“Good to Great” by Jim Collins
IN Good to great: Why some companies make the leap…and others don’tCollins explores how average companies transform into elite, long-lasting businesses—and why some never make it past their initial successes. He lays out several keys to sustainable growth, including great leaders, unwavering optimism, self-directed discipline and tactical thinking. “It wasn’t required reading, but most of the management team have read parts or all of the book at various stages of their careers,” Kevin Ooley told the Observer. “It’s one of the books that our leadership team talks about a lot. It’s about getting the right people … people who are high-competent but low-ego, and then having very honest conversations, attacking the issues, not the people. And then just going about things in a disciplined way versus an emotional or territorial way.”
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