
Good to great: why some companies make the leap--and others don't (Good to Great #1)
Business and economics
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Summary
Author Collins and a team of researchers investigated how 11 companies made substantial improvements in their performance over time. The companies, including Fannie Mae, Gillette, and Wells Fargo, had common traits that challenged many of the conventional notions of corporate… success. Rather than a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, or innovative change management or business strategies, they instead had a corporate culture that rigorously found and promoted disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. 2001.