Catalyst Conference 2011- Jim Collins (Part 2)

During his session at Catalyst, Jim Collins offered 10 ideas and practices to help any leader improve performance:

1. Run the Good to Great diagnostic tool at www.jimcollins.com (it's free as is everything on the site).

2. Ask how many seats are on the bus? Ask how many seats can we fill with the right people within a year?

3. Who will you allow to mentor you? Have a personal board of directors.

4. Get your personal hedgehog right before it's too late.

5. Once you have a hedgehog, set up a 20 mile march plan and stick to it.

6. Fire bullets (test things), six of them, by the end of the year. Bullets first, then cannonballs.

7. Turn off electronic gadgets for 2 days every 2 weeks. Disciplined people practicing discipline in a world of chaos need to find moments of quietude.

8. Create a "stop doing" list.

9. Double your reach to people half your age by changing your practices while maintaining your values.

10. Set a BHAG ("big hairy audacious goal") that makes you really useful. Go out and make yourself useful.