It may seem odd to talk about something as soft and fuzzy as “passion” as an integral part of a strategic framework. But throughout the good-to-great companies, passion became a key part of the Hedgehog Concept.
JAMES C. COLLINSIt’s what you do before you are in trouble, so that you can be strong when people most need you.
More James C. Collins Quotes
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Level 5 leaders are differentiated from other levels of leaders in that they have a wonderful blend of personal humility combined with extraordinary professional will.
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I am completely Socratic.
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I’ve never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity.
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It’s what you do before you are in trouble, so that you can be strong when people most need you.
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The secret to a successful retirement is to find your retirement sweet spot. The sweet spot is where your passions, what you do best, and what people will pay you to do overlap.
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In a truly great company profits and cash flow become like blood and water to a healthy body: They are absolutely essential for life but they are not the very point of life
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Built to Last is about how you take a company with great results and turn it into an enduring great company of iconic stature.
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Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.
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Creativity dies in an indisciplined environment.
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Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.
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No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It’s the vision you wake up with in the morning, and it’s the last thing you picture before you fall asleep.
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The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you’ve made a hiring mistake. The best people don’t need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.
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Creative leadership impact increases in your 50’s. When I turn 50 I want to say, “Nice start!”
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We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.
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Profit is like oxygen, food, water, and blood for the body; they are not the point of life, but without them, there is no life.
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