Darn it, Jim Collins!

Perhaps the best business book I've read was not read during a semester at school, or even while I was in a college town. It was read at my favorite place on Earth: Lake Powell.


I stole my friend Cory Chiles' copy of "Good to Great" by Jim Collins, found a quiet place on a crowded house boat, and read it in a day. The book covers many amazing concepts for business people in small or large organizations. Read it if you haven't.

Its Jim Collins' fault that I've started this blog. In his book "Built to Last", Collins talks about the importance of establishing a BHAG in your company or in other words a Big Hairy Audacious Goal. My Leadership professor asked me to complete a BHAC assignment, the "C" standing for Change. The concept is that I use my experiences, skills, and learning to lead change in others.

A number of times a month I have family and friends engage in conversation with me about my experience in business school. People are primarily interested in two groups of information:

A) From my friends who are interested in knowing if grad school is for them or for the birds: “What is it like getting a MBA degree? What types of things do you learn about and how will it help advance a career?”

B) From my friends running businesses and in the business world: “What have you learned that would help my company be more successful?”

Readers, my hope is that by sharing what I'm learning today, we'll be better tomorrow. I welcome your thoughts and questions.

Enjoy!


Curtis Heyman