Built to Last - Jim Collins - Audio Book CD
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"Good to Great is about turning good results into great results; Built to Last is about turning great results into an enduring great
company." so write Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in this groundbreaking book
that shatters myths, provides new insights, and gives practical guidance to
those who would like to build landmark companies that stand the test of time.
Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate
School of Business, Collins and Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and
long-lasting companies and studied each company in direct comparison to one of
its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to
the present day, as start-ups, as midsize companies, and as large companies.
Throughout, the authors asked: "What makes the truly exceptional companies
different from other companies?"
Collins and Porras go beyond the incessant barrage of management buzzwords
and fads of the day to discover timeless qualities that have consistently
distinguished outstanding companies. They also provide inspiration to all
executives and entrepreneurs by destroying the false but widely accepted idea
that only charismatic visionary leaders can build visionary companies.
Filled with hundreds of specific examples and organized into a coherent
framework of practical concepts that can be applied by managers and
entrepreneurs at all levels, Built to Last provides a master blueprint for
building organizations that will prosper long into the twenty-first century and
beyond.
About The Author Jim Collins
Jim Collins is a student and teacher of enduring great companies -- how they grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become great companies. Having invested over a decade of research into the topic, Jim has authored or co-authored four books, including the classic BUILT TO LAST, a fixture on the Business Week best seller list for more than six years, and has been translated into 25 languages. His work has been featured in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company.
Jim’s most recent book, GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap … And Others Don’t attained long-running positions on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Business Week best seller lists, has sold 2.5 million hardcover copies since publication and has been translated into 32 languages.
Driven by a relentless curiosity, Jim began his research and teaching career on the faculty at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received the Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992. In 1995, he founded a management laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, where he now conducts research and teaches executives from the corporate and social sectors.
Jim has served as a teacher to senior executives and CEOs at over a hundred corporations. He has also worked with social sector organizations, such as: Johns Hopkins Medical School, the Girl Scouts of the USA, the Leadership Network of Churches, the American Association of K-12 School Superintendents, and the United States Marine Corps. In 2005 he published a monograph: Good to Great and the Social Sectors.
Jim invests a significant portion of his energy in large-scale research projects -- often five or more years in duration -- to develop fundamental insights and then translate those findings into books, articles and lectures. He uses his management laboratory to work directly with executives and to develop practical tools for applying the concepts that flow from his research.
In addition, Jim is an avid rock climber and has made free ascents of the West Face of El Capitan and the East Face of Washington Column in Yosemite Valley.
About the co-Author Jerry Porras
Jerry Porras, Lane Professor of Organizational Behavior and Change, Emeritus,
at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, is co-author of Built
to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies, one of Forbes’ 20 most
influential business books.
Thirty years ago Porras co-developed the highly successful MBA class
Interpersonal Dynamics, designed to lead students through the process of
understanding personal style and improving the way they relate to others. He
has an extensive and impressive background including having served on the
editorial boards of half a dozen journals and has authored two books and over
40 scholarly articles. He also served Stanford University as the faculty
athletic representative to the NCAA and as president of the Pacific-10
Conference Council.
Porras enlightens audiences with his groundbreaking theories of successful
organization. He debunks myths about what makes companies successful by tracing
the attributes of a selected group of visionary companies that demonstrate
enduring core values, a purpose beyond profits, and a devoted workforce.
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