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
success business greatness
Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.
teacher winning games
Comparison, a great teacher once told me, is the cardinal sin of modern life. It traps us in a game that we can't win. Once we define ourselves in terms of others, we lose the freedom to shape our own lives.
leadership people growth
A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.
practice core-values core
Change your practices without abandoning your core values.
ambition self goal
Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It's not that Level 5 leaders have no ego or self-interest. Indeed, they are incredibly ambitious-but their ambition is first and foremost for the institution, not themselves.
waiting progress world
The drive for progress doesn't wait for the external world to say "It's time to change."
leadership decision levels
Level 5 leaders are fanatically driven, infected with an incurable need to produce sustained results. They are resolved to do whatever it takes to make the company great, no matter how big or hard the decisions.
leadership planets holes
If your company disappeared, would it leave a gaping hole that could not easily be filled by any other enterprise on the planet?
nice impact creative
Creative leadership impact increases in your 50's. When I turn 50 I want to say, "Nice start!"
smart self people
Smart people instinctively understand the dangers of entrusting our future to self-serving leaders who use our institutions, whether in the corporate or social sectors, to advance their own interests.
leadership ambition humility
Level 5 leaders are differentiated from other levels of leaders in that they have a wonderful blend of personal humility combined with extraordinary professional will. Understand that they are very ambitious; but their ambition, first and foremost, is for the company's success. They realize that the most important step they must make to become a Level 5 leader is to subjugate their ego to the company's performance. When asked for interviews, these leaders will agree only if it's about the company and not about them.
fundamentals way principles
The only way to remain great is to keep on applying the fundamental principles that made you great.
technology people competition
Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others: the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.
mistake choices defeat
We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.