Good to Great

on Episode 110: Scaling with Subcontractors The Fast Path to Growth w Ty Brown, at 39:14

wesome. Last couple questions for you. What three book recommendations? I think I covered most of them. Who Not How, like I mentioned, I love that one. Good to Great. And I love Rich Dad Poor Dad. And then favorite movie

on Episode 39: Steve Talkington - Business Coach & Owner of Lancaster Painting, at 55:44

his others. You know, I don't know, Built to Sell is Jim Collins. Maybe Built to Last is the. Built to Last is Jim Collins. That's another follow-up book to Good to Great or. Oh yeah. You're right. It's a Built to Sell is John Warlow. Yes. John Warlow, Built to Sell. Yeah. Great book. Easy, easy rea

on Episode 191: The Evolution of Powder Coating: A Journey with Paul Unger, at 29:02

the biggest one I have. A lot of lean manufacturing is just reading on LinkedIn. They have great training programs on LinkedIn that allow you to really improve the business. So I say that's probably the two I go to. Nice. I have, I have read good to great. It's been a while, but Jim Collins is like,

on Episode 74: Hiring refugees and Managing a Diverse Workforce w/ Nate Anderson, at 41:57

Oh, nice. Yep. And the number two. Number two, I would say, kind of along the lines of like the Abraham Lincoln quote, built to last, I'm building a business that's going to last and this is by Jim Collins and Jerry, and they wrote, well, Jim Collins wrote the good to great book. So that's one I'm c

on Episode 113: Building a Strong Team in the Painting Business Progress over Perfection, at 6:30

so last last couple questions here three book recommendations that you would suggest for the listeners so uh three books that I've read over the years I've read a couple of them I've read multiple times um first one was good to great um I think that was that's a really good book about best practices of business in terms of you know uh all aspects of business the best practices of of some of the best businesses and and um another book that I read uh fairly

on Episode 139: Build Momentum & Purpose: The Secret to Long-Term Business Success w/ Brian Gottlieb, at 49:45

So let's go to the wrap -up questions I ask everybody. Three book recommendations. Yeah. The first book is somebody might have heard of Good to Great or Built to Last. Those are two books by Jim Collins. But the best book that he ever wrote was Why the Mighty Fall. I recommend every business leader

on Episode 105: Establish The Budget Before Creating the Proposal w/ Joel Pilger, at 53:06

o, last couple wrap up questions. Give me three book recommendations please. And these can be on whatever topics or interests you have. Joel Pilger So let's see, I'm gonna go all business here. A classic is good to great. Jim Collins just never ceased to be one of those things that you refer back to many, many times. My other favorite one from, this is maybe 20, from 20 years ago that I'm rereading all the time is Never Eat Alone by Keith Fara

on Episode 198: From High School Painter to $12M Business Owner (No Subcontractors!) with John MacFarland, at 41:06

Mmm. I go back to good to great. I've been pretty successful at moving people that have been with me for a while to a different position because they're a great person, but I had him in the wrong seat and I let him sit in the wrong seat and start to fail a little bit. My operations manager has been

on Episode 42: Art McCracken - Business Coach & Consultant, at 55:53

The Surfer, and The CEO. Jim Collins, How the Mighty Fall. It's maybe one of his less popular books. Good to Great was one that really put him on the map and built to last, but the tale of demise that comes in How the Mighty Fall is such a fantastic book of cautionary tales and ways to evaluate how