Jim Collins
Jim Collins is a New York Times bestselling author, a world-renowned management and business growth coach, and a Socratic advisor to CEOs and leaders around the globe. He is regarded as one of today’s foremost experts and thinkers on matters relating to corporate and organizational structures. He has authored and co-authored eight books that have together sold over 10 million copies worldwide, and has been widely read and influential in the business world. He has produced a succession of transformative leadership books, notably Good to Great, Built to Last, How the Mighty Fall, and Great by Choice, which form the centerpiece of every leadership library worldwide. He has also worked with CEOs at more than one hundred companies, and works with nonprofits, healthcare and federal governments.
Jim Collins Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Author
Academic History
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Master of Business Administration
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B.S., Mathematical Sciences
LEADERSHIP
Collins created the “flywheel” principle of sustained momentum, demonstrating that the building of any human enterprise is not about one single defining action, or one killer innovation.
According to him, it is a process that resembles relentlessly pushing a giant, heavy flywheel, gradually building momentum.
He has also been a faculty member at the University of Colorado and the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University.
He has worked with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the United States Marine Corps, and the American Association of K-12 School Superintendents.
EARLY CAREER
Collins started his career as a Consultant with McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm.
He later worked as a Product Manager for Hewlett-Packard, an information technology company.
In 1995, he founded a management laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, where he conducted research and taught executives in the corporate world.
RECOGNITIONS
2019 Thinkers50
2010 University of Notre Dame Sheedy Excellence in Teaching Award
1992 Stanford Graduate School of Business' Distinguished Teaching Award
Class of 1951 Chair for the Study of Leadership at the United States Military Academy at West Point
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