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Good to Great

Jim Collins

Business & StrategyProductivity & Habits
Publish date
2001
Publisher
HarperAudio
Description
Jim Collins's management book Good to Great examines a multi-year empirical study of companies that transitioned from average performance to sustained market outperformance over a fifteen-year period. The text outlines a framework for long-term organizational success, identifying shared characteristics such as humble yet driven leadership, rigorous talent management, disciplined strategic focus, and consistent execution. Written for corporate executives, entrepreneurs, managers, and business students, the book provides an analytical perspective on the systemic factors that influence enterprise growth and longevity.
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  1. Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

    Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras

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    Collins's previous research study providing the baseline concepts and visionary framework that Good to Great builds upon.

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  2. Man's Search for Meaning

    Viktor E. Frankl

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    Referenced in discussion of enduring suffering and brutal reality while maintaining ultimate faith (the Stockdale Paradox).

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  3. The Hedgehog and the Fox

    Isaiah Berlin

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    Provides the philosophical essay from which Collins derives the core strategic framework, the Hedgehog Concept.

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  4. The Effective Executive

    Peter F. Drucker

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    Referenced regarding executive decision-making, management discipline, and organizational effectiveness.

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  5. Only the Paranoid Survive

    Andrew S. Grove

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    Cited regarding strategic inflection points and facing brutal market realities directly.

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  6. Leadership Is an Art

    Max De Pree

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    Cited in the exploration of servant leadership and personal humility found in Level 5 leaders.

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  7. In Search of Excellence

    Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman Jr.

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    Cited as a prominent predecessor in business research on sustained organizational performance.

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  8. Competitive Strategy

    Michael E. Porter

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    Referenced when discussing market differentiation, focus, and core economic engines of transition companies.

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  9. My Years with General Motors

    Alfred P. Sloan Jr.

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    Classic corporate study cited regarding executive governance and organizational discipline.

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