Reviews about Good To Great.

Five years ago Jim Collins asked the question, "Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how?" In Good to Great, Collins, the author of Built to Last concludes that it is possible, but finds that there are no silver bullets to greatness. Collins book Good To Great sorts through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. Good to great finally settles on 11--including Gillette, Walgreens and Wells Fargo--and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Jim Collins's book explains how making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. In good to great, Jim Collins lays a reasoned route to excellence that any organisation would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come.
Sunday Times Business Books of the Year
'in this category (management books) there is nothing to touch Jim Collins... It is essential reading.'