Book Review: Good to Great by Jim Collins: Learn how companies achieve excellence
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Taking a company from being good to being great is no mean feat, but luckily Collins has outlined some interesting concepts to help business owners take the next step towards greatness. From becoming a level 5 leader to improving your way of thinking and acting, Good to Great provides all the advice you need to help your organisation flourish and grow. The book has been translated into 32 languages and has featured on many bestseller lists, including those of the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, for several months, proving the incredible success of this business book. Collins owns his own management research centre and has often collaborated with large-scale organisations such as CNN and the Marine Corps of the United States, who have benefitted from his profound knowledge and entrepreneurial mindset.
This book review and analysis is perfect for:
• Anyone looking to take their organisation to the next level
• Anyone who wishes to improve their leadership skills
• Anyone who is interested in Collins’ thought-provoking research in the management field
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A company can get good results, but how can it achieve excellent results? In the modern competitive environment, is good not actually an enemy of excellence, contrary to the belief that the best are enemies of the good? This seems to be the thesis of Jim Collins, a former Stanford professor, in his book Good to Great, published in 2001.
For five years, the author and his research team tried to uncover the mechanisms for conversion to extraordinary performance. To do this, they selected 11 companies rated as excellent and chosen for their results that are well above others in the market, and compared them to their competitors. The result raises many questions: far from relying on vivid strategies led by charismatic leaders with a strong sense of communication, moving to excellence is done gradually, with tact, and driven by discrete leaders with unrivalled determination.
By forging a unique and refreshing vision of excellence, we are able to debunk the clichés. However, more than simply building a new design excellence, Collins and his colleagues were able to isolate the criteria that will enable you to