Good to Great – Jim Collins
Just finished the Audio Book for Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t. First let me say this, audiobooks are now going to be my chief way of “reading” leadership/management books. Using Windoze Media Player you can play it on fast and be done with these things in no time. I mean, it’s not like I am taking notes and completing essays on these things.
Second, it is great to let the Holy Ghost control your reading list. nuff said
There are some great concepts in this book. One was that when many companies make the turn from good to great, often times, it was not because of the things that they started doing, it was the things they stopped doing. They got focused on things they could be the best in the world at.
On top of that, they were fanatical about having the right people on board more than they were about making sure they were going in the right direction. The reasoning was that if the leaders understood the ultimate goal then they would do everything in their power to make sure the company was successful. Folks who did not understand the goal, were unable to lead toward that goal, or were downright lazy were quickly fired. Rates of attrition were not as important as only having people in leadership who could get you moving toward the goal.
Lots of other good stuff in the book and it confirmed much of what God has been talking to me about lately. Glad I didn’t have to read 300 pages to find that out.
