developed to help improve soils depleted by repeated farming. Collin Powell was angry when the French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin attacked the United States position leading up to the Iraq War. Be An Advocate.

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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 16, 2016

It’s been a huge part of my leadership education. Several years later I finally landed my first job in leadership development. One of the things I’ve learned over the years is everyone has leadership development opportunities. Good to Great by Jim Collins. But it’s anything but simple.

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

To be dedicated to human spiritual development is to be dedicated to the race of which we are a part, and this, therefore, means dedication to our own development as well as ‘theirs.'” He didn’t care about the growth and development of anyone else because his inner growth and development had stalled.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

It was an amusing game at a leadership retreat, especially after a few adult beverages. The instructions were simply describe leadership as a highway sign and tell why. What should be the nature and practice of leadership in order for it to be effectively practiced? But the one that stumped us all was Speed Limit 24 MPH.

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Eric Jacobson

JUNE 10, 2014

A couple years ago, I posted the question “ What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To A New Manager ?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Covey Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute The First 90 Days – Michael Watkins The One Minute Manager – Kenneth H.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 21, 2014

and Michael Collins aboard. Earlier American Explorers: Cyrus Durey: Frontiersmen of the Adirondac ks: Economic Development in Early North America (ebook and paperback editions). . . The Leadership of John F. Veterans Day: Remembering Leadership Lessons. Michael Collins Cyrus Durey Edwin e. Armstrong, Edwin E.

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Engaging Leader

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Upgrade from Leadership to Impact appeared first on Engaging Leader. In this episode, Jesse traces the development of influence through three stages: Influence 1.0: Leadership Influence 3.0: In this episode, Jesse traces the development of influence through three stages: Influence 1.0: Leadership Influence 3.0:

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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' Tom Brady’s heart did not show on the draft board.

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Joseph Lalonde

AUGUST 27, 2018

A Reel Leadership Article What do you get when you cross My Big Fat Greek Wedding with a cast of Asians? Crazy Rich Asians is also a great movie to learn leadership lessons from. Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Crazy Rich Asians. – Leadership lessons from Crazy Rich Asians Click To Tweet. He was in to not lose.

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Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2020

What followed next was a quick real-time distillation of long-held thoughts and observations on the nature of true leadership. As we look back on a year when we’ve seen the impact of both stellar and dismal leadership take center stage this feels like a good time to step back and set our bearings for 2021.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 1, 2014

Fortunately, you don’t have to experience every leadership mistake personally in order to grow your skills. Switching from individual contributor role to a leadership role is stressful. With the right planning and attitude, you can avoid all of these leadership failures. Leadership errors and misjudgments are especially painful.

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 28, 2014

The Top 20 Leadership Books: What To Give First To A New Manager. Eighteen months ago, I posted the question “What’s The First Leadership Book You Would Give To a New Manager?” within the discussion forum for the LinkedIn group Linked 2 Leadership. Leadership and Self-Deception – Arbinger Institute.

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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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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Culture Leadership Charge – A Crisis of Respect by @scedmonds. 8 leadership lessons from history via @wef. 3 Indicators You Need to Recharge Your Leadership Battery by @WScottCochrane. Jim Collins: On Leadership In America via @ChiefExecGrp. A Time for Courageous Leadership by @chiprbell via @leadchangegroup.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 23, 2021

The reason I’m writing is to say, thank you, thank you for bringing some light into my leadership management journey. I can’t say I’ve met anyone with your level of understanding for authentic, compassionate leadership. So if you have a leadership or management related question, you can send that to me.

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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. Your service to investors requires that you look for the best successors in leadership roles. Therefore, your organization is best served by looking across the entire company for future leaders.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Thanks and I hope you enjoy the summit… Share and Enjoy: View Comments pinto philip Topic : Next Generation leadership -> How has leadership evolved with changing times , how has the styles changed , why is servant leadership more relevant in todays world. Sounds like an interesting event and line up.

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