This week, one of the readings, titled, “Good to Great: Why some companies make the leap… and others don’t”, particularly stood out to me. I found myself nodding my head at practically every sentence. This is one of the best descriptions of a great business that I’ve read. If I’m in leadership someday, this is precisely the type of company model I’d want to work with.
To illustrate a few of my favorite points… great companies put getting great people ahead of strategy, tactics, and even vision. By putting this first, several benefits will fall into place. First, the company will find it easier to adapt and change, because the people they attract will be more excited about who they get to work with, rather than what they get to do. As someone who fantasizes about someday working at places such as Google, Youtube, or perhaps Pixar, I can attest that this is a major interest point for me. These companies place focus on hiring exceptional individuals with amazing creative capabilities. By formulating superb teams of people that thrive on working with one another, a powerful, adaptable vision will naturally fall into place.
Second, putting great people first will erase the challenge of motivating and managing people, since they will be driven by a personal desire to achieve and “be part of something great. They will naturally be fired up.” I love this idea. If I have personal investment in a company, I will devote my energy and drive to overcome and problem solve through challenges we face.
Third, the company will become great because, even with an ideal vision, the wrong people will drag the company down from finding greatness. Thus, seeking out great people as a priority will see everything else fall into place. If a company had these motivations at its forefront, that’s the kind of company I’d want to work for. Even better, if I’m ever in leadership, these are the prized qualities I’d strive to implement into my business’s structure.
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