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 enlarge | Author: Jim Collins
Publisher: Collins Business
Category: Book
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Rating:  716 reviews
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 300
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0066620996
Dewey Decimal Number: 658
EAN: 9780066620992
ASIN: 0066620996
Publication Date: October 2001
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 Good to great to horrible September 8, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Fannie Mae was featured in the book Good To Great about 4 years ago. At the time the stock was trading at $70+. Seems like it went from good to great to horrible. Time for a new book.
 Good to Great September 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the best books on business ever written. Very easy to read and even easier to put into action.
Good to Great -- the "fluffless" road to greatness September 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The CFO of one of my client companies was discussing Good to Great and it caught my attention! He's a smart man with outstanding work ethics, so it would stand to reason he would find this book a winner.
After reading it, I am amazed that someone finally articulated what many of us had suspected -- it isn't about being good. It isn't about hiring a team to come in and identify our "goals and objectives". It is about something much more quiet, and so much stronger. It is getting the right people on the train...and the wrong ones off. It is about working for the organization, not self.
This book has many fascinating facts which, if you keep them in the lead of your thoughts, will help you go from good to great as well.
The road to greatness is not for faint of heart, the under-dedicated, or those who cannot channel their egos into their organizations to work for the common good. BUT, if you are strong, determined and dedicated to the prize, look out--it's going to happen for your organization!
Definitely, read this book, regardless of where you are in your life/business process.
www.iris-sasakiHR.com
 Successful Business Practices September 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has generated so many successful business practices among my client base that who can genuinely put it down? As a companion to my own book, "The Expert's Edge," it completes the picture for business success. Read it over and over and over!
My Personal Number 1 Management Book August 23, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
A few years ago, the company I was with purchased copies of Good to Great for managers. I was blown away by the information the book contained. The book went against my thinking at the time. In quick order, I changed my mind-set about several topics and found my `new ways' were more productive to my employer and my career.
Perplexed, I wondered why the executive management of the organization didn't practice the theories advanced in this book. They were after all, the ones that had purchased copies for their managers. Sad to say, the company began a downward spiral and several divisions were sold - myself included.
To my surprise, my new CEO was a huge fan of Good to Great and referred to it often. Outside of his office was a copy of the book permanently resting on a coffee table. In my good fortune, I learned that this CEO and the organization, took the lessons from Good to Great to heart. The company grew and my career grew.
I highly recommend this book to anyone in management. I have included it on my Amazon lists and my Amazon guides. I have stated this is, quite simply, the best book on management available. Michael L. Gooch, SPHR Author of Wingtips with Spurs
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