Leadership Development

Jim Collins' Level 5 Leadership

May 30, 2008 6:15 PM

Jim Collins' best-selling book Good to Great, is more than a great read, many of North America's fastest growing companies credit a large majority of their success using it as their operational guide. One of the most astounding discoveries that Collins and his team of 50 made, when studying companies that have had extreme and consistent growth for over 2 decades, was that the CEOs of these companies were very different than the celebrities we sometimes read about...

There is one thing Jim Collins' "Level 5 Leaders" don't worry about - their leadership abilities! Not because they are cocky or arrogant, but because they are humbled by the goal that their entire team has rallied behind!!

Collin's book was a comprehensive study of companies in a crossection of industries who over a period of over 20 years consistently outperformed their sector by over 100%. Like a true academic, Collins and his team compared these companies to their 'control' companies, and discovered some remarkable differences; one of the most suprising difference for everyone was the qualities of the CEOs of these companies. Almost every one of these leaders was very different from what is generally understood by people and many management professionals beleive to be

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Posted by James Carter at May 30, 2008 6:15 PM

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