Jim Collins: Leadership in Extraordinary Times: Archive Page

HELPING YOU TO FIND GREATNESS IN TIMES OF ADVERSITY AND CHANGE

This page is designed to offer you and your business a host of useful resources, generated from the Jim Collins 2009 conference. Please download and use them freely. Contact Grant Ashfield, , if you need more, or help with putting them into practice in your business.

"Almost across the board, people are worried. As a rock climber the one thing you learn is that those who panic die on the mountain. You don't just sit on the mountain. You either go up or down, but don't just sit and wait to get clobbered. You have to ask the question: What can we do not just to survive but to turn this into a defining point in history." Jim Collins

Helpful Resources:

1. Good to Great Diagnostic Tool
2. Discussion Guide
3. What makes for the right people in key seats?
4. Attributes of teams on the way up, contrasted with those on the way down

Conference Reading:

1. Conference Summary
2. Going for Greatness in 2009
3. LeadershipWorks interview - Jim Collins, July 2009
4. Sunday Times interview, June 2009
5. Entrepreneur magazine, June 2009
6. World at 6 interview with Bruce Whitfield: MP3

Useful Reading:

1. Climbing to Greatness, Jim Collins - strategy + business
2. Turning Crisis Into Opportunity: Fortune Magazine, 29 January 2009
3. Steve Jobs Is An Industrial Beethoven: hossli.com, March 2009
4. Good to Great, Chapter One
5. How the Mighty Fall, Book excerpt
6. How the Mighty Fall, Overview
7. Jim Collins on Level 5 Leadership
8. Jim Collins, How to Thrive in 2009. Inc.com, April 2009
9. For This Guru No Question Is Too big, New York Times, June 2009
10. The True Test of Timeless Companies, Fast Company

Photo Gallery:

Click here to view photographs from the conference

Useful Links:

1. www.jimcollins.com
2. www.jimcollins.com/articles.htm - a rich library of reading material collated by Jim Collins himself to keep you busy for hours.

Participant Feedback:

	"The boldness of the initiative was outstanding. Over 600 people, one of the greatest business minds in the world and a clear emphasis on the uncertainty of these times."
	"The fact that whether you rise or fall depends on what you do yourself, not what the world does to you, was an outstanding insight."
	"Being able to be in a room with executives talking about relevant leadership issues and learning it from Jim's mouth was outstanding."
	"The conference was an incredible reminder of the importance of humble disciplined leadership with a clear vision/mission and having the right people on board."
	"Everything was exceptionally planned considering the amount of people involved. Well done and thank you!"
	"This conference has given me a totally different mindset and perception of myself and my organisation."
	"The organisation of the event was outstanding. It was fantastic to hear Jim Collins in person. The Q&A session especially was outstanding. Thank you."
	"I learnt, was absorbed and took tons of notes, leaving wanting to do more, better. I honestly thought it was superbly done."
	"Fresh, different and challenging. It was great to interact with different individuals and listen to an inspirational leader."
	"Jim Collins was outstanding. His understanding of the subject matter is impeccable. His verbal communication skills and ability to relay lessons is legendary. He appears to be approachable and a modest icon in the field of business management."