Book Bearings
Good to Great
- 300 pages · about 5 hours
- First published 2001
- 7 editions
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1 About this book
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't, published in 2001, is a management book by Jim Collins. It describes how a small number of companies moved from being merely good to being great, and why most never manage it. Collins identifies the companies that made the transition, sets each beside a comparable company that did not, and draws out what, in his analysis, the successful ones had in common. The book became one of the most widely read business books of its time, reaching far beyond the usual business audience.
- Technology
- Leadership
- Technological innovations
- Management
- Strategic planning
- Organizational change
- Success in business
- Innovations
2 What to expect
A management book based on a study of a handful of companies that moved from average results to long-lasting success, each set against a rival that did not. Collins draws from them a set of memorable principles about leadership, people, focus and discipline, illustrated with company stories. It is clear and confident, and the later decline of several of its model companies has raised doubts about its method.
Good for readers who want: business strategy, leadership principles, and case studies of companies.
3 About James C. Collins
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
4 More by James C. Collins
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