Best 17 quotes in «good to great quotes» category

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

Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.

No, they first got the right people on the bus (and the wrong people off the bus) and then figured out where to drive it.

The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.

Optimizing your strength is not optional, it's an obligation.

Our study clearly shows that a company does not need to be in a great industry to become a great company. Each good-to-great company built a fabulous economic engine, regardless of the industry. They were able to do this because they attained profound insights into their economics.

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

In no case do we have a company that just happened to be sitting on the nose cone of a rocket when it took off.

Paradox: You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, AND at the same time have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality,

We were surprised, shocked really, to discover the type of leadership required for turning a good company into a great one. Compared to high-profile leaders with big personalities who make headlines and become celebrities, the good-to-great leaders seem to have come from Mars. Self-effacing, quiet, reserved, even shy—these leaders are a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will. They are more like Lincoln and Socrates than Patton or Caesar.

There are going to be times when you can't wait for somebody. Now you're either on the bus or off the bus

When you have disciplined people, you don’t need hierarchy. When you have disciplined thought, you don’t need bureaucracy. When you have disciplined action, you don’t need excessive controls. When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great performance.

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

Get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats...

Faith in the endgame helps you live through the months or years of buildup.

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.

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