Tony, the Bald Eagle There's no passion settling for a life less than u r capable of living
Got the book
11 months ago
Bought a second hand copy off the net. I will set a goal of reading at least a chapter every 2 days.
How to read "Good to Great"
It made me 
"Excellent -- highly recommended not only for business applications but for life in general."
How I did it: I borrowed the book from a friend, read it in five days. It's a quick read. Very straightforward and practical. Committed it to memory. Now I try to keep the principles in mind.
Lessons & tips: Follow the principles herein as you explore career possibilities.
Resources: Built to Last
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A Great Read
2 years ago
A really interesting book that hit home for me starting a business, but also would be appreciated by anyone who likes business books and company profiles.
~ John Lee ~ setting my sights lower so I can set them higher
Superstar
3 years ago
One of the concepts brought forth in Good to Great is the attitude of the CEO. In researching the book, the authors looked at some great companies and compared them to similiar companies in the same indutry. The CEO made a huge difference in being a great company. For the most part, the good companies had CEO’s who were, or wanted to be Superstars. Think of Lee Iacocca – under his leadership at Chrysler the company did incredibly well. BUT it was all about him. He was in the ads, doing the talk shows, showing up for all sorts of events. He was not however building a management team to take the helm and continue what he was doing. Chrysler wound up being bought out by Daimler-Benz.
Memo to self : don’t be a superstar.
~ John Lee ~ setting my sights lower so I can set them higher
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t
From the Amazon.com review :
Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, “Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?” In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11-including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo-and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn’t require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come.
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I highly recommend this book for...
3 years ago
....anyone who is in business (large or small) or who is stuck hitting singles and wants to try for the fence. :)
In some ways going from good to Great is harder than going from Bad to Great, because there’s an inertia of mediorcrity.
Breaking the mold is hardest when the mold is “pretty good”.
