Selections from lectures by Jim Collins

Aligning Your Organization with Its Vision

Are the Great Companies from the Research Great Places to Work? It Depends

Being Charismatic and Wrong Is a Bad Combination

Building Vision — the Physics and Engineering Principles of Building Great Companies

Can My Hedgehog Concept Help Provide Satisfaction with My Current Work?

Can You Be a Level 5 Leader without a Hedgehog Concept?

A Conversation with a Church Leader About the Resource Engine

The Council as a Mechanism to Understand the Inflection Points of Change

The DNA of Enduring Greatness Lies in the "AND"

Do You Suffer the Curse of Competence?

The Essence of Level 5 as Demonstrated by Abraham Lincoln

"First Who" Is Not Just a Business Concept

"First Who, the Hedgehog Concept, and Your Personal Trajectory"

The Five Key Things to Consider When Looking for the Right People

The Fundamental Inputs to Create Superior Performance

Funding: Time-Telling Vs. Clock-Building

A Funny Thing Happens Around Level 5 Leaders

"Getting Back to Values, and Other Lessons from IBM"

Getting the Right People in the Right Seats over Time

Getting the Right People on the Bus - And the Wrong People Off the Bus - In a Family Business

Greatness Is a Matter of Conscious Choice and Discipline

How Companies Go from Good to Great to Irrelevant

How to Find Your Company's Three Circles

How to Find Your Personal Hedgehog Concept

A Hypothesis: Executive and Legislative Leadership

"If We Only Have Great Companies, We Will Merely Have a Prosperous Society - Not a Great One"

The Importance of Distinguishing Inputs from Outputs

The Inverse Relationship of Leadership and Power

It Really Matters that You Have Core Values. It Really Doesn't Matter What They Are!

Lack of Resources Is No Excuse for Lack of Rigor

Managing Expectations Before Breakthrough

"The Moment You Begin to Think of Yourself as Great, You've Lost It"

The Path to the Book Good to Great Began with a Question