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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
Good to Great Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't
Author: Jim Collins
The Challenge Built to Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. — But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre com...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780066620992
ISBN-10: 0066620996
Publication Date: 10/2001
Pages: 320
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  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 103 ratings
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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Trey avatar reviewed Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't on + 260 more book reviews
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Y'know, I can see the previous reviewer's point, but I don't agree with it.

Good to Great was started to answer the question of what makes super performing companies (criteria detailed in the book - I'm not going to retype them here) different from comparable companies in the same industry. The answer is by and large common sense - identifying core competencies, how to be paid for them, confronting unpleasant facts regularly and similar things. All of them pretty much common sense. However, the book goes a long way towards proving common sense isn't.

My biggest 'issue' with the book is Mr. Collins apparent antipathy towards the cult of the rockstar leader and the merger, however, history (and The Economist) go a long way towards supporting him.

The only problem with the book is by comparing my employer against the characteristics of a Great company I know it will never make the leap and I want to polish up my resume.

Recommended and one worth re-reading.
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reviewed Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't on + 13 more book reviews
About three chapters longer than it needed to be, but (still) an interesting read. Principles could be applied to businesses, churches, and other organizations.
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Good book! Truth! Inspiring! Motivating!
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Helpful principles backed by solid research


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