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
people funny-business good-to-great
Get the right people on the bus and in the right seat.
business responsibility numbers
Genius of AND. Embrace both extremes on a number of dimensions at the same time. Instead of choosing a OR B, figure out how to have A AND B-purpose AND profit, continuity AND change, freedom AND responsibility, etc.
entrepreneur challenges endure
The challenge is not just to build a company that can endure; but to build one that is worthy of enduring.
business mistake people
The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.
good-life school government
Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.
business growth good-to-great
Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.
dream morning real
No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It's the vision you wake up with in the morning, and it's the last thing you picture before you fall asleep. Everytime you think of it, the idea in your head seems to get more vivid, filled in with more detail: You not only want to win a gold medal at the Olympics, you not only can see yourself standing there on the podium, but you can also feel the goose bumps as your national anthem is played; the tears are in your eyes. (That's how real a dream can be and should be)
sweet retirement passion
The secret to a successful retirement is to find your retirement sweet spot. The sweet spot is where your passions, what you do best, and what people will pay you to do overlap.
mistake choices defeat
We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.
business believe greatness
...the question, Why try for greatness? would seem almost tautological. If you're doing something you care that much about, and you believe in its purpose deeply enough, then it is impossible to imagine not trying to make it great. It's just a given.
people looks should
Look, I don't really know where we should take this bus. But I know this much: If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we'll figure out how to take it someplace great.
fundamentals way principles
The only way to remain great is to keep on applying the fundamental principles that made you great.
business real greatness
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 int he wrong line of work.
people
Get keep right people.