Good To Great And The Social Sectors, Jim Collins
Good To Great And The Social Sectors, Jim Collins
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Good To Great And The Social Sectors
A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great

Author: Jim Collins

Narrator: Jim Collins

Unabridged: 1 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper Audio

Published: 05/01/2018

Synopsis

Building upon the concepts introduced in Good to Great, Jim Collins answers the most commonly asked questions raised by his readers in the social sectors. Using information gathered from interviews with over 100 social sector leaders, Jim Collins shows that his "Level 5 Leader" and other good-to-great principles can help social sector organizations make the leap to greatness.

About Jim Collins

Jim Collins is a student and teacher of what makes great companies tick, and a Socratic advisor to leaders in the business and social sectors. Having invested more than a quarter-century in rigorous research, he has authored or coauthored six books that have sold in total more than 10 million copies worldwide. They include Good to Great, Built to Last, How the Mighty Fall, and Great by Choice.Driven by a relentless curiosity, Jim began his research and teaching career on the faculty at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992. In 1995, he founded a management laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.In addition to his work in the business sector, Jim has a passion for learning and teaching in the social sectors, including education, healthcare, government, faith-based organizations, social ventures, and cause-driven nonprofits.In 2012 and 2013, he had the honor to serve a two-year appointment as the Class of 1951 Chair for the Study of Leadership at the United States Military Academy at West Point. In 2017, Forbes selected Jim as one of the 100 Greatest Living Business Minds.Jim has been an avid rock climber for more than forty years and has completed single-day ascents of El Capitan and Half Dome in Yosemite Valley.Learn more about Jim and his concepts at his website, where you’ll find articles, videos, and useful tools. jimcollins.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ensiform on May 12, 2012

A monograph to accompany Collins’ Good To Great (which I haven’t read). The underlying principle of this “missing chapter” is that we don't need to impose the language of business on the social sector, but develop a language of greatness. He does this by focusing on five issues that he used in the b......more

Goodreads review by Jeff on December 11, 2012

Extensive quotes from the book: Five questions which form the framework of this piece: 1. Defining "Great"--Getting Thing Done without Business Metrics 2. Level 5 Leadership--Getting Things Done within a Diffuse Power Structure 3. First Who--Getting the Right People on the Bus within Social Sector Const......more

Goodreads review by Cristine Braddy on March 09, 2021

Helpful, quick translation of Good to Great to the social sector.......more

Goodreads review by Stacie on April 19, 2008

To quote a brilliant former colleague, "Jim Collins makes me swoon." I've read and reread this booklet 3 different times, and I pick up something new every time. Its refreshing to look at a different paradigm from someone who gets that the work of non profits is not defined by the financial statemen......more

Goodreads review by Mitchell on August 31, 2019

Collins is amazing. He does so much research and speaks so clearly with practical steps to his theoretical knowledge of problems. So many amazing things to implement into ministry.......more

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