Business book summary #8: “Good to Great” by Jim Collins

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Title: Good to Great

Author: Jim Collins

Suggested by: Tim Morin

Question it answers: Why some companies make the leap to greatness, and others don’t.

Why you should care: In a time of radical change, a return to the basics will prevent “shiny object syndrome”, and prepare you for the good times ahead as we pull out of these difficult times.

Tagged as: businessbooksummary, goodtogreat, jim collins, Leadership, readitforme

  • marc
    Jim Collins book is good but not great. It is vague and looking back at the content he seems to be off in his research. 3 of his 11 companies imploded-Circuit City, Fannie Mae and Gilette. Humility is over rated in Level 5.
  • cynthia
    Super great summary. Thanks
  • douglassemenick
    can we get this on pod casts?
  • You sure can. Type "readitfor.me" into the search box in iTunes and it should be the only result. Let me know how that works for you.
  • Yves Beaudoin MBA
    Excellent «résumé»!

    Thanks!
  • Ash
    Thanks again Steve -

    I appreciate these wee summaries very much.

    Sorry to be a pedant, but...

    You can persevere TO (until) the the end, but it doesn't really make sense to say that you will preserve IN the end:

    persevere |ˌpərsəˈvi(ə)r|
    verb [ intrans. ]
    continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success : his family persevered with his treatment.

    Keep up the great work - I'd like to recommend William Isaacs 'Dialogue and the art of thinking together" for precis

    with all good wishes
    Ash
  • steve
    Ash - thanks for the kind words! Thanks for pointing out that mistake - I resolve to use persevere correctly in all future episodes ;-)
  • Love the way you have not only distilled the book, but have added your gems of insights to it as well. This is more than good, it is great!
  • steve
    Thanks Moses - I'm glad you enjoyed it.
  • The best business book written this decade. It is required reading at our company.
  • steve
    It's certainly one of my favourites, and gives lots of food for thought. I think should be required reading at ALL companies.
  • Rob E
    Steve,
    Great summary, brought it all back for me.Particularly timely in light of our economic reality...He should have taken your calll...If he had ,he would have said " Great Job"!
  • steve
    Thanks Rob! I agree - in light of our economic reality (and also the technological reality) this really is a great return to the foundations of what we do.
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