Review: Good to Great by Jim Collins
Mike Hurley
Summary: The author examines why some companies, after a stint of being good, make the quantum leap to greatness. Not your typical business drivel. Well conceived and thoroughly documented. Every CEO should be beaten by their employees, with this book, until they read it.
Comments: Damn… No, DAMN! I hated to finish this book… The first business book I almost cried at the end. Our grandchildren will study this in their MBA classes. Perhaps their grandchildren. You owe it to them to stop whatever you are reading NOW! And GO GET THIS BOOK. (To my TEC brethren, you got it SO R-E-A-D IT) You too will cry. Ok, enough emotion, this is a business book after all.
Concepts like “first who, then what”, Level 5 leadership, The Hedgehog Concept (YES!) and the flywheel and doom loop make this book innovative and viciously engaging. Are the organizations that you work for good? Would they stand up when the “good-to-great” spotlight was shined upon them. You know, I would like to build on my earlier comment. I think all the authors of business books should be beaten with this book until they write something comparable.
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