James C. Collins Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.”
-- James C. CollinsSource : "Turn on, tune in - or drown in a sea of mediocrity" by Simon Caulkin, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2006.
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“Good is the enemy of great. That's why so few things become great.”
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“That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.”
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“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”
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“Get the right people on the bus and in the right seat.”
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“In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever.”
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“Creativity dies in an indisciplined environment.”
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“I don't know where we should take this company, but I do know that if I start with the right people, ask them the right questions, and engage them in vigorous debate, we will find a way to make this company great.”
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“Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.”
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“For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.”
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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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“The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.”
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“Consider the idea that charisma can be as much a liability as an asset. Your strength of personality can sow the seeds of problems, when people filter the brutal facts from you.”
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“A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.”
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“"Growth!" is not a Hedgehog Concept. Rather, if you have the right Hedgehog Concept and make decisions relentlessly consistent with it, you will create such momentum that your main problem will not be how to grow, but how not to grow too fast.”
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“Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.”
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“It may seem odd to talk about something as soft and fuzzy as "passion" as an integral part of a strategic framework. But throughout the good-to-great companies, passion became a key part of the Hedgehog Concept.”
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“The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.”
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“Genius of AND. Embrace both extremes on a number of dimensions at the same time. Instead of choosing a OR B, figure out how to have A AND B-purpose AND profit, continuity AND change, freedom AND responsibility, etc.”
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“Level 5 leaders are differentiated from other levels of leaders in that they have a wonderful blend of personal humility combined with extraordinary professional will. Understand that they are very ambitious; but their ambition, first and foremost, is for the company's success. They realize that the most important step they must make to become a Level 5 leader is to subjugate their ego to the company's performance. When asked for interviews, these leaders will agree only if it's about the company and not about them.”
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“Dreams make you click, juice you, turn you on, excite the living daylights out of you. You cannot wait to get out of bed to continue pursuing your dream. The kind of dream I'm talking about gives meaning to your life. it is the ultimate motivator.”
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“Whether you prevail or fail depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you.”
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“The only way to deliver to the people who are achieving is to not burden them with the people who are not achieving.”
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“Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.”
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“The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is inconsistency.”
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“Look, I don't really know where we should take this bus. But I know this much: If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we'll figure out how to take it someplace great.”
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“In an ironic twist, I now see Good to Great not as a sequel to Built to Last, but more of a prequel. Good to Great is about how to turn a good organization into one that produces sustained great results. Built to Last is about how you take a company with great results and turn it into an enduring great company of iconic stature.”
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“The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.”
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“Leaders who led their organizations quietly and humbly, were much more effective than flashy, charismatic high profile leaders.”
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“The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconstancy. The signature of greatness is a disciplined and consistent focus on the right things.”
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