“The good-to-great leaders never wanted to become larger-than-life heroes. They never aspired to be put on a pedestal or become unreachable icons. They were seemingly ordinary people quietly producing extraordinary results.” — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
“We were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type of leadership required for turning a good company into a great one. Compared to high-profile leaders with big personalities who make headlines and become celebrities, the good-to-great leaders seem to have… — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
“Visionary companies make some of their best moves by experimentation, trial and error, opportunism, and—quite literally—accident. What looks in retrospect like brilliant foresight and… — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
“When you marry operating excellence with innovation, you multiply the value of your creativity.” — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
“wouldn’t that person be even more amazing if, instead of telling the time, he or she built a clock that could tell the time… — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
“Letting the wrong people hang around is unfair to all the right people, as they inevitably find themselves compensating for the inadequacies of the… — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
“Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment Would you capture it? Or just… — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
“When [what you are deeply passionate about, what you can be best in the world at and what drives your economic engine] come together, not only does your work move toward greatness, but so does your life. For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult… — Jim Collins Copy Share
“No, they first got the right people on the bus (and the wrong people off the bus) and then figured out where to drive… — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
“Visionary companies are so clear about what they stand for and what they’re trying to achieve that they simply don’t have room for those… — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
“greatness is first and foremost a matter of conscious choice and discipline.” — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
“if you want to achieve consistent performance, you need both parts of a 20 Mile March: a lower bound and an upper bound, a… — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
“What separates people is not the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life.” — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
“by breakthrough, broken into three broad stages: disciplined people, disciplined thought, and disciplined” — Jim Collins Copy Share Image
