The book that inspired me
| I have read several "inspiring" books, particularly on leadership and management. But, if I had to pick one as my choice read, I would choose Jim Collins' Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't. |
| Collins and his team have identified a few companies as "great" organisations, and by comparing these on a scientific, analytical basis with companies that are merely "good", they bring out those aspects of leadership and management that are intrinsic in "great" companies. |
| As the reader goes through Collins' extensive research, he will find that the people who make good companies great are not supernatural beings; they are simply resourceful. A company need not be in a great industry to be great itself. But it does need excellent people who can drive it forward. |
| No one is a born leader. Leadership is an art that has to be nurtured and cultivated. I was inspired because greatness is not a function of circumstance; it is a matter of conscious choice. Good to Great helped my search for enduring excellence. Good To Great |
| Author: Jim Collins Pages: 300 Publisher: Random House ISBN: 0712676090 |