Do you want to take your business from good to great in 2011? If so, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap . . . And Others Don’t by Jim Collins will provide you with the tools and eye-opening advice you need to turn your business dream into a reality. Specifically, this book takes a deep look at what key factors make a company great and why some companies never reach greatness.
This book has been the demise of the way I currently run my business and is sure to inspire you to take a good, hard look at the state of your company, your systems, your clients, your products and services, your team’s performance, and your financials.
Because I want you, Dear Reader, to have business success, I’m giving away a free copy to one lucky winner.
Review of Good to Great from Amazon.com:
“Five years ago, Jim Collins asked the question, “Can a good company become a great company and if so, how?” In Good to Great Collins, the author of Built to Last, concludes that it is possible, but finds there are no silver bullets. Collins and his team of researchers began their quest by sorting through a list of 1,435 companies, looking for those that made substantial improvements in their performance over time. They finally settled on 11–including Fannie Mae, Gillette, Walgreens, and Wells Fargo–and discovered common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate success. Making the transition from good to great doesn’t require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the heart of those rare and truly great companies was a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. Peppered with dozens of stories and examples from the great and not so great, the book offers a well-reasoned road map to excellence that any organization would do well to consider. Like Built to Last, Good to Great is one of those books that managers and CEOs will be reading and rereading for years to come. –Harry C. Edwards”
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Dates:
The contest begins today, Wednesday, December 1, 2010, and ends the following Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at midnight (Eastern). The winner will be chosen and notified on Thursday, December 9, 2010, via random.org and announced on this blog.
Prize:
There will only be one winner of this contest. The winner will receive a free copy of Jim Collins’ Good to Great.
Terms & Conditions:
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