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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.
James C. Collins
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James C. Collins
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 25
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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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Indeed, the real question is not, Why greatness? but What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness? if you have to ask the question, Why should we try to make it great? Isn't success enough? then you're probably int he wrong line of work.
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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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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.
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The only way to deliver to the people who are achieving is to not burden them with the people who are not achieving.
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By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
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Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.
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Genius of AND. Embrace both extremes on a number of dimensions at the same time. Instead of choosing a OR B, figure out how to have A AND B-purpose AND profit, continuity AND change, freedom AND responsibility, etc.
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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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In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever.
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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 people who don't have a great life are the ones who settle for a good one.
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The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is inconsistency.
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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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I am completely Socratic.
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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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An organization is not truly great, if it cannot be great without you.
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Get keep right people.
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True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.
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