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Author: Jim Collins
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Dimension: 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.1 inches
Weight: 1.3 pounds.

Lasting Greatness
In "Good to Great," Jim Collins and his team of business researchers write the prequel to their highly successful volume, "Built to Last." In "Built to Last," they explored how companies sustain greatness once they have it. Of course, the question arises,... more

Having this on your shelf won't make your company great
A certain company I know had a CEO that thought this was the greatest book ever and he tried to shove it down his upper management's throat. Upper management, in turn tried to feed it to the lower levels. At the same time, they had yet another reorganization... more

Going from good to great...
Unlike other reviewers, I don't like to reiterate and summarize the book. To me, that's not the point of a review.

Anyway, I purchased this book after browsing the top-selling books on Amazon. I was unaware of the previous book, Built to... more

Better than average business book
This is a very readable business book. Jim Collins and his crack research team studied a lot of companies and narrowed down to 11 the ones they thought were continually great. From these 11, they tried to find characteristics that were common to them,... more

Absolutely Wonderful!!
This is a great book. If you are interested in reading about companies who were able to break away from medicority, become great, and sustain it- then this book is for you. You will be hard pressed to find a better text to derive some new and stronger... more

The practices are easy to understand...challenging to apply
Some people have commented that the concepts in this book are elementary and have implied that the act of articulating them is insulting to readers' intelligence. By that logic, we should see many more great organizations than we currently do. If the... more

Well Worth the Time
While some may say that the Collin's Team has rediscovered the obvious, I don't agree. This is a very readable book and it reinforces solid concepts about the need for focus, clarity, persistence and principled leadership.

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It will change the way you do business
I'm not sure why everyone feels the need to write a 12 page review of this book. It's pretty simple: If you are serious about rising through the ranks of capital achievement...then go buy this book. It might just change the way you do business.more

Required Reading for New business owners
I know a few business owners who desperately need this book. Collins points out what should be common sense but isn't: the key to corporate success is discipline. A company needs to take control of itself, its employees, and its resources and get everything... more

A "pretty good" book
The author's thesis is that he knows how companies make the leap from "good" to "great," and that he learned the principles by studying the statistical differences between companies that made the jump, and those that didn't.

He begins by... more

Why are great companies better than mediocre?
Good to Great provies a compelling argument as to why some companies rise above mediocrity. The book is filled with cases studies and is based on Gallup Poll research. The right leaders, acting in a disciplined manner, attract the right people to differentiate... more

How to Make the Jump
There aren't many authors who have written two great business books. Jim Collins can make that claim.

The first one, co-authored with Jerry Porras was Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. In that book, the authors... more

Perfect combination: thoroughly academic, easily readable
Jim Collins is one of the few business writers that has delivered thoroughly fact-based and academic conclusions as to how companies become not only successful, but also sustainable.

The author's insights into effective leadership qualities... more

Much More Than Just Another Business Book
Jim Collins wrote easily one of the most stimulating books I have ever read about organizational leadership and effectiveness. What made this book really stand out from other business-oriented books was how applicable the approach, advice, and conclusions... more

Jim Collins Defines Excellence
"Good to Great" is not a good read, it's a great read. Although Jim Collins presents his study and conclusions on great companies, his theories can be applied to both personal and business arena, or even the political arena. His book also signifies the... more

I've applied these principles and they work
This book has lingered at the top of the business book charts for years, and it deserves its spot there. Collins takes a highly logical approach to his research on how good companies become great companies. He starts by finding companies hat have actually... more

GREAT- BUT HOW DOES A CO. SURVIVE THE COMING DEPRESSION?
A great book, perfect for enhancing leadership, and cultivating a successful corporate environment in my company. But, with the onset of the greatest depression in history now just a few years away caused by the unavoidable demographics driven collapse... more

A Must-Have for Every Office Library
Once in a great while a book comes along that is an instant classic. The kind of book that will be read and re-read, underlined and dog-eared. The kind of book that will still have fresh, relevant advice to offer 15 years from now when it is read once... more

Not the way to get rich
THis author can tell you a bit about corporate culture but that won't make you money. I assume you read this because you need to get ahead in life. My way of doing that was reading Toby Crabel's books on trading in the stock market

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Laudable Contribution to Management Theory
Collins and his research team analyze the transformation of good companies to great companies - those beating the market by a multiple of three for a fifteen year period - comparing them to selected companies in the same industry with access to comparable... more

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