Tag Archive: leadership

Good to Great #4: The Hedgehog Concept

In the book Good to Great, Jim Collins discovers that great companies from his study all had a similar approach to their business, an approach that lead them to greatness. Collins calls this… Continue reading

Good to Great #3: Confront the Brutal Facts

What it Means to Confront the Brutal Facts? In Good to Great, Jim Collins explains that successful organizations first start with an honest discussion of the environment in which they exist, what are… Continue reading

Good to Great #2: First Who, Then What

Key Points from the Book Good to Great on the Principle of First Who, Then What With any team, organization, or company it is more important to get the right people on board… Continue reading

Good to Great #1: Level 5 Leadership and Changing the World

What is Level 5 Leadership? Level 5 leadership, as Jim Collins explains it in his book Good to Great, refers to a person who is ambitious and driven first for the cause, for… Continue reading

Blowing on a dying coal.

  After many life changing events, to include the passing of my father, the birth of a child, and moving my family not only across the Pacific Ocean but across the United States,… Continue reading