A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities. — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
If you have a charismatic cause you don't need to be a charismatic leader. — James C. Collins Causes Copy Share Image
Change your practices without abandoning your core values. — James C. Collins Change Copy Share Image
Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth. — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
Resilency, not perfection, is the signature of greatness. — James C. Collins Excellence Copy Share Image
People are not your most important asset…the right people are. — James C. Collins Assets Copy Share Image
You absolutely must have the discipline not to hire until you find the right people. — James C. Collins Discipline 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
Most people will look back and realize they did not have a great life because it's just so easy to settle for… — James C. Collins Easy Copy Share Image
“He did not understand—until it was too late—what one university president called the reality of tenured faculty: “A thousand points of no.” — James C. Collins University President Copy Share Image
Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity...are motivated more by the fear of being left behind. — James C. Collins Behinds Copy Share Image
How can you succeed by helping others succeed? We succeed at our very best only when we help others succeed. — James C. Collins Help others Copy Share Image
“THE “FLYWHEEL EFFECT” The good-to-great companies understood a simple truth: Tremendous power exists in the fact of continued improvement and the delivery… — James C. Collins Simple truth Copy Share Image
Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure. — James C. Collins Failure Copy Share Image
“No company can grow revenues consistently faster than its ability to get enough of the right people to implement that growth and… — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
The secret to a successful retirement is to find your retirement sweet spot. The sweet spot is where your passions, what you… — James C. Collins Passion Copy Share Image
You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, AND at the same… — James C. Collins Adversity Copy Share Image
Comparison, a great teacher once told me, is the cardinal sin of modern life. It traps us in a game that we… — James C. Collins Can't win Copy Share Image
If we allow the celebrity rock-star model of leadership to triumph, we will see the decline of corporations and institutions of all… — James C. Collins Century Copy Share Image
Indeed, the real question is not, "Why greatness?" but "What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness?" if you… — James C. Collins Asks Copy Share Image
“Merck • Corporate social responsibility • Unequivocal excellence in all aspects of the company • Science-based innovation • Honesty and integrity •… — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We… — James C. Collins Exhilaration Copy Share Image
“The evidence does not support the idea that you need an outside leader to come in and shake up the place to… — James C. Collins Change Copy Share Image
“Asked to paint a picture of the company in 20 years, the executives mentioned such things as “on the cover of Business… — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
The start of the New Year is a perfect time to start a stop doing list and to make this the cornerstone… — James C. Collins Activity Copy Share Image
“That said, however, we did notice one particularly provocative form of economic insight that every good-to-great company attained, the notion of a… — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
Our findings do not represent a quick fix, or the next fashion statement in a long string of management fads, or the… — James C. Collins Building Copy Share Image
The best CEOs in our research display tremendous ambition for their company combined with the stoic will to do whatever it takes,… — James C. Collins Ambition Copy Share Image
“Throughout our research, we were continually reminded of the “hardiness” research studies done by the International Committee for the Study of Victimization.… — James C. Collins Cancer patients Copy Share Image
If I were running a company today, I would have one priority above all others: to acquire as many of the best… — James C. Collins Ability Copy Share Image
“If it’s not core, change it! Once you are clear about the core ideology, you should feel free to change absolutely anything… — James C. Collins Change Copy Share Image
The difference between a good leader and a great leader is humility. — James C. Collins Differences Copy Share Image
The greatest leaders build organizations that, in the end, don't need them. — James C. Collins Ends Copy Share Image
The x factor of a great leader is humility combined with will. — James C. Collins Factors Copy Share Image
