Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great.

Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great.

Our 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.

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The best CEOs in our research display tremendous ambition for their company combined with the stoic will to do whatever it takes, no matter how brutal (within the bounds of the company's core values), to make the company great. Yet at the same time they display a remarkable humility about themselves, ascribing much of their own success to luck, discipline and preparation rather than personal genius.

The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is inconsistency.

The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.