It's what you do before you are in trouble, so that you can be strong when people most need you.
James C. CollinsIt is more important to know who you are than where you are going, for where you are going will change as the world around you changes.
James C. CollinsYou must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, AND at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
James C. CollinsYou absolutely must have the discipline not to hire until you find the right people.
James C. CollinsOur findings do not represent a quick fix, or the next fashion statement in a long string of management fads, or the next buzzword of the day, or a new 'program' to introduce. No! The only way to make any company visionary is through a long-term commitment to an eternal process of building the organization to preserve the core and stimulate progress.
James C. Collins