Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Other’s Don’t Audiobook

Publisher Description

Built To Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about companies that are not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? Are there those that convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? If so, what are the distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great? Over five years, Jim Collins and his research team have analyzed the histories of 28 companies, discovering why some companies make the leap and others don’t. The findings include: Level 5 Leadership: A surprising style, required for greatness. The Hedgehog Concept: Finding your three circles, to transcend the curse of competence. A Culture of Discipline: The alchemy of great results. Technology Accelerators: How good-to-great companies think differently about technology. The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Why those who do frequent restructuring fail to make the leap. Download and start listening now!

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This carefully researched and well-written book disproves most of the current management hypefrom the cult of the superhuman CEO to the cult of IT to the acquisitions and merger mania. It will not enable mediocrity to become competence. But it should enable competence to become excellence. – Peter F. Drucker Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come. – Amazon.com editorial review Like a lot of pop business books, much of this title can be filtered into a few catchphrases and concepts. But theres another reason this book has burst through as a bestseller, which you can feel in Collins narration: he is honestly excited about his research and unconventional findings. – AudioFile Anyone who wants to make the right choices for their business will find Good to Great instructive, accessible, and well worth reading. It is sure to be a business book that will be consulted and referred to for years to come. – Barnes and Noble editorial review Collins deeply earnest narration is heightened by his obvious zeal for the material…Highly recommended. – Library Journal (audio review)