yp Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 [amazonsearch]Good to Great - Jim Collins[/amazonsearch] Started reading this book a few days ago. About a chapter into it and enjoying it very much so far. Seems like a great read to get to know what makes a "great" company "great". The type of circumstances, the type of people, the type of leadership (Collins talks about Level 5 Leaders; those with humility & will and a willingness to put the company ahead of their selfish motives.) I'll post my review of the book once I'm done (though it might be a while now with school going) :) . Anyone else read it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinod1 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 [amazonsearch]Good to Great - Jim Collins[/amazonsearch] Started reading this book a few days ago. About a chapter into it and enjoying it very much so far. Seems like a great read to get to know what makes a "great" company "great". The type of circumstances, the type of people, the type of leadership (Collins talks about Level 5 Leaders; those with humility & will and a willingness to put the company ahead of their selfish motives.) I'll post my review of the book once I'm done (though it might be a while now with school going) :) . Anyone else read it yet? You might want to first read "The halo effect" before wasting time on this book. Vinod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 [amazonsearch]Good to Great - Jim Collins[/amazonsearch] Started reading this book a few days ago. About a chapter into it and enjoying it very much so far. Seems like a great read to get to know what makes a "great" company "great". The type of circumstances, the type of people, the type of leadership (Collins talks about Level 5 Leaders; those with humility & will and a willingness to put the company ahead of their selfish motives.) I'll post my review of the book once I'm done (though it might be a while now with school going) :) . Anyone else read it yet? You might want to first read "The halo effect" before wasting time on this book. Vinod +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yp Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 [amazonsearch]Good to Great - Jim Collins[/amazonsearch] Started reading this book a few days ago. About a chapter into it and enjoying it very much so far. Seems like a great read to get to know what makes a "great" company "great". The type of circumstances, the type of people, the type of leadership (Collins talks about Level 5 Leaders; those with humility & will and a willingness to put the company ahead of their selfish motives.) I'll post my review of the book once I'm done (though it might be a while now with school going) :) . Anyone else read it yet? You might want to first read "The halo effect" before wasting time on this book. Vinod Really? It's not very good? It had some good reviews on Amazon... Anything in particular that you guys don't like about this book? Also, "The Halo Effect", is that the one by Phil Rosenzwig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Really? It's not very good? It had some good reviews on Amazon... Anything in particular that you guys don't like about this book? Also, "The Halo Effect", is that the one by Phil Rosenzwig? We have a thread about the Halo Effect here: http://www.cornerofberkshireandfairfax.ca/forum/books/the-halo-effect-phil-rosenzweig/ I'm sure the Collins book is well-written and well argued, it's just that foundational premise of it is deeply flawed, as explained in the halo effect, so pretty much everything built on top of it is highly suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCG Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I read Good to Great recently and was mostly let down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yp Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Really? It's not very good? It had some good reviews on Amazon... Anything in particular that you guys don't like about this book? Also, "The Halo Effect", is that the one by Phil Rosenzwig? We have a thread about the Halo Effect here: http://www.cornerofberkshireandfairfax.ca/forum/books/the-halo-effect-phil-rosenzweig/ I'm sure the Collins book is well-written and well argued, it's just that foundational premise of it is deeply flawed, as explained in the halo effect, so pretty much everything built on top of it is highly suspect. I see what you mean. I'd like to read it still but I'll consider the points the author raises with a grain of salt. After reading the "The Halo Effect" thread and especially the blurb by "vinod1", I guess the issue is that Collins is looking at some of the correlations of successful businesses and taking them as causations. I'll definitely keep this in mind. However, it seems to me as though The Halo Effect is more focused on studying the study of business; is this the case? If so, are there any other good books on building a great business? Or discerning a great business from a good business? Thanks for the input guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crip1 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Full Disclosure: I've not read The Halo Effect nor the thread related thereto. I did read Good to Great and, bucking the trend, liked it very much. Will look up The Halo Effect thread and review before posting more. -Crip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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