Jim Collins Biography
Jim Collins is a student and teacher of enduring great companies -- how they
grow, how they attain superior performance, and how good companies can become
great companies. Having invested over a decade of research into the topic, Jim
has co-authored three books, including the classic Built to Last, a
fixture on the Business Week bestseller list for more than five years,
generating over 70 printings and translations into 16 languages. His work has
been featured in Fortune, The Economist, Business Week, USA Today, Industry
Week, Inc., Harvard Business Review and Fast Company. His other books include Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't and How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In.
Collins began his research and teaching career
on the faculty at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he received the
Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992. In 1995, he founded a management
laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, where he now conducts multi-year research
projects and works with executives from the private, public, and social sectors.
Collins invests a significant portion of his energy in large-scale research
projects -- often five or more years in duration -- to develop fundamental
insights and then translate those findings into books, articles and lectures. He
uses his management laboratory to work directly with executives and to develop
practical tools for applying the concepts that flow from his research.
Collins is also an avid rock climber and has made free ascents of the
West Face of El Capitan and the East Face of Washington Column in Yosemite
Valley.
From the author's website
This biography was last updated on 10/27/2010.
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