To be of GREAT use and to Do GREAT work
Good is the enemy of great
*How do you make the leap to GREAT performance?
*Greatness is largely a matter of choice and discipline!
How do the mighty fall
*If it can happen to them, it can happen to anyone! Anyone can fall and many do.
*You can be sick on the inside and still look strong on the outside!
5 STAGES OF DECLINE
1. HUBRIS BORN OF SUCCESS
*outrageous arrogance to neglect our life calling and failure to renew that everyday with the same passion as if when we first began
*Bad decision made with good intentions are still bad decisions!
*Three leaders described everyone of them understood that it’s not about them!!!!
*Good to Great leaders are different they are level 5 leaders not level 4 leaders
*What separated the #4 leaders from the #5 leaders was their Humility.
*The greatest leaders signature was their humility!
*It’s their drive to do whatever it takes for the advance of the organization and vision
2. UNDISCIPLINED PURSUIT OF MORE
*The mighty fall by going to far, by over-reaching
*They break packards fall
*Do we have all seats filled with fantastic leaders, if not, we are on the brink of falling
3. DENIAL OF SICK AND PERIL
*you look good on the outside
* Look at handbook:
*Teams on the Way up vs Team on the way down
*Stockdale paradox
*you must never ever confuse faith and facts
*never give up but face the facts
4. GRASPING FOR SALVATION
*Looking for something to save the day
*they look to the outside instead of from within
*greatness is an accumulative process, not a single bullet, single event, single person.
*every day, every week, every person matters.
*You have to make the choice to continue to get better, and better, and better
5. CAPITULATION OF IRRELEVANCE OR DEATH
*It’s over, you are ready to give up, you’ve lost your influence
What causes companies to stand strong and long
*They had a reason for existence
*They answer the question what would be lost if we disappeared
*They are driven by purpose beyond money and success
*They will not compromise product quality
*They understand that they have to have the ability to change
*They understand the power of AND when asked a this OR that question
*There is a core that has to be held tight!
*Preserve the core and stimulate progress
*Hold the value constant
TO DO
1. Do your diagnostics (jimcollins.com) Good to Great diagnostic tools use it with your team
2. Count your Blessings – don’t stop till you get 100
you see all the good things that happen that we didn’t create
3. What is your questions to statements ratio … can you double it in the next year
*Ask the right questions
*Invest more in being interested instead of interesting
4. Answer question how many seats are on your bus
5. Do the inventory
6. Create an inventory of the brutal facts
7. Create a Stop Doing List
8. Define Results and Focus there
9. Double your reach to young people by changing your practices without changing your core values
10. Create, and/or Chase your Big Harry Audacious Goal
Dan Gould 
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