Good To Great And The Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great

GOOD-TO-GREAT…

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driven to do the best they can because it is simply part of their DNA.

Enduring great institutions practice the principle of Preserve the Core and Stimulate Progress, separating core values and fundamental purpose (which should never change) from mere operating practices, cultural norms and business strategies (which endlessly adapt to a changing world).

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whatever you can to get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people into the right seats.

themselves to mission. The right people can often attract money, but money by itself can never attract the right people. Money is a commodity; talent is not. Time and talent can often compensate for lack of money, but money cannot ever compensate for lack of the right people.

Get out of their way, and let them build a clock!

True leadership only exists if people follow when they have the freedom not to.

Legislative leadership relies more upon persuasion, political currency, and shared interests to create the conditions for the right decisions to happen.