In researching the many factors involved in healthcare reform, Jim Collins artfully reviews the segment of Social Sector. Not just that, he even does his homework and details how to apply original good to great concepts. He also brings us back to competitive advantage principles to maximize scarce resources and fulfill purpose of the organization. Kudos and thank you. Easy read, very thought provoking.

Such a great companion to Good to Great!

While this was an assignment for my doctoral courses, I really enjoyed it. It is a quick read, but I couldn't put it down. I am going to reread and take notes to share with coworkers.

Out of all the books I have been required to read this semester, this is by far my favorite and am glad it was required.

quick read
get the right ppl on the bus (be selective) in the right seats before leave. stick to the destination (mission/value) but change the route (strategies)

Great insight

Good to Great wasn't just a great read, but continues to be a reference resource. However, as a military officer I found some of the concepts a bit difficult to use (particularly putt people on and off the bus). Jim's insights here are really helpful.

One of the things I hear the most working in the public sector is that government should be run like a business. This book makes a great point that the choice ultimately isn't between business and non-profit, it's more about choosing to be a great organization and doing the things necessary to get there.
It's a shame this is such a short book because there are some real gems that should be explored further.

A great teaser into the Good to Great book. A great overview and definitely motivates me to read more.

A simple addendum to Collins' famous Good to Great, summarizing the main points and commenting on how they are relevant to work in the social sectors. Give that my whole career has been in public education and Christian ministry, I both appreciate this book's existence and appreciate Collins' point about the complexity of much social sector leadership. He notes that in the social sectors, it is less common than in business that leaders can lead merely by power and more common that we need to accomplish goals even when we can't command them into being. As a result, we need to work and inspire and persuade them into being. As a result, Collins wonders if great leadership in the business world might more and more come from the social sectors, given the great leadership lessons learned when you have less commanding power.

Lastly, a review of the principles, particularly as relevant in the social sector:
-Clearly defining greatness (trickier and more important when profit isn't available as a measuring stick)
-Level 5 leaders - skilled, passionate people who give their all for the sake of the cause, not for the sake of themselves
-Getting the right people on the bus - right people and partners (including volunteers) before right action
-Confronting the Brutal Facts
-Hedgehog concept (passion, best at, resources - what you are deeply passionate about, what you can be the best at, what drives resources)
-Culture of discipline (relentless focus on hedgehog concept)
-Flywheel (build strength - demonstrate results - build brand - attract believers - build strength, etc.)

[I'm not writing any sort of review on here anymore, as Amazon owns GoodReads and is not a friend to bookstores and more entities that I love. Pls read the book 50 Ways to Protect Bookstores, and yeah, I'm not long for this platform.]

This monograph had some interesting insights and used good examples to support them. I don't have major criticisms, other than the fact that it didn't feel particularly groundbreaking or revelatory. Good read but nothing special in my opinion.

This review assumes you have read the full text of Good to Great before picking up this add-on booklet.

I think this is a phenomenal addition to the book, and takes many of the best ideas from Good to Great and shifts them from valuable corporate insights to nearly universally applicable foundations of project management. Granted, many of the ideas were already easily translated, like the Flywheel. However, having them laid out alongside real world examples of these principles in use was very valuable. It also eases the corporate fanaticism and dedication to profit-as-success that put me off while reading the core text. In fact, one of the purposes of this book is to create (or provide tools to create) metrics for success for projects without profit or other tangible quantitative results, and I think it succeeds in that.

If you work in the non-profit world, or you do a lot of medium-scale project management, I think you can gain a LOT from this book. I highly recommend it.

The broad scope of my training and experience is in business and leadership in the military and government sectors. However, I have also spent 10 years as a pastor struggling to bring my business acumen to bear in the social sector. This little book has finally brought a some clarity to some of the elements I have struggled to connect and has provided some insight into why some of the business concepts did not seem to bridge the gap. It has given me a lot to think about. If you are a leader in the social sector, I recommend reading this first and then immediately commence to reading "Good to Great" if you haven't already. It may make all the difference in how you approach the important work you do.