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Jim Collins
Management researcher; Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty 1988-1995, since then an independent researcher running a management laboratory in Boulder, Colorado
Built to Last and Good to Great are the primary research sources the enduring-company literature builds on and argues with.
8 books of their own · 69 articles · 24 books they recommend
Books they wrote 8
William C. Lazier · 1992 · Open Library unreachable this run; title not machine-verified.
Jerry I. Porras · 1994 · Open Library unreachable this run; title not machine-verified.
· 2005 · Monograph companion to Good to Great; not machine-verified.
· 2009 · Open Library unreachable this run; title not machine-verified.
Morten T. Hansen · 2011 · Open Library unreachable this run; title not machine-verified.
· 2019 · Monograph companion to Good to Great; not machine-verified.
William C. Lazier · 2020 · Expanded edition of the 1992 book; not machine-verified.
Articles and essays 69
- Ten Lessons I Learned from Peter DruckerForeword to The Effective Executive, 50th Anniversary Edition, 2016
- How to Manage Through ChaosFortune, 2011
- Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce ResolveHarvard Business Review, 2005
- The 10 Greatest CEOs of All TimeFortune, 2003
- Best New Year's Resolution? A "Stop Doing" ListUSA Today, 2003
- Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce ResolveHarvard Business Review, 2001
- Built to FlipFast Company, 2000
- Turning Goals into Results: The Power of Catalytic MechanismsHarvard Business Review, 1999
- Building Your Company's VisionHarvard Business Review, 1996
- Foreword to The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleBook foreword
- Foreword to 7 Measures of SuccessBook foreword
- 20 Mile March — Building Confidence in K12 EducationGreat by Choice excerpt
- Aligning Action and ValuesThe Forum
- And the Walls Came Tumbling DownLeading Beyond the Walls
- The Art of CompetitionBook foreword
- Best Beats FirstInc.
- BHAG — Big Hairy Audacious GoalBuilt to Last excerpt
- Bigger, Better, FasterFast Company
- Book ValueInc.
- Building Companies to LastInc.
- Can You Grow into Level 5 Leadership?Good to Great excerpt
- Change Is Good — But First, Know What Should Never ChangeFORTUNE
- The ClassicsInc.
- Foreword to CollaborationBook foreword
- Companies Need Not Hire Outside CEOs to Stimulate Fundamental ChangeDirectorship
- Corporations Will Shape Our Future ValuesUSA Today
- Foreword to The Daily DruckerBook foreword
- The Death of the Charismatic Leader (and the Birth of an Architect)Inc.
- Foreword to Dream BigBook foreword
- Foreword to Drucker & MeBook foreword
- Expensive 'Name' CEOs Not Necessarily Best LeadersUSA Today
- Foreword to Fast Company's Greatest HitsBook foreword
- Fear NotInc.
- Few Hot Internet Companies Are Built to LastUSA Today
- First Who — Get the Right People on the BusGood to Great excerpt
- The Flywheel EffectGood to Great excerpt
- Forget Strategy, Build Mechanisms InsteadInc.
- Good to GreatFast Company
- Foreword to HalftimeBook foreword
- The Hedgehog Concept in the Business SectorsGood to Great excerpt
- The Hedgehog Concept in the Social SectorsGood to Great and the Social Sectors excerpt
- Foreword to Hesselbein on LeadershipBook foreword
- Foreword to The Highest GoalBook foreword
- Hitting the WallUpward Bound
- How Great Companies Tame TechnologyNewsweek
- How the Mighty Fall: A Primer on the Warning SignsBusinessWeek
- Foreword to The HP WayBook foreword
- It's Not What You Make, It's What You Stand ForInc.
- Foreword to Leadership Lessons from West PointBook foreword
- Foreword to Leadership ReckoningBook foreword
- The Learning ExecutiveInc.
- Level 5 Leadership and 10X Entrepreneurial SuccessGreat by Choice excerpt
- Looking Out for Number OneInc.
- Foreword to Management (Drucker)Book foreword
- Manager's Journal: High Returns amid Low ExpectationsThe Wall Street Journal
- Foreword to The Maverick and His MachineBook foreword
- The Misguided Mix-up of Celebrity and LeadershipConference Board Annual Report
- The Most Creative Product EverInc.
- Foreword to My Life in LeadershipBook foreword
- Old Economy Companies Learn New Economy TricksUSA Today
- Pulling the PlugInc.
- The Secret Life of the CEO: Is the Economy Just Built to Flip?Fast Company
- The Secret of Enduring GreatnessFORTUNE
- Shareflipping Cheats Shareholders of Real ValueUSA Today
- The Silicon Valley Paradigm and Why It WonThe Red Herring
- Sometimes a Great NotionInc.
- The Timeless Physics of Great CompaniesBusinessWeek
- Foreword to Trade-OffBook foreword
- The Wizard, King, and Hobbit of BusinessFast Company
Blog
Books they recommend 24
Collins keeps a very long recommended reading list on his own site, several hundred titles across business, history, biography and fiction. The entries below are a slice of it.
