An organization is not truly great, if it cannot be great without you.
JAMES C. COLLINSChange your practices without abandoning your core values.
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We learned that a former prisoner of war had more to teach us about what it takes to find a path to greatness than most books on corporate strategy.
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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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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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Not every financial company toppled during the 2008 crisis, and some seized the opportunity to take advantage of weaker competitors in the midst of the tumult.
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Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others: the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.
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The inner experience of fallure is totally different than failure. Going to fallure means 100% commitment – you leave nothing in reserve, no mental or physical resource untapped, you never give yourself a psychological out.
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Everytime you think of it, the idea in your head seems to get more vivid, filled in with more detail:
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Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.
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It occurs to me,Jim,that you spend too much time trying to be interesting. Why don’t you invest more time being interested?” Collin’s advice from John Gardner that he took to heart.
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There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, “We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail.”
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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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I’ve never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity.
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I am completely Socratic.
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Level 5 leaders are fanatically driven, infected with an incurable need to produce sustained results. They are resolved to do whatever it takes to make the company great, no matter how big or hard the decisions.
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By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
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