Building Greatness That Will Last

Clock Building, Not Time Telling.

Build an organization that can adapt through multiple generations of leaders; the exact opposite of being built around a single great leader, great idea or speciﬁc program. Build catalytic mechanisms to stimulate progress, rather than acting as a charismatic force of personality to drive progress.

Preserve the Core and Stimulate Progress.

Adherence to core values combined with a willingness to challenge and change everything except those core values—keeping clear the distinction between “what we stand for” (which should never change) and “how we do things” (which should never stop changing). Great companies have a purpose—a reason for being—that goes far beyond just making money, and they translate this purpose into BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) to stimulate progress.

From Jim Collins Ideas found in his book Good To Great on Business Positioning

Building Greatness That Will Last News

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Sep

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2008-09-15

List Price: $14.95Amazon Best of the Month, September 2008: Once you start The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, there's no turning back. This debut thriller--the first in a trilogy from the late Stieg Larsson--is a serious page-turner rivaling the best of Charlie Huston and Michael Connelly. Mikael Blomkvist, a once-respected financial journalist, watches his professional life rapidly crumble around him. Prospects appear bleak until an unexpected (and unsettling) offer to resurrect his name(read more)

May

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

2010-05-24

List Price: $27.95Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2010 As the finale to Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is not content to merely match the adrenaline-charged pace that made international bestsellers out of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire. Instead, it roars with an explosive storyline that blows the doors off the series and announces that the very best has been saved for last. A familiar evil (read more)

Jul

The Girl Who Played with Fire

2009-07-27

List Price: $15.95Amazon Best of the Month, July 2009: The girl with the dragon tattoo is back. Stieg Larsson's seething heroine, Lisbeth Salander, once again finds herself paired with journalist Mikael Blomkvist on the trail of a sinister criminal enterprise. Only this time, Lisbeth must return to the darkness of her own past (more specifically, an event coldly known as "All the Evil") if she is to stay one step ahead--and alive. The Girl Who Played with Fire is a break-out-in-a-cold-swea(read more)

Aug

Freedom: A Novel

2010-08-30

List Price: $27.99Amazon Best of the Month, August 2010: "The awful thing about life is this:" says Octave to the Marquis in Renoir's Rules of the Game. "Everyone has his reasons." That could be a motto for novelists as well, few more so than Jonathan Franzen, who seems less concerned with creating merely likeable characters than ones who are fully alive, in all their self-justifying complexity. Freedom is his fourth novel, and, yes, his first in nine years since The Correct(read more)

Aug

Freedom: A Novel

2010-08-30

List Price: $28.00Price: $15.12You Save: $12.88 (46%)28 used & new from $13.95Amazon Best of the Month, August 2010: "The awful thing about life is this:" says Octave to the Marquis in Renoir's Rules of the Game. "Everyone has his reasons." That could be a motto for novelists as well, few more so than Jonathan Franzen, who seems less concerned with creating merely likeable characters than ones who are fully alive, in all their self-justifying complexity. Freedom is his fourth novel, and, yes, his first in nine years since The Correct(read more)

Sep

How to Create a Kick Ass Team « The Hacker Chick Blog

2010-09-09

This is the question Jim McCarthy used to kick off last night's Agile Boston presentation. “Now, stay standing if you thought that team was at least 2x as effective as a team without one… 5x more effective… 10x more effective. ... And as each one of us achieves our own virtues, it raises the entire team up towards greatness. World Building. Jim ended the presentation with a note on world building. Each of us, whether we are aware of it or not, are building worlds ...

Sep

Hoosierhoopla: Yeagley Seeks To Restore IU's Soccer Greatness

2010-09-08

He spent one year as Wisconsin's head coach before returning to the Hoosiers last winter. Counting a 2-1 overtime loss to California, the Hoosiers are 1-1 with a nice mix of veterans and freshmen. They are building something special and the odds are it won't ... Still, this is very much his son's program. He calls the shots and will reap the benefits when things go well, the criticism when they go wrong. Figure they will mostly go well. It's a family tradition, you see. ...

Nov

Six Little Known Muscle Building Tips Part 2 | Tollie Schmidt ...

2009-11-18

Your following chest workout, let's say five days later, you come to the gym with great anticipation to out-do your last workout. To your disappointment you discover that you can barely do 4 sets of 8 with 185 pounds this week. What happened? ... If you do not perform and follow the advice than you are wasting the mentor's time and he will 'fire' you! If you do perform and follow his advice than you will be successful and build the muscle you deserve in less time! ...

Sep

Staring down greatness - Folsom Telegraph

2010-09-07

“I went out for track when I was in seventh grade and I didn't realize I was good until last year during my freshman year in high school.” In his first race in seventh grade at Sutter Middle School, a one-mile run, Kinoshita placed in the middle of the pack of about 25 runners. ... “I'm glad to speak about it because I think if other people see that I'm doing this as a visually impaired runner, maybe I will inspire others to do it, whether they have sight or not.” ...

Sep

Eagle in Atlanta -- atleagle.com: BC-Kent State preview

2010-09-09

I am not scared about this game nor am I building up an opponent like Lou Holtz might, but this is easily the best Kent State team we've faced. They have a good mix of returning starters, a solid defense and showed signs of life in ... We didn't learn much from last week. This week will be a better indicator of what's ahead. I still believe in this team's potential for greatness, so I am expecting a very, very good performance. I think Shinskie will be better and the ...

Sep

Black-American Muslims Speak Out Against Intolerance

2010-09-09

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan recently joined several Black American Muslim leaders to address the controversy surrounding the proposed building of an Islamic center near Ground Zero in New York, as well as the general attitude of...

Sep

Rockies' Carlos Gonzalez one of three players vying for Triple Crown

2010-09-09

Before we say anything about the Triple Crown race, let s make something clear: The players involved don t have much to say.

Sep

BMW Championship: Tiger Woods' coaching change speaks volumes

2010-09-08

By signing on with new swing coach Sean Foley, Tiger Woods might delay his return to the winner's circle even longer, with the hope of building a more solid foundation for the future, writes ESPN.com's Bob Harig.

Sep