Summary of Good to Great: by Jim Collins | Includes Analysis

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Good to Great by Jim Collins | Key Takeaways, Analysis & Review

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What does it take to make something—an activity, a work of art, a company—great? What are the factors that distinguish the merely good from the truly great? In Good to Great: Why Some Companies

• Language: English
• Publisher: Instaread, Inc
• Release date: May 19, 2016
• ISBN: 9781944195465

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What does it take to make something—an activity, a work of art, a company—great? What are the factors that distinguish the merely good from the truly great? In Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don’t, Jim Collins offers insight into what makes a business truly great.

As the adage goes, good can be an enemy of great: it can stop us from striving for more. It keeps us satisfied and content with something that is above average but not outstanding. In the business world, some companies are great from their inception; most companies, however, have to work hard to get to good. Only some will ever reach greatness. Others get stuck in the good category, unable to make that final breakthrough that sets the few apart from the majority. Good to Great offers a way to understand what the distinguishing factors are between the companies that make it to great and the companies that do not. Findings are based on a comparative study between companies that made the move from good to great and sustained great results for at least 15 years and companies that failed to make the leap or, if they did, failed to sustain