The Re-Education of Jim Collins

The author of “Good to Great” went to West Point to teach leadership. Instead, he was the one who got schooled.

Jim Collins: Be Great Now

The leadership expert sits down with Inc. editor-at-large Bo Burlingham to talk about what makes great companies tick.

Jim Collins: How to Thrive in 2009

As part of our 30th-anniversary issue, Inc. asked Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built to Last, what we might expect in the next 30 years. His answer: uncertainty, chaos, turbulence, and risk. In other words, it’s not a bad time to be an entrepreneur.

A Stake in the Outcome: Building a Culture of Ownership for the Long-Term Success of Your Business

A refreshingly sensitive and sensible guide to motivating employees, this new volume by Stack and Burlingham (The Great Game of Business) is a standout in its crowded genre. Stack is the president and CEO of SRC Holdings Corporation, an employee-owned supplier of renovated engines to auto companies and a celebrated business success story. In 1983, when it looked like SRC’s parent company, International Harvester, might … [ Read more ]