1. Milos Kustudija – Matt Zaney – Dustin Pace
Good to Great Synopsis
Milos Kustudija – Matt Zaney – Dustin Pace

2. Level 5 Leadership
Every good-to-great company had Level 5 leadership during pivotal transition years.
Humility + Will = Level 5 leader
Coach K (Duke)
Greg Popovich (Spurs)
More Plow horse than show horse
We all have the potential to evolve into Level 5 leaders

3. First Who…Then What?
Getting the right people on the bus (and the wrong people off of the bus).
When in doubt, don’t hire – keep looking.
Be sure you don’t simply have someone in the wrong seat.
Put your best people on your biggest opportunities, not your biggest problems.

4. Confront the Brutal Facts …yet never lose faith
Confront the brutal facts of current reality.
Create a culture where people can be herd.
Leadership does not begin just with vision.
Do not de-motivate your people.
Stockdale Paradox.

5. Hedgehog Concept …simplicity within three circles
The Hedgehog Concept is not a goal, strategy, or intention; it is an understanding.
Good-to-Great companies founded their strategies on understanding of three dimensions-three circles.
Hedgehog Concept ≠ Core Competence.
Fanatical consistency

6. Cultured Discipline A culture of discipline is not just about action
It’s about getting disciplined people engaged in disciplined thought and then taking disciplined action
Culture of discipline involves duality
One hand requires adherence to a consistent system, other hand gives you freedom/responsibility within that framework
Single most impt form of discipline for sustained results is fanatical adherence to Hedgehog concept
More so, it’s the willingness to let go of things that fall outside the circle(s)

7. Good to Great to Built to Last
Built to Last – previous book focused on what’s needed for newbies to survive in the long run
First, have to have strong core values. It’s a must.
Need to exist for more than mere purpose of financial success to transcend good to great
This purpose doesn’t have to be strictly defined SO LONG AS the purpose itself is of greater meaning than profit
Do things necessary to get yourself from good to great, then concentrate on building to last

8. Nothing Is Impossible
We’re given the shot at Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness – nowhere does it say anything about a guarantee of happiness, there is no Federal Department of Happy
The choice is yours
Everyone has dreams, but the ones with goals are much easier to spot – they’re usually the ones having their dreams…just some food for thought