This is a good book. Anybody that works in the public sector who wants to understand the different (from a management perspective) should read this book. This book gives insight on what makes a company good and what makes company's great.

The con's to this book is the public sector version is significantly shorter than the counter part of private business. The social sector book is roughly 35 pages making it a very short read. To be fair the 35 pages are well written and offer a different way of thinking about public sector however it is just 35 pages.

Overall this book is a good read.

Short, concise, and a breath of fresh air. I'm grateful for Jim Collins taking the key concepts from his book "Good to Great" and applying them to the social sector. As a pastor of a new church plant I found his insights extremely helpful and encouraging. Now to tackle "Good to Great" to better develop myself as a leader.

Helpful strategic framework for someone working in the nonprofit world. I just wish the monograph included example Hedgehog diagrams of various nonprofits. Or even an example one. That would have been helpful for translating the framework into practice.

It was okay- I think maybe I should have read the original book first.

My only complaint about this book is it refers to teachings in 'Good to Great' without explaining them. But it's still a very inspirational, concise read about greatness in social sectors.

Helpful, quick translation of Good to Great to the social sector.

nice book

great addition to the main book. Quick read.

This is the first of two monographs—long articles or short books on a particular subject—published to support Jim Collins' business classic Good to Great. The other monograph was Turning the Flywheel.

This "book" is an easy read. According to Jim Collins, "I originally intended this text to be a new chapter in future editions of Good to Great.

Collins sets the table by stating, "In my work with nonprofits, I find that they're in desperate need of greater discipline—disciplined planning, disciplined people, disciplined governance, disciplined allocation of resources. A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness."

To develop discipline within your nonprofit organization, follow the principles outlined in the author's framework:

1. Defining "Great"—Calibrating Success without Business Metrics
2. Level 5 Leadership—Getting Things Done within a Diffuse Power Structure
3. First Who—Getting the Right People on the Bus within Social Sector Constraints
4. The Hedgehog Concept—Rethinking the Economic Engine without a Profit Motive
5. Turning the Flywheel—Building Momentum by Building the Brand

To get the most out of this monograph, first read Good to Great.

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A little too much analysis on the internal process it took to write this book, which is not interesting, but some interesting examples and elucidating thoughts on what it takes to be a "level 5 leader".

Quick read outlining how the principles in Good to Great applies to nonprofits