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Don't take care of your career. Take care of your people. They will take care of your career.

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James C. Collins
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 25
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The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is inconsistency.
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The critical question is not whether you'll have luck, but what you do with the luck that you get.
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Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great.
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It's what you do before you are in trouble, so that you can be strong when people most need you.
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The most effective leaders of companies in transition are the quiet, unassuming people whose inner wiring is such that the worst circumstances bring out their best. They're unflappable, they're ready to die if they have to. But you can trust that, when bad things are happening, they will become clearheaded and focused.
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Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.
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By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
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We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.
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Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless.
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The only way to remain great is to keep on applying the fundamental principles that made you great.
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I see the Baldrige process as a powerful set of mechanisms for disciplined people engaged in disciplined thought and taking disciplined action to create great organizations that produce exceptional results.
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Profit is like oxygen, food, water, and blood for the body they are not the point of life, but without them, there is no life.
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Change your practices without abandoning your core values.
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Start a 'Stop Doing' list. I'll leave it as an existential dilemma on whether to put that task on your To Do list
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It took Einstein ten years of groping through the fog to get the theory of special relativity, and he was a bright guy.
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If we allow the celebrity rock-star model of leadership to triumph, we will see the decline of corporations and institutions of all types. The twentieth century was a century of greatness, but we face the very real prospect that the next century will see very few enduring great institutions.
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To have a Welch-caliber C.E.O. is impressive.To have a century of Welch-Caliber C.E.O.'s all grown from the inside - well, that is one key reason why G.E. is a visionary company.
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Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.
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