Comments on: How the Mighty Fall http://tonymorganlive.com/2009/07/23/how-the-mighty-fall/ Trying to be strategic. Fri, 25 May 2012 12:22:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Leadership Summit | Jim Collins | TonyMorganLive.com http://tonymorganlive.com/2009/07/23/how-the-mighty-fall/#comment-84241 Leadership Summit | Jim Collins | TonyMorganLive.com Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:57:13 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=4345#comment-84241 [...] By the way, here are my reading highlights from Jim’s most recent book, How the Mighty Fall. [...] [...] By the way, here are my reading highlights from Jim’s most recent book, How the Mighty Fall. [...]

]]> By: William Vanderbloemen http://tonymorganlive.com/2009/07/23/how-the-mighty-fall/#comment-26161 William Vanderbloemen Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:59:36 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=4345#comment-26161 Great post Tony. Here's a link to a thumbnail sketch I did of the echoes you mention between Collins' businesses and churches. http://wvanderbloemen.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/how-the-mighty-fall-and-how-to-avoid-it/ Great post Tony. Here’s a link to a thumbnail sketch I did of the echoes you mention between Collins’ businesses and churches.

http://wvanderbloemen.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/how-the-mighty-fall-and-how-to-avoid-it/

]]> By: Jim http://tonymorganlive.com/2009/07/23/how-the-mighty-fall/#comment-25752 Jim Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:42:19 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=4345#comment-25752 I have seen this first hand and it is sad to watch but when you are a part of the organization you do not see it but when you step away you see it clearly. Thanks for sharing it! I have seen this first hand and it is sad to watch but when you are a part of the organization you do not see it but when you step away you see it clearly.

Thanks for sharing it!

]]> By: Wayne Cordova http://tonymorganlive.com/2009/07/23/how-the-mighty-fall/#comment-25543 Wayne Cordova Sun, 26 Jul 2009 11:33:29 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=4345#comment-25543 “Those in power blame other people or external factors – or otherwise explain away the data – rather than confront the frightening reality that the enterprise may be in serious trouble.” That has to be the quote that gripped me the most. When you taste success it's got to be very easy to explain things away. When I was 20 and new in ministry I thought I knew everything and that was my major flaw back then (among other things). But sometimes I catch myself acting 20 all over again when I think I know all of the answers. Can't wait to read this book! “Those in power blame other people or external factors – or otherwise explain away the data – rather than confront the frightening reality that the enterprise may be in serious trouble.”

That has to be the quote that gripped me the most. When you taste success it’s got to be very easy to explain things away. When I was 20 and new in ministry I thought I knew everything and that was my major flaw back then (among other things). But sometimes I catch myself acting 20 all over again when I think I know all of the answers.

Can’t wait to read this book!

]]> By: Jim http://tonymorganlive.com/2009/07/23/how-the-mighty-fall/#comment-25498 Jim Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:44:37 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=4345#comment-25498 my high school football coach used to say that you have to work harder when you are on the top, 'cause everyone wants a piece of you. when i worked for enterprise rent a car in their heyday, we had to know our competitors as well as ourselves my high school football coach used to say that you have to work harder when you are on the top, ’cause everyone wants a piece of you.
when i worked for enterprise rent a car in their heyday, we had to know our competitors as well as ourselves

]]> By: Marc Millan http://tonymorganlive.com/2009/07/23/how-the-mighty-fall/#comment-25418 Marc Millan Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:12:55 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=4345#comment-25418 Thanks for sharing these excerpts from the Book Tony, I look forward to picking it up. The last line is gold "...Bad decisions with good intentions are still bad decisions" WOW. Thanks for sharing these excerpts from the Book Tony, I look forward to picking it up. The last line is gold “…Bad decisions with good intentions are still bad decisions” WOW.

]]> By: Awesome Church Planting Blogs… | Planting Space http://tonymorganlive.com/2009/07/23/how-the-mighty-fall/#comment-25247 Awesome Church Planting Blogs… | Planting Space Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:09:19 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=4345#comment-25247 [...] How The Mighty Fall [...] [...] How The Mighty Fall [...]

]]> By: TimothyS http://tonymorganlive.com/2009/07/23/how-the-mighty-fall/#comment-25105 TimothyS Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:11:34 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=4345#comment-25105 "“When bureaucratic rules erode an ethic of freedom and responsibility within a framework of core values and demanding standards, you’ve become infected with the disease of mediocrity.” Perhaps you might add governmental leaders to the list of those who would benefit from the book. ““When bureaucratic rules erode an ethic of freedom and responsibility within a framework of core values and demanding standards, you’ve become infected with the disease of mediocrity.”

Perhaps you might add governmental leaders to the list of those who would benefit from the book.

]]> By: Bruce Cole http://tonymorganlive.com/2009/07/23/how-the-mighty-fall/#comment-25103 Bruce Cole Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:37:45 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=4345#comment-25103 Tony, I think we've seen these principles in play with most mainline Protestant denominations, especially the failure to distinguish between current practices and enduring principles and the "bureaucratic rules" vs. "framework of core values" bullet point (above). A church that I looked to for many years for leadership coaching and encouragement has deeply damaged itself by believing the "heroic leader" myth. This challenge is a key growing edge for our church, too. As a successor to a perceived "heroic leader," I've seen this issue at play in my own world in vivid technicolor. I'm personally convicted by the warning not to explain away data or invoke external factors when facing tough news. It's a guarantee that I'll be working on that one. Tony, I think we’ve seen these principles in play with most mainline Protestant denominations, especially the failure to distinguish between current practices and enduring principles and the “bureaucratic rules” vs. “framework of core values” bullet point (above).

A church that I looked to for many years for leadership coaching and encouragement has deeply damaged itself by believing the “heroic leader” myth. This challenge is a key growing edge for our church, too. As a successor to a perceived “heroic leader,” I’ve seen this issue at play in my own world in vivid technicolor.

I’m personally convicted by the warning not to explain away data or invoke external factors when facing tough news. It’s a guarantee that I’ll be working on that one.

]]> By: Billy Andrews http://tonymorganlive.com/2009/07/23/how-the-mighