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James C. Collins
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 25
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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.
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Those fortunate enough to find or create a practical intersection of the three circles have the basis for a great work life.
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The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.
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Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity...are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.
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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.
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If I'm going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.
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If you have a charismatic cause you don't need to be a charismatic leader.
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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.
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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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Don't take care of your career. Take care of your people. They will take care of your career.
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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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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.
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The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is inconsistency.
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You can't manufacture passion or motivate people to feel passionate. You can only discover what ignites your passion and the passions of those around you.
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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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By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
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Consider the idea that charisma can be as much a liability as an asset. Your strength of personality can sow the seeds of problems, when people filter the brutal facts from you.
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Good-to-great companies set their goals and strategies based on understanding comparison companies set their goals and strategies based on bravado.
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Change your practices without abandoning your core values.
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Just because a company falls doesn't invalidate what we can learn by studying that company when it was at its historical best.
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