“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”
― James C. Collins
Leadership
May 20, 2015 by
“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.”
― James C. Collins
Competence
May 19, 2015 by
“Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.”
― James C. Collins
Character
May 18, 2015 by
“What separates people, Stockdale taught me, is not the presence or absence of difficulty, but how they deal with the inevitable difficulties of life.”
― James C. Collins
Communication
May 17, 2015 by
“Indeed, the real question is not, “Why greatness?” but “What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness?” If you have to ask the question, “Why should we try to make it great? Isn’t success enough?” then you’re probably engaged in the wrong line of work.”
― James C. Collin
Confidence
May 16, 2015 by
“You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit.
—Harry S. Truman”
Leadership
May 15, 2015 by
“The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you’ve made a hiring mistake.”
― James C. Collins
Customer Service
May 14, 2015 by
“The way to grow your business is to focus entirely on your existing customers. Just thrill them, and they’ll tell everyone.”
Derek Sivers
Customer Service
May 13, 2015 by
“You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology, not the other way around.”
Steve Jobs – The customer, not technology, must be the core of your strategy.
Leadership
May 13, 2015 by
“When you have disciplined thought, you don’t need bureaucracy. When you have disciplined action, you don’t need excessive controls.”
― James C. Collins,
“Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.”
― Napoleon Hill