Successful habits of visionary companies good to great book 2. Successful habits of visionary companies good to great book 2 kindle edition by collins, jim, porras, jerry i download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. It outlines the results of a sixyear research project exploring what leads to enduringly great companies. This is a book about something far more important, enduring, and substantial.
Successful habits of visionary companies by jim collins and jerry i. Successful habits of visionary companies 9780060516406 by jim collins, jerry i. Built to last is a rigorous analysis of visionary companies. Successful habits of visionary companies new ed by collins, james, porras, jerry, collins, jim isbn. Depending on the period you read built to last, you will notice that some companies jim and jerry refer to as successful or visionary have collapsed guess there is nothing really built to last. In built to last, jim collins examines a selection of visionary companies. Successful habits of visionary companies and has authored three other books along with a slew of articles featured in fortune magazine, business week, and the wall street journal. Its been a decade since jim collins and jerry porras wrote built to last, a book that took the management world by storm. Some visionary companies listed in this book have undergone major transformations since the book was first published in 1994.
Inspired by my love for collins work, i decided to pick up another classic from the same author, a book called built to last. The first edition of the book was published on october 26, 1994 by harperbusiness. He compares these to other companies and identifies what it takes to run a visionary company. But some of its companies havent held up as well as its sales. Successful habits of visionary companies good to great paperback october 26, 1994 by jim collins author. To identify those timeless fundamentals, jerry porras and i embarked upon the intensive sixyear research project that led to our book built to last. His book, built to last, was on the business week bestseller list for more than six years.
Great by choice audiobook by jim collins, morten t. He is a professor at the stanford graduate school of business and the founder of a management laboratory in colorado where he researches and teaches executives on the aspects of corporate leadership. Jim collins says that in 1994 when he and his coauthor, jerry porras, were writing the seminal book built to last, they debated what to call ambitious. Successful habits of visionary companies is a book written by jim collins and jerry i. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading built to last. Built to last coauthored with jerry porras and based on their research project at the stanford graduate school of business, this book investigates the question, why are some companies able to become and remain visionary through multiple generations of leaders, across decades, and even centuries. Find your true calling good to great, attained longrunning positions on the new york times. Save time on the go with this concise summary, and explore key quotations from built to last.