Good To Great By Jim Collins Summary

“Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.” by Jim Collins. Good To Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins covers how leaders can meet goals efficiently with their desired group or team. This monograph dives into the deeper details and qualities of how businesses went from average to amazing with long lasting capabilities. Any business or group can deliver superior performance, achieve lasting endurance, and make a distinctive impact to the world no matter what the size (Collins , 8). I have had the amazing opportunity to be a part of Wartburg for a semester and a half and after reading this monograph there can be a lot to compare. I would consider Wartburg College as a “great” business because from a students perspective I feel the leaders in charge really do
A business does not succeed in a day, it is a everyday commit of pursing excellence and everyday over and over again this pushes this flywheel and with every push builds more and more momentum to this physique structure of excellence (Collins, 24). I know I could be a really great coach because I know exactly what to put in each category of the Hedgehog concept, I love working with people and the game of baseball, I know the fundamentals of the game extremely well and have lots of experience it game setting situations, and lastly I know time and commitment drives that resource engine because with anything the more practice and time put in something the better one gets at it. When that day does come where I have my own team I will know that everyday to remind them of the flywheel and how everyday we should commit to getting better and improve on our past successes as we keep turning it round and