Jim Collins
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition Stephen R. Covey with Sean Covey Simon & Schuster (May 2020) A classic of personal growth even more valuable today than it was when first published in 1989 First of…
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I now share a recent head’s up from Jim Collins in the form of a brief YouTube video during which he explains one of his most important concepts: The Stockdale Paradox. Here is a direct link. To check out a…
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Cracking the Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders Alain Hunkins Wiley (March 2020) “Your title identies you as a manager; your people make you a leader.” Donna Dubinsky Although Amazon now offers more than 100,000 books on leadership,…
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Evidence-Based Recruiting: How to Build a Company of Star Performers Through Systematic and Repeatable Hiring Practices Atta Tarki McGraw Hill (January 2020 “The team with the best players wins.” Jack Welch My own opinion is that the team with the…
Read MoreLeonard Marcus is a trailblazer in leadership studies and teaching. Shortly after 9/11, the federal government asked him and the Kennedy School’s David Gergen to establish the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative (NPLI) at Harvard University. The purpose: to study critical…
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Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great Jim Collins HarperCollins (2019) How to generate and then sustain momentum of your organization’s flywheel Over the years, I have read and reviewed all of Jim Collins’ books and interviewed…
Read MoreGreat at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More Morten Hansen Simon & Schuster (January 2018) How and why “seven practices upend conventional thinking about how you should work” Note: Every so often, I recycle a…
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A 12th century French monk, Bernard of Chartres, once observed that he “stood on the shoulders of giants.” Since 1999, I have reviewed about 3,600 business books (for Amazon US, UK, and Canada) and interviewed about 650 thought leaders. Those…
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Growing Influence: A Story of How to Lead with Character, Expertise, and Impact Ron Price and Stacy Ennis Greenleaf Book Group Press (September 2018) “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” …
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Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras on Building Your Company’s Vision
Here is an excerpt from an article by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras, one of the most popular ever published by Harvard Business Review. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription…
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