
Great by Choice
Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck
New York, NY : HarperCollins Publishers, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Great by Choice" distinguishes itself from Collins's prior work by its focus not just on performance, but also on the type of unstable environments faced by leaders today. With a team of more than twenty researchers, Collins and Hansen studied companies that rose to greatness--beating their industry indexes by a minimum of ten times over fifteen years--in environments characterized by big forces and rapid shifts that leaders could not predict or control. The research team then contrasted these "10X companies" to a carefully selected set of comparison companies that failed to achieve greatness in similarly extreme environments.
Contents:
Thriving in uncertainty -- 10xers -- 20 mile march -- Fire bullets, then cannonballs -- Leading above the death line -- SMaC -- Return on luck -- Epilogue: great by choice -- Frequently asked questions.
Subjects:
Success in business -- Case studies.
Creative ability in business -- Case studies.
Technological innovations -- Management -- Case studies.
Success in business -- Case studies.
Creative ability in business -- Case studies.
Technological innovations -- Management -- Case studies.
ISBN:
9780062120991 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BUSINESS Col | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-293) and index.