Articles, tagged with "jim collins", page 4
22nd February 2008
Business relationships are not that different from personal relationships because in both situations, people prefer to deal with someone they like.
However, you can't move from being a stranger straight to being a best friend or customer.
So it's im...
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Author:
RobertGreenshields
08th February 2008
It's the dream come true:
"I love what you do. I want you to do project X, so we can reach a 1,000,000 people (or build that retreat center, or, etc., etc.)"
Pretend for a moment that I'm your mother, on email, and allow me to warn you about THOSE k...
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Author:
Mark Silver
15th October 2007
Copyright (c) 2007 Dave SherwinI have people in my organization who have built a group of hundreds of people in their online network marketing group in 6 months, and others that only recruited a dozen or so people in six months. And I think I finally figu...
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Author:
Dave Sherwin
28th August 2007
As a frequent conference speaker, I take advantage of other presentations when my schedule allows. So, I was delighted recently, with three hours to spare before heading to the airport, to hear best selling author of Built to Last, Jim Collins, address an...
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Author:
Nan Russell
24th August 2007
If you are having difficulty succeeding in network marketing, then why continue to do the same things? I talk with many Network Marketers on a daily basis, and they all want the same thing... to grow their downline. Not all network marketers have the same...
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Author:
Jacob Adelman
20th August 2007
A person I admire has a very successful business. He's sharp, personable, funny, smart, and helpful. And, the products and services he provides are top-notch. He's sold thousands of them, and his business is operating at a level much higher than mine.
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Author:
Mark Silver
08th August 2007
You've likely heard the story about the boss pleading with his/her recruiters that the company needs to do a better job at recruiting and hiring round pegs to fill round holes. This analogy hangs right up there with putting the right people on the bus, ma...
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Success Performance Solutions
26th July 2007
"Taking 3 months off" is all about a mindset shift, backed up by a risk management process. If you think systems alone will provide you with freedom, then think again.
When a business owner understands the philosophy of how to take 3 months off from ...
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Author:
William de Ora
26th July 2007
Sitting on the edge of a counter is a bucket. Only partially filled, it continues to let water escape -- drip by drip -- from a hole at the bottom. Scurrying back and forth is a team of people, trying in vain to add enough water to fill the bucket ... or ...
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Author:
Peter George
23rd July 2007
Life is The Gift. You can make something of it or you can waste it. The Gift. Nothing more, nothing less. No person or higher power owes you anything. Life itself is. It's not a hand out, it's a hand up and you are in control of what happens next. If you ...
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Author:
D.Dutton
20th April 2007
An ego centered leader strives to be the center of attention. His goal is to
get what he can from the people around him. The focus of the ego is always on getting what it thinks it doesn't have. A leader who is capable of transcending ego needs, realize...
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Author:
William Frank Diedrich
05th March 2007
Jim Collins, in his bestselling book, Good to Great, which is based on his reseach of companies that made the leap from good to great tells us, "the vast majority of companies never become great, precisely because the vast majority become quite good -- an...
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Author:
Pat Morgan
15th February 2007
A "culture of discipline" is a phrase used by Jim Collins (Good to Great) in his study of great companies. All of the great companies, those that far outperform others, have a culture of discipline. This does not mean that they spend their time disciplini...
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Author:
William Frank Diedrich
26th July 2006
What makes a company Great? Jim Collins set out to answer this exact question when he and a group of researches started writing the #1 Best Seller Good to Great. Good to Great is a terrific read for anyone interested in creating a great organization.
Goo...
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Author:
Garrett Smith
03rd June 2006
First off, I would echo the voice of 18th century French philosopher Voltaire, made popular and relevant in today's leadership lexicon by "Good to Great" author Jim Collins, who said, "Good is the Enemy of Great."
1. "Good is the Enemy of Great." Get ...
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Author:
Sharif Khan