Schumpeter: The cult of the faceless boss Nov 13, 2009
Jim Collins, one of America s most popular gurus, argues that the best chief executives are not flamboyant visionaries but humble, self-effacing, diligent and resolute souls. Business journalists have taken to producing glowing profiles of self-effacing and self-denying bosses such as Haruka Nishimatsu, the boss of Japan Airlines, who travels to work on the bus and pays himself less than his pilots, and Mike Eskew, the former boss of UPS, who flew coach and shares an administrative assistant... (The Economist)
Jim Collins analyses why great cos fall & how to arrest their decline Nov 13, 2009
Why great companies fall and how to arrest their decline: Jim Collins- Corporate Dossier-Features-The Economic Times ... Why great companies fall and how to arrest their decline: Jim Collins13 Nov 2009, 0546 hrs IST, Priyanka Sangani , ET Bureau ... It is the study of this contrast that m Collins Jim Collins finds intriguing. (India Times)
Walking in my shoes Oct 24, 2009
As Jim Collins, author of "Good to Great" would say, First who, then what. He would also say that you must avoid being the Fox who pursues many ends, knows many things and is scattered, pre-occupied and always contradictory. (Nogales International, AZ)
Schumpeter: The three habits... Oct 23, 2009
Jim Collins has written a succession of books celebrating the great and the good of the corporate world. In search of rigour. (The Economist)
Four-story treehouse, discord rise in Worcester neighborhood Oct 20, 2009
(Jim Collins/ Worcester Telegram & Gazette). By Globe Staff / October 20, 2009. (Boston Globe)
Management idea: The halo effect Oct 15, 2009
That is the principal flaw in the research of Jim Collins s Good to Great , Collins and Porras s Built to Last , and many other studies going back to Peters and Waterman s In Search of Excellence. They claim to have identified the drivers of company performance, but they have mainly shown the way that high performers are described. (The Economist)
Come see for yourself Oct 10, 2009
10:11 am October 9, 2009, by Sekou Smith. You can catch Al Horford on Twitter anytime and at the Hawks' free public practice Saturday at Philips Arena. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Michael Trafton Oct 10, 2009
Good to Great by Jim Collins. Worst habit. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Hawks Blog: Saturday practice open to public Oct 10, 2009
Come see for yourself: Saturday's Hawks practice is open and free to public. Come see for yourself. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Google Refines Search Results To Counter Microsoft Oct 2, 2009
"Everything leads up to a possible abduction, and that's the way we're treating this," said Laurel's Public Information Officer Jim Collins. 16. (W-USA News, DC)
Singer-songwriter from Edith finds a new desire to create - and a new band Sep 25, 2009
What she and her group - which includes guitarist Matt Magee, bassist Jim Collins, and drummer Scott Rogers - also know about is melody and hooks, and where to put them. Mouth to Mouth sounds like an unselfconscious tonic for tough times. (Boston Globe)
Ark. football player, 16, gets his 'last game' Sep 17, 2009
"Just like he was coming home from football practice," said local funeral home worker Jim Collins. Yellville-Summit High School football games bring the town together to sip hot chocolate in foam cups, cheer touchdowns and commiserate about losses. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
The good, the bad and the ugly in the City of Nogales Sep 12, 2009
In the book Good to Great by Jim Collins, he defines a Level 5 Leadership as. compared to high-profile leaders with big personalities who make headlines and become celebrities, the good-to-great leaders seem to have come from Mars. (Nogales International, AZ)
Are Management Consultants Necessary? Aug 24, 2009
Take Good to Great author Jim Collins his entire language is about how a company can transcend its limitations, and how a company or an individual can be motivated to succeed. My complaint is there are better, more eloquent, more far-seeing humanists. (Time.com)
Final Weekend Of Clunkers Program Draws Big Crowds Aug 24, 2009
At Toyota Direct in Columbus, Ohio, employees were told to double- and triple-check paperwork so it wouldn't be rejected for reimbursement, said Jim Collins, the dealership's assistant general manager. Sales picked up on Saturday, though the dealership had only 20 new cars eligible for sale under the program. (Click2Houston, TX)
First Monday Aug 4, 2009
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim , Good to Great by Jim Collins and Managing the Professional Service Firm by David Maister ... "Business strategy, hands down. If you ever find me sitting by a pool (unlikely, but it could happen), I'm likely to be reading something by David Maister or Jim Collins.". (USA Today -- Money)
Big lesson in corporate direction Aug 1, 2009
How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In Author: Jim Collins Publisher: HarperCollins. ITS utterly fitting that Jim Collins has come up with this book. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Carroll: Stages of business decline mimicked by ethical lapses Jul 26, 2009
Management guru and author Jim Collins, who gave us "Built to Last" (1997) and "Good to Great" (2001) - two of the most popular books written about business performance - now has published a new book titled "How the Mighty Fall" (2009). In the first two books, Collins chronicled how companies became great and succeeded. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Innovation Summer Reading List Jul 16, 2009
cover star Jim Collins warns against bloated, complacent company culture in. Insistent Innovation. (BusinessWeek)
Ex-City College chancellor leaves current job Jul 10, 2009
Jim Collins, lawyer for Blomquist, said he believed his client "has never done anything intentionally wrong." Herman's lawyer, Michael Sweet, said: "He'll be proven innocent.". The three educators are supposed to surrender on their arrest warrants by Tuesday. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Business.view: Good to great to gone Jul 8, 2009
