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

Circle 1: Passion - Understanding what your organization stands for (its core values) and why it exists (its mission or core purpose). Circle 2: Best at - Understanding what your organization can uniquely contribute to the people it touches, better than any other organization on the planet. Circle 3: Resource Engine - Understanding what best drives

When we examined the Hedgehog Concepts of the good-to-great companies, we found they reflected deep understanding of three intersecting circles: 1) what you are deeply passionate about, 2) what you can be the best in the world at, and 3) what best drives your

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).

Yet the wide variation in economic structures in the social sectors increases the importance of the hedgehog principle—the inherent complexity requires deeper, more penetrating insight and rigorous clarity than in your average business entity. You begin with passion, then you refine passion with a rigorous assessment of what you can best contribute

to deliver superior performance relative to our mission?”

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

Third, the number-one resource for a great social sector organization is having enough of the right people willing to commit

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.