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

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

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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

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.

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

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

the practice of leadership is not the same as the exercise of power.

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.

the social sectors do not have rational capital markets that channel resources to those who deliver the best results.