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Going from Good to Great (SLP-127) |
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4-week course ($44 registration fee and a $50 instructor fee)
Why do some companies have continuing, sustained growth in excess of those companies around them? What is it that makes them different? Is it charismatic leadership? Right place, right time? Some unique product? These are the questions into which this on-line course delves.
There are no silver bullets in leading an agency from good to great. But there are some commonalities of great companies such as Level 5 Leadership, the right people, controlling the brutal facts objectively, the “hedgehog concept” (or taking action to be the best at what you can do the best), and a culture of discipline. Lively discussions will focus around these concepts researched by Jim Collins in his best selling book, Good to Great.
Specific Course Learning Objectives Include:
Understand why good is the enemy of the great Understand how a conservation agency can apply the principles of great organizations to their agencies Understand why the leaders of great organizations contradict society’s tightly held beliefs about great leadership – What is level-5 leadership? Examine the current state of your agency and program using the “Good to Great” principles
The course is conducted over four weekly segments. Each week participants will be expected to read the assignments and post discussion ideas by Wednesday of that week. Comments on other classmates’ postings are due by Friday at midnight and all exercises, papers, etc. are due by midnight on Sunday of each week.
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