True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to. — James C. Collins Freedom Copy Share Image
The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive. — James C. Collins Mistake Copy Share Image
The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency. — James C. Collins Consistency Copy Share Image
Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless. — James C. Collins Duality Copy Share Image
“The good-to-great leaders understood three simple truths. First, if you begin with “who,” rather than “what,” you can more easily adapt to… — James C. Collins Great leader Copy Share Image
“The best people don’t need to be managed. Guided, taught, led—yes. But not tightly managed.” — James C. Collins Leader Copy Share Image
The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is inconsistency. — James C. Collins Inconsistency Copy Share Image
I am not failing - I am growing! Do you have the ability to reframe failure as growth in order to achieve… — James C. Collins Ability Copy Share Image
In a truly great company profits and cash flow become like blood and water to a healthy body: They are absolutely essential… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated… — James C. Collins Compulsion Copy Share Image
Not every financial company toppled during the 2008 crisis, and some seized the opportunity to take advantage of weaker competitors in the… — James C. Collins Advantage Copy Share Image
Be rigorous about your HR decisions. There is a difference between rigorous and ruthless. — James C. Collins Decision Copy Share Image
First figure out your partners, then figure out what ideas to pursue. The most important thing isn't the market you target, the… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“If you have the right people on the bus, they will be self-motivated. The real question then becomes: How do you manage… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
Look, I don't really know where we should take this bus. But I know this much: If we get the right people… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“A culture of discipline involves a duality. On the one hand, it requires people who adhere to a consistent system; yet, on… — James C. Collins Culture Copy Share Image
Level 5 leaders are fanatically driven, infected with an incurable need to produce sustained results. They are resolved to do whatever it… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“The “yes-men” problem is mentioned here. The author says that even though “yes-people” can be pleasing to a leader, they will be… — James C. Collins Books Copy Share Image
“Those who built the visionary companies wisely understood that it is better to understand who you are than where you are going—for… — James C. Collins Visionary Copy Share Image
The kind of commitment I find among the best performers across virtually every field is a single-minded passion for what they do,… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
It's more important than ever to define yourself in terms of what you stand for rather than what you make, because what… — James C. Collins Ability Copy Share Image
“Compare Bethlehem Steel to Nucor. Both companies operated in the steel industry and produced hard-to-differentiate products. Both companies faced the competitive challenge… — James C. Collins Different views Copy Share Image
“But if we spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect—people we really enjoy being on the… — James C. Collins Early love Copy Share Image
You must ask, "What do we mean by great results?" Your goals don't have to be quantifiable, but they do have to… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
For no matter what we achieve, if we don't spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect,… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“David Maxwell, like Darwin Smith and Colman Mockler, exemplified a key trait of Level 5 leaders: ambition first and foremost for the… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It's the vision you… — James C. Collins Anthem Copy Share Image
“if we don’t spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly have a great… — James C. Collins Great life Copy Share Image
“Even though many people think that being a great leader means being ambitious and having a certain reputation, this is not true… — James C. Collins Ambitious Copy Share Image
The only way to remain great is to keep on applying the fundamental principles that made you great. — James C. Collins Fundamental principles Copy Share Image
A visionary company doesn't simply balance between idealism and profitability: it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable. — James C. Collins Balance Copy Share Image
It's what you do before you are in trouble, so that you can be strong when people most need you. — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“under the right conditions, the problems of commitment, alignment, motivation, and change just melt away. They largely take care of themselves.” — James C. Collins Commitment Copy Share Image
Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step. — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconstancy. The signature of greatness is a disciplined and consistent focus on the right things. — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“As people decide among themselves to turn the fact of potential into the fact of results, the goal almost sets itself.” — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“Second, if you have the right people on the bus, the problem of how to motivate and manage people largely goes away.” — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
