Wednesday- June 18
This free event is from the LIJC
Business Book Club: Good to Great by Jim Collins
Monthly Business Book Club.
Book Selection this Month:
“Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Dont”.
EVENT DETAILS:
TIME: 7pm
PLACE: Barnes & Noble
Huntington Station, NY
WHEN: 3rd Wednesday of the month.
COST: Free
NOTE: You do not have to read the book to participate and learn!
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice. The findings include:
Level 5 Leaders: The research team was shocked to discover the type of leadership required to achieve greatness.
The Hedgehog Concept (Simplicity within the Three Circles): To go from good to great requires transcending the curse of competence.
A Culture of Discipline: When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great results. Technology
Accelerators: Good-to-great companies think differently about the role of technology.
The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Those who launch radical change programs and wrenching restructurings will almost certainly fail to make the leap.
