James C. Collins Great Quotations

True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.

Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.

By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.

Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.

Get the right people on the bus and in the right seat.

Good-to-great companies set their goals and strategies based on understanding; comparison companies set their goals and strategies based on bravado.

The x factor of a great leader is humility combined with will.

Great companies foster a productive tension between continuity and change.

For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.

People are not your most important asset....the right people are.