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
life-and-love good-life people
Most people will look back and realize they did not have a great life because it's just so easy to settle for a good life.
leadership organization creative
Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.
perseverance reality discipline
You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, AND at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
mean power greatness
If we only have great companies, we will merely have a prosperous society, not a great one. Economic growth and power are the means, not the definition, of a great nation.
new-year business years
The start of the New Year is a perfect time to start a stop doing list and to make this the cornerstone of your New Year resolutions, be it for your company, your family or yourself. It also is a perfect time to clarify your three circles, mirroring at a personal level the three questions... 1) What are you deeply passionate about? 2) What are you are genetically encoded for - what activities do you feel just "made to do"? 3) What makes economic sense - what can you make a living at?
balance visionaries idealism
A visionary company doesn't simply balance between idealism and profitability: it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable.
tension great-company continuity
Great companies foster a productive tension between continuity and change.
dream passion emotion
Some managers are uncomfotable with expressing emotion about their dreams, but it's the passion and emotion that will attract and motivate others.
self self-control world
You need self-control in an out-of-control world.
keys visionaries reason-why
To have a Welch-caliber C.E.O. is impressive.To have a century of Welch-Caliber C.E.O.'s all grown from the inside - well, that is one key reason why G.E. is a visionary company.
today tomorrow better-tomorrow
How can we do better tomorrow than we did today?
powerful organization people
I see the Baldrige process as a powerful set of mechanisms for disciplined people engaged in disciplined thought and taking disciplined action to create great organizations that produce exceptional results.
goal people vision
People need BHAGs - big hairy audacious goals.
greatness differences leader
Throw leaders into an extreme environment, and it will separate the stark differences between greatness and mediocrity.