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 authored or co-authored four books, including the classic BUILT TO LAST, a
fixture on the Business Week best seller list for more than six years, and has
been translated into 29 languages. His work has been featured in Fortune, The
Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company.
Jim's most recent book, GOOD TO GREAT: Why Some Companies Make the Leap ... And
Others Don't attained long-running positions on the New York Times, Wall Street
Journal and Business Week best seller lists, has sold 3 million hardcover
copies since publication and has been translated into 35 languages, including
such languages as Latvian, Mongolian and Vietnamese.
Driven by a relentless curiosity, Jim 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 research and teaches
executives from the corporate and social sectors. Jim holds degrees in business
administration and mathematical sciences from Stanford University, and honorary
doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado and the Peter F. Drucker
Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University.
Jim has served as a teacher to senior executives and CEOs at over a hundred
corporations. He has also worked with social sector organizations, such as:
Johns Hopkins Medical School, the Girl Scouts of the USA, the Leadership
Network of Churches, the American Association of K-12 School Superintendents,
and the United States Marine Corps. In 2005 he published a monograph: Good to
Great and the Social Sectors.
In addition, Jim is an avid rock climber and has made one-day ascents of the
North Face of Half Dome and the Nose route on the South Face of El Capitan in
Yosemite Valley. He continues to climb at the 5.13 grade.
