James C. Collins
James C. Collins
James C. "Jim" Collins, IIIis an American business consultant, author, and lecturer on the subject of company sustainability and growth...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth25 January 1958
CountryUnited States of America
James C. Collins quotes about
fall greatness ideas
We must reject the idea... Well-intentioned, but dead wrong... That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become "more like a business." Most businesses... Like most of anything else in life... Fall somewhere between mediocre and good.
stars real greatness
If we allow the celebrity rock-star model of leadership to triumph, we will see the decline of corporations and institutions of all types. The twentieth century was a century of greatness, but we face the very real prospect that the next century will see very few enduring great institutions.
morning spring commitment
The kind of commitment I find among the best performers across virtually every field is a single-minded passion for what they do, an unwavering desire for excellence in the way they think and the way they work. Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step.
years months helping
Faith in the endgame helps you live through the months or years of buildup.
ideas people personality
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.
meaningful impossible good-to-great
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.
sports motivational-sports enemy
Good is the enemy of great.
marketing enemy majority
Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great.
perseverance fog years
It took Einstein ten years of groping through the fog to get the theory of special relativity, and he was a bright guy.
humble leader fearless
Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless.
world doe failing
Whether you prevail or fail depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you.
leadership ambition humility
The best CEOs in our research display tremendous ambition for their company combined with the stoic will to do whatever it takes, no matter how brutal (within the bounds of the company's core values), to make the company great. Yet at the same time they display a remarkable humility about themselves, ascribing much of their own success to luck, discipline and preparation rather than personal genius.
responsibility cash-flow blood
In a truly great company profits and cash flow become like blood and water to a healthy body: They are absolutely essential for life but they are not the very point of life
priorities three consciousness
If you have more than three priorities then you don't have any.