SEN yesterday had stuff Costa on and they asked him about what makes Geelong successful. He talked about the usual footy ideas of bringing a young group players through together and all that before getting onto the mantra of seeking greatness in every aspect of the club. "Great" being measured by ticking every KPI. He talked about their 2006 internal review and the notion of making sure "you kicked all the wrong people off the bus and put on the bus all the right people in the right seats". I guess right now we are seeking the right person on the tiggy bus to take the footy manager seat.
Anyway this is where Costa got this "good to great" mantra from. Thoughts?
http://www.jimcollins.com/lab/firstWho/p2.htmlThe executives who ignited the transformations from good to great did not first figure out where to drive the bus and then get people to take it there. No, they first got the right people on the bus (and the wrong people off the bus) and then figured out where to drive it. They said, in essence, “Look, I don’t really know where we should take this bus. But I know this much: If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we’ll figure out how to take it someplace great.”
The good-to-great leaders understood three simple truths. First, if you begin with “who,” rather than “what,” you can more easily adapt to a changing world. If people join the bus primarily because of where it is going, what happens if you get ten miles down the road and you need to change direction? You’ve got a problem. But if people are on the bus because of who else is on the bus, then it’s much easier to change direction: “Hey, I got on this bus because of who else is on it; if we need to change direction to be more successful, fine with me.” Second, if you have the right people on the bus, the problem of how to motivate and manage people largely goes away. The right people don’t need to be tightly managed or fired up; they will be self-motivated by the inner drive to produce the best results and to be part of creating something great. Third, if you have the wrong people, it doesn’t matter whether you discover the right direction; you still won’t have a great company. Great vision without great people is irrelevant.
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