Great read!

This book provides you with great examples and lessons that you can implement into your own career, business, organization personal life.

I a big fan of Collin's work. He is logical, clear, and creates memorable principles that can easy be incorporated into nearly every work situation. I think he was a bit overly optimistic about getting the right people on the bus, but overall this was a worthwhile read.

A quick supplemental (about 40 pages) to Jim Collins' "Good to Great" — focused on the social sector. Arguably, as he points out, leaders in the social sector who manage to effectively lead are better equipped to lead in wider society, including at for-profit organizations. This, he argues, is due to the less concentrated authority the typical executive has in social sector, which requires stakeholder stewardship and accountability to the organization's mission.

"The social sectors have one compelling advantage: desperate craving for meaning in our lives. Purity of mission (...) has the power to ignite passion and commitment. The right people can often attract money, but money by itself can never attract the right people." (p. 16)

I read 'Good to Great' awhile ago, but I didn't know he had a little booklet applying these principles to the nonprofit sector. Invaluable stuff.

This was a fabulous little monograph that explains the "Good to Great" principles applied in the social sectors. "Our work is not fundamentally about business; it is about what separates great from good." We need to define "great" and measure it and collect evidence in some way, have good leadership and get things done in a diffuse power structure, get the right people on the bus, rethink the economic engine, and build momentum for the brand. A part of this is considering:
1. What are you deeply passionate about?
2. What can you be best in the world at?
3. What drives your resource engine?

A few of my other favorite quotes include:
"Greatness is an inherently dynamic process, not an end point. The moment you think of yourself as great, your slide toward mediocrity will have already begun."
"True leadership only exists if people follow when they have the freedom not to."
"What can you do today to create a pocket of greatness, despite the brutal facts of your environment?"
"Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice and discipline."

Let's go out and be great! :)

I am working in both business sector and social sector, and I can confidently say that this book is on point. It's short, well organized, and the concept is inspiring. It gives me new thoughts and ideas and perspectives on my preconceptions of business vs social. It added so much joy to my gloomy monday and inspired me to strive for greatness. Highly recommend this gem.

Great read for those working in social services seeking to making lasting impact, while raising the bar on we do the work.

An excellent supplement to the original text. The adjustments about leadership and profit motive are particularly critical to understanding how the concepts from Good to Great apply to non-profits.

Excellent companion to the book. Working in the social sector, I find it invaluable when trying to gain clarity on what we should be doing to create a great organization or a "pocket of greatness" as JIm Collins would call it. Read the book first, but if you're in the social sector add this ASAP.

If you read and loved Good to Great but you are not in a business, then you should read this small book. This work is specifically targeted towards those who work in the social sectors like churches, non profits, and others. As a pastor in a church this work really helped me connect the dots between how I could apply Good to Great principles specifically to my area. This is a must read.

Short and insightful! Very much worth a read and you can find a pdf online

Good essay, on topic.