Not all time in life is equal. How many opportunities do you get to talk about what your life is going to… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
Get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats... — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
Profit is like oxygen, food, water, and blood for the body; they are not the point of life, but without them, there… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“to create great results requires a nearly fanatical dedication to the idea of consistency within the Hedgehog Concept.” — James C. Collins Consistency Copy Share Image
Just because a company falls doesn't invalidate what we can learn by studying that company when it was at its historical best. — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
“Level 5 leaders: ambition first and foremost for the company and concern for its success rather than for one’s own riches and… — James C. Collins Ambition Copy Share Image
“If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“Recognize that getting a Hedgehog Concept is an inherently iterative process, not an event.” — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
A visionary company doesn't simply balance between idealism and profitability: it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable. A visionary company… — James C. Collins Balance Copy Share Image
We must reject the idea... Well-intentioned, but dead wrong... That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become… — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
Smart people instinctively understand the dangers of entrusting our future to self-serving leaders who use our institutions, whether in the corporate or… — James C. Collins Business management Copy Share Image
To have a Welch-caliber C.E.O. is impressive.To have a century of Welch-Caliber C.E.O.'s all grown from the inside - well, that is… — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
“The fact that something is a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” is irrelevant, unless it fits within the three circles. A great company will have… — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
“2. Core purpose is an organization’s most fundamental reason for being. It should not be confused with the company’s current product lines… — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
“Level 5 leaders look out the window to apportion credit to factors outside themselves when things go well (and if they cannot… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“It is very important to grasp that Level 5 leadership is not just about humility and modesty. It is equally about ferocious… — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
Whether you prevail or fail depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you. — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
Some managers are uncomfotable with expressing emotion about their dreams, but it's the passion and emotion that will attract and motivate others. — James C. Collins Dream Copy Share Image
The only way to deliver to the people who are achieving is to not burden them with the people who are not… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
It took Einstein ten years of groping through the fog to get the theory of special relativity, and he was a bright… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
It is more important to know who you are than where you are going, for where you are going will change as… — James C. Collins Change Copy Share Image
“You can’t manufacture passion or “motivate” people to feel passionate. You can only discover what ignites your passion and the passions of… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
Start a 'Stop Doing' list. I'll leave it as an existential dilemma on whether to put that task on your To Do… — James C. Collins Dilemma Copy Share Image
The critical question is not whether you'll have luck, but what you do with the luck that you get. — James C. Collins Choices Copy Share Image
Throw leaders into an extreme environment, and it will separate the stark differences between greatness and mediocrity. — James C. Collins Differences Copy Share Image
Focusing solely on what you can potentially do better than any other organization is the only path to greatness. — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
Good-to-great companies set their goals and strategies based on understanding; comparison companies set their goals and strategies based on bravado. — James C. Collins Bravado Copy Share Image
“It is simply a manifestation of the “first who” principle: It’s not how you compensate your executives, it’s which executives you have… — James C. Collins Executives Copy Share Image
Creative leadership impact increases in your 50's. When I turn 50 I want to say, "Nice start!" — James C. Collins Creative 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
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
“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
We learned that a former prisoner of war had more to teach us about what it takes to find a path to… — James C. Collins Book Copy Share Image
“Peter Drucker once observed that the drive for mergers and acquisitions comes less from sound reasoning and more from the fact that… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“companies more than ever need to have a clear understanding of their purpose in order to make work meaningful and thereby attract,… — James C. Collins Business Copy Share Image
Recruit entrepreneurial leaders and give them freedom to determine the best path to achieving their objectives. On the other hand, individuals must… — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
