“In an ironic twist, I now see Good to Great not as a sequel to Built to Last, but more of a prequel. Good to Great is about how to turn a good organization into one that produces sustained great results. Built to Last is about how you take a company with great results and turn it into an enduring great company of iconic stature.” LastsTurnsResultsCompanyProduceBuiltOrganizationEndureIronicTwistsIconicStatureSequelsGreat CompanyGood To GreatGreat ResultsGood Organization Author:James C. Collins
“In determing "the right people," the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized knowledge, or work experience.” PeopleCharacterCompanyGreaterSkillsWeightEducationalPracticalsBackgroundsAttributesGreat CompanyGood To GreatWork ExperienceEducational BackgroundPractical Skills Author:James C. Collins
“Good-to-great companies set their goals and strategies based on understanding; comparison companies set their goals and strategies based on bravado.” UnderstandingGoalCompanyStrategyComparisonGreat CompanyBravadoGood To Great Author:James C. Collins
“Great companies foster a productive tension between continuity and change.” CompanyTensionProductiveContinuityGreat Company Author:James C. Collins
“If we only have great companies, we will merely have a prosperous society, not a great one. Economic growth and power are the means, not the definition, of a great nation.” IfsMeanNationsGrowthCompanyPowerEconomicGreatnessEconomicsDefinitionsProsperousEconomic GrowthGreat OnesGreat NationsGreat Company Author:James C. Collins
“In a truly great company profits and cash flow become like blood and water to a healthy body: They are absolutely essential for life but they are not the very point of life” BodyWaterBusinessResponsibilityCompanyBloodHealthyEssentialsEconomicsFlowManagementProfitCashSocial ResponsibilityHealthy BodyGreat CompanyCash FlowCorporate Social Responsibility Author:James C. Collins
“For no matter what we achieve, if we don't spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly have a great life. But if we spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect - people we really enjoy being on the bus with and who will never disappoint us - then we will almost certainly have a great life, no matter where the bus goes. The people we interviewed from the good-to-great companies clearly loved what they did, largely because they loved who they did it with.” PeopleIfsMatterEnjoyWorkBusinessCompanyAchieveNo Matter WhatMajorityOur TimeBusDisappointLove And RespectGreat CompanyRespect PeopleGood To Great Author:James C. Collins
“Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others: the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.” PeopleEnoughGrowthAbilityBusinessCompanyTechnologyOne ThingProductsUltimateCompetitionGreat CompanyThrottle Author:James C. Collins
“Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It's not that Level 5 leaders have no ego or self-interest. Indeed, they are incredibly ambitious-but their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, not themselves.” NeedsFirstsSelfGoalInterestLevelsCompanyLeaderBuildingEgoAmbitionInstitutionsAmbitiousSelf InterestGreat CompanyGood To Great Author:James C. Collins
“A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.” OpportunityBusinessCompanyGreat Company Author:James C. Collins
“It may seem odd to talk about something as soft and fuzzy as "passion" as an integral part of a strategic framework. But throughout the good-to-great companies, passion became a key part of the Hedgehog Concept.” MaySeemsPassionBusinessCompanyKeysConceptsOddFrameworkStrategicFuzzyGreat CompanyGood To GreatHedgehogs Author:James C. Collins
“Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.” GrowthBusinessCompanyFocusedGreat CompanyGood To Great Author:James C. Collins
