“Be rigorous about your HR decisions. There is a difference between rigorous and ruthless.” DifferencesDecisionRuthless Author:James C. Collins
“The inner experience of fallure is totally different than failure. Going to fallure means 100% commitment - you leave nothing in reserve, no mental or physical resource untapped, you never give yourself a psychological out. Failure means making a decision to let go, to be less than 100% committed, when confronted by fear, pain and uncertainty.” GivingMeanDifferentPainDecisionLetting GoCommitmentResourcesCommittedPsychologicalUncertaintyReserves Author:James C. Collins
“The main point is first get the right people on the bus (and wrong people off the bus) before you figure out where to drive it. The second key point is the degree of sheer rigor in people decisions in order to take a company from Good to Great.” PeopleFirstsOrderDecisionCompanyFiguresKeysDegreesBusSheerRigorGood To Great Author:James C. Collins
“Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.” MadeStillsDecisionIntentionGood IntentionsBad DecisionDecisions MadeGood To GreatBad Intentions Author:James C. Collins
“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.” InspirationalMatterSuccessTurnsChoicesDecisionBusinessGreatnessDisciplineCircumstancesConsciousFunctionKey To SuccessRoad To SuccessRecipe For SuccessMaking DecisionsPower Of ChoiceDecisions MadeDecisions You MakeChoices And DecisionsGood To GreatBusiness DecisionsGreatness And Leadership Author:James C. Collins
“Smart people instinctively understand the dangers of entrusting our future to self-serving leaders who use our institutions, whether in the corporate or social sectors, to advance their own interests.” PeopleSelfUseSocialInterestDecisionLeaderDangerSmartManagementInstitutionsCorporateServingOur FutureSmart PeopleSelf ServingBusiness ManagementGood To GreatEntrusting Author:James C. Collins
“I've never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity. Significant decisions carry risks and inevitably some will oppose it. In these settings, the great legislative leader must be artful in handling uncomfortable decisions, and this requires rigor.” MadeImportantFoundLeadershipDecisionLeaderRiskOrganizationSignificantSettingSettingsUncomfortableRigorDecisions MadeImportant DecisionsUnanimityGreat Organizations Author:James C. Collins
“Level 5 leaders are fanatically driven, infected with an incurable need to produce sustained results. They are resolved to do whatever it takes to make the company great, no matter how big or hard the decisions.” NeedsMatterHardBigsLeadershipDecisionLevelsResultsCompanyLeaderProduceDrivenDecision MakingWhatever It Takes Author:James C. Collins
“"Growth!" is not a Hedgehog Concept. Rather, if you have the right Hedgehog Concept and make decisions relentlessly consistent with it, you will create such momentum that your main problem will not be how to grow, but how not to grow too fast.” IfsProblemGrowsGrowthDecisionBusinessConceptsConsistentMomentumHedgehogs Author:James C. Collins
