Reading: Chapter 3: First Who . . . Then What

Assignment - Deadline: Monday, August 18

A. Post two paragraphs inspired by one or more of the study guide questions/thoughts for the week.

B.  Post two separate comments to one or more of your colleagues reacting to their paragraphs.   

Questions - First Who . . . Then What

• How might you tell if someone is the right person on the bus?
• How might you tell if someone is simply in the wrong seat as distinct from being the wrong person on the bus entirely?
• Think of a case where you had doubts, but your organization hired anyway. What was the outcome? Why did the organization hire anyway, and what do you learn from the situation?
• If compensation is not the primary driver for the right people on the bus, then what are the primary elements in getting and keeping the right people on the bus? What role does compensation play?

Source: “Jim Collins – Good to Great: Discussion Guide.” http://www.jimcollins.com/tools/discussion-guide.html

Reading: Chapter 2: Level 5 Leadership

Assignment - Deadline: Friday, June 20

A. Post two paragraphs inspired by one or more of the study guide questions/thoughts for the week.

B.  Post two separate comments to one or more of your colleagues reacting to their paragraphs.    

Questions - Level 5 Leadership:

• Which is harder to cultivate within yourself: humility or will?
• If Level 5 is about ambition first and foremost about the cause, the company, the work—not yourself—combined with the will to make good on that ambition, then how can each of us as individuals learn to take actions consistent with being Level 5?
• Think of a Level 5 you have known. How did he or she become Level 5? What can we learn from that person?
• Why do so few Level 5s get chosen for top spots in our organizations? What can be done to change this?

Source: “Jim Collins – Good to Great: Discussion Guide.” http://www.jimcollins.com/tools/discussion-guide.html

Reading: Chapter 1: Good is the Enemy of Great

Questions: 

What idea, concept or contention most impressed you in this chapter? How might it be applied to your current work or club/group/committee/organization position?

Assignment - Deadline: Friday, June 13

A. Post two paragraphs inspired by the study guide questions/thoughts for the week.

B.  Post two separate comments to one or more of your colleagues reacting to their paragraphs.