Good to Great 20 Years on! - a podcast by The Bayard Academy

This year sees the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Jim Collins bestseller Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't.

With over 4 million copies sold worldwide good to great became a management must-read. But what can we learn from it 20 years on? 

Is it still relevant? Do its findings pan out in the 21st century?

The book addresses a single question: can a good company become a great company (stock market performance, 5 times the average) and if so, how? Based on a five-year research project comparing companies that made the leap to those that didn’t, Good to Great shows that greatness is not primarily a function of circumstance but largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline. ‘Good to Great’ discusses concepts like Level 5 Leadership; First Who, Then What (first get the right people on the bus, then figure out where to drive it); the Hedgehog Concept, and the Flywheel. 

Helping Harley discuss Good to Great in his virtual studio are:

• Dr. Katrin Winkler, Leadership and organizational coach and Professor of Human Resources and Leadership at the University of Applied Sciences (UAS) Kempten, Germany
• Cor Loots, Business Strategist, former Vice-president in Business Improvement and Operations for Levi Strauss Europe and owner of Cobalo consultancy
• Philippe Van Haren, Business Consultant and former CEO of Unicon Solutions NV and member of a number of boards of directors
• Peter Ruymen, Partner of The Bayard Partnership. Peter has a degree in Enterprise Architecture from the University of Antwerp and is described as a no-nonsense guy that sees the bigger picture immediately. 

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