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
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.
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.
mistake
The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.
humility leader great-leader
The x factor of a great leader is humility combined with will.
marketing mediocrity motivated
Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity...are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.
firsts should company
Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.
educational character skills
In determing "the right people," the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized knowledge, or work experience.
today tomorrow better-tomorrow
How can we do better tomorrow than we did today?
tension great-company continuity
Great companies foster a productive tension between continuity and change.
mediocrity signatures inconsistency
The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is inconsistency.
firsts mediocrity management
Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.
mediocrity signatures inconsistency
The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.