Wisdom Literature – 10 “To Do’s” To Expand Your Horizons and Accelerate Your Growth
Saturday, September 4th, 2010As promised, here is some more wisdom gleaned from the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit…
The work of Jim Collins is the subject for today.
He is a creator of wisdom literature at its best! If you have not yet encountered Jim Collins, he is a nationally acclaimed “business thinker” and best selling author. His wisdom literature contributions include “Good to Great”, “Built to Last”, and “How the Mighty Fall”. He is a researcher and student of companies, examining how they grow, the leadership styles they incorporate, how they achieve superior performance, and how organizations can learn from them and become great within their own circle of influence.
Jim spoke to us about team dynamics and leadership, with great emphasis on the traits of teams on the way up, and teams on the way down. Keep in mind this was not a list of his opinions, but the result of dedicated and methodical research on some of the most successful companies and organizations of all time. He has identified very human traits like denial, passion, arrogance, and humility, and identified how they affect the organization through its growth and decline. (more…)
