Cover of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't
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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

by Jim Collins (2001)

About this book

Can a good company become a great company and, if so, how? Jim Collins and his research team used tough benchmarks to identify a set of elite companies that made the leap to remarkable, sustained results over fifteen years, unearthing universal management principles like the Hedgehog Concept and Level 5 Leadership.

Setting / LocationUnited States
Story EraLate 20th Century Business
Protagonist / CoreLevel 5 Leaders

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