Frases de James C. Collins

„Algumas pessoas são como raposas pois são imprecisas e inconsistentes, outras são como porcos-espinhos pois focam o essencial, ignoram o resto e são eficazes.“

—  James C. Collins

„No fim das contas, é impossível viver ter uma vida que vale a pena a menos que seja uma vida com sentido. E é muito difícil ter uma vida com sentido sem um trabalho com sentido.“

—  James C. Collins

„A crise obriga as empresas a ter foco. A prosperidade, não.“

—  James C. Collins

„Gente boa precisa ter coisas grandes para fazer, senão leva sua energia criativa para outro lugar.“

—  James C. Collins

„O melhor sinal da riqueza não é manter uma agenda lotada, mas ter tempo disponível para se concentrar no que é importante.“

—  James C. Collins

„Más decisões feitas com boas intenções, ainda assim são más decisões.“

—  James C. Collins

„A vitória aguarda aquele que tem tudo em ordem – ou sorte,
como as pessoas costumam dizer. A derrota é certa para
aquele que deixa de tomar as precauções necessárias a tempo;
a isso as pessoas chamam má sorte.”
Roald Amundsen, Polo sula“

—  James C. Collins

Vencedoras por opção: Incerteza, caos e acaso - por que algumas empresam prosperam apesar de tudo

„For no matter what we achieve, if we don't spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly have a great life.“

—  James C. Collins, livro Good to Great

Highlighted section cited in: Lisa Marshall (2004), Speak the Truth and Point to Hope: The Leader's Journey to Maturity. p. 32
Good to Great, 2001
Contexto: For no matter what we achieve, if we don't spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly have a great life. But if we spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect – people we really enjoy being on the bus with and who will never disappoint us – then we will almost certainly have a great life, no matter where the bus goes. The people we interviewed from the good-to-great companies clearly loved what they did, largely because they loved who they did it with.

„The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.“

—  James C. Collins

Fonte: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

„Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.“

—  James C. Collins

Fonte: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

„Great vision without great people is irrelevant.“

—  James C. Collins

Fonte: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

„Creativity dies in an indisciplined environment.“

—  James C. Collins

„Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.“

—  James C. Collins

Fonte: How The Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In

„A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.“

—  James C. Collins

Fonte: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

„For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.“

—  James C. Collins

Fonte: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

„By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.“

—  James C. Collins

Fonte: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

„I don't know where we should take this company, but I do know that if I start with the right people, ask them the right questions, and engage them in vigorous debate, we will find a way to make this company great.“

—  James C. Collins

„A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.“

—  James C. Collins

Fonte: Good To Great And The Social Sectors, 2005, p. 1

„The most effective leaders of companies in transition are the quiet, unassuming people whose inner wiring is such that the worst circumstances bring out their best. They're unflappable, they're ready to die if they have to. But you can trust that, when bad things are happening, they will become clearheaded and focused.“

—  James C. Collins, livro Good to Great

Fonte: Good to Great, 2001, p. 46