Jim Collins, a management guru, ponders business failure. ONE of the keys to being an inspirational management speaker is not to dwell too long on the negative. (The Economist)
Winders: No truth, beauty in American business Jun 28, 2009
Two books - published more than a decade apart - crossed my desk last week: "If Aristotle Ran General Motors" by Tom Morris and "How the Mighty Fall" by Jim Collins ... Two books - published more than a decade apart - crossed my desk last week: "If Aristotle Ran General Motors" by Tom Morris and "How the Mighty Fall" by Jim Collins ... Maybe so, if you believe Jim Collins in his book, "How the Mighty Fall.". (Athens Banner-Herald)
Why even the mightiest companies fall Jun 21, 2009
Jim Collins, author of such popular business books as Built to Last and Good to Great, thinks not. Collins believes every enterprise is vulnerable. (Boston Globe)
Accept Nothing Less Than Excellence Jun 5, 2009
In Jim Collins' best selling book, Good to Great, one of his premises is that good is really the enemy of great; that if we are willing to settle for good, we will never achieve greatness. I agree that to hit the Champion level as an Agent, you can't be satisfied with mid-level skills, abilities, and mindset. (RealtyTimes)
Know your masters: Jim Collins Jun 5, 2009
Education: Business Administration and Mathematical Sciences from Stanford University. Claim to Fame: Once a professor at Stanford Business School, Collins shot into the limelight when he expanded his research to publish it as Built to Last, on what it takes for companies. (India Times)
Green is in, read on May 30, 2009
It is no accident that Esty, a Yale professor who specialises in environmental law and policy, and Winston, a consultant on green business, have chosen a title that echoes Jim Collins business classic, Good to Great. The two books are similar in that they examine companies that are on the right track and explain what differentiates them from the rest. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Brady rides with 'Best Buddy' May 30, 2009
Fish catches Collins Suffolk Construction's John Fish did the business community a big favor this week, bringing ballyhooed consultant Jim Collins to town. Collins, a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, held a two-hour session with a roomful of suits at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Thursday. (Boston Globe)
Getting the Right People in Key Seats May 16, 2009
Search all of BusinessWeek. The right people fit the company's core values. (BusinessWeek)
The Dynamics of Leadership-Team Behavior May 16, 2009
Search all of BusinessWeek. Teams on the way down: People shield those in power from unpleasant facts, fearful of penalties and criticism for shining light on the rough realities. (BusinessWeek)
Domestic violence victim stands up for officer May 3, 2009
Suhr's attorney, Jim Collins, said, "First off, I want to make it clear that I did not leak this letter. "Having said that, it is pretty clear that the woman feels that Suhr saved her life and that his actions helped lead to the prosecution of the case," Collins said. "And I think it is a shame that politics within the Police Department have people attempting to say he did something wrong. " Given Fong and Suhr's history and the recent out-of-the-blue transfer of the popular Capt. Denis O'Leary... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
'Harry Potter' among those missing from e-library Apr 30, 2009
"Publishers get a huge profit, more on e-books than on anything else," says Timothy Knowlton, CEO of Curtis Brown Ltd., where authors include business writer Jim Collins (whose "Good to Great" is unavailable as an e-book) and religious scholar Karen Armstrong (whose recent work can be downloaded). "From my perspective, that's patently unfair and it's going to backfire on the publishers who insist upon it.". (USA Today -- Tech)
Girls football program coming to WHS/TMHS in 2009 Apr 5, 2009
I remember that Wilmington High and Tewksbury High actually had a Powder Puff game against each other, recalled Jim Collins, a veteran sports writer and a Billerica native. There were literally hundreds of fans at those games. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
The cost of stupidity Mar 17, 2009
Great companies, says Good to Great author Jim Collins, have absolute faith they will prevail, but also have the courage to deal with whatever harsh reality they're facing. It's called the "Stockdale paradox" after Adm. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Smith gives insight to 'belief window' Mar 6, 2009
Smith also discussed the Stockdale Paradox, a term coined by author Jim Collins while writing about Navy Adm. Jim Stockdale, the highest-ranking U.S. military officer held as a prisoner of war in the "Hanoi Hilton.". (Leavenworth Lamp, KS)
> Kaiser VP anticipates hospice need to grow Mar 4, 2009
and Others Don t, by Jim Collins, and Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times, by Donald T. PhillipsHero: Mother TeresaBest networking spot in Silicon Valley: Silicon Valley Leadership GroupHardest thing about your job: Balancing the many interests within a large, complex organization. Reader Comments. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
CIO Profiles: Laxman Kumar Badiga, CIO At Wipro Technologies Feb 28, 2009
Best book read recently: Good To Great by Jim Collins. Smartphone of choice. (TechWeb)
English version of Japanese business book comes to USA Feb 25, 2009
Japanese versions of U.S. books, such as Good to Great by Jim Collins and The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, have been popular in Japan. Warren Buffett is revered there, Watanabe says. (USA Today -- Money)
P&G COO spells out philosophy at By the Book Feb 12, 2009
Book: Good to Great, Jim Collins. Belief 4: Character is the most important trait of a leader. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Ohio State Football Coach, Jim Tressel, Visits Stony Brook Feb 10, 2009
Stony Brook University - Official Athletic Site. Current time at Stony Brook 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, February 10, 2009. (Goseawolves.org)
