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Article: Transforming strategy helped turn companies into leaders in their fields
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 19, 2002
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BUSINESS ISSUES
John Torinus
Transforming strategy helped turn companies into leaders in their
fields
By JOHN TORINUS
Sunday, May 19, 2002
The cutting-edge book, "Good to Great," misses a key point
illustrated by three of Wisconsin's best corporations -- Kimberly-
Clark Corp., Kohler Co. and Quad/Graphics Inc. -- namely, that an
elegant strategic concept can separate good companies from great
ones.
Author Jim Collins and his researchers discovered that several
factors weigh heavily for companies that jump from good to great:
-- Getting the right people on the bus.
-- Humble leaders (that doesn't mean wimpy).
-- Dealing with brutal reality.
-- Using technology as an accelerator, not as a ...