214 Quotes by James C. Collins

We find out who they are by asking them why they made decisions in their life. The answers to these questions give us insight into their core values.33.

Dreams make you click, juice you, turn you on, excite the living daylights out of you. You cannot wait to get out of bed to continue pursuing your dream. The kind of dream I’m talking about gives meaning to your life. it is the ultimate motivator.

Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless. To quickly grasp this concept, think of United States.

So, early in the war, he created an entirely separate department outside the normal chain of command, called the Statistical Office, with the principal function of feeding him – continuously updated and completely unfiltered – the most brutal facts of reality.

It’s what you do before you are in trouble, so that you can be strong when people most need you.

In other words, the budget process is not about figuring out how much each activity gets, but about determining which activities best support the Hedgehog Concept and should be fully strengthened and which should be eliminated entirely.

The only truly reliable source of stability is a strong inner core and the willingness to change and adapt everything except that core.

I am not failing – I am growing! Do you have the ability to reframe failure as growth in order to achieve your goals?

Indeed, if there is any one “secret” to an enduring great company, it is the ability to manage continuity and change – a discipline that must be consciously practiced, even by the most visionary of companies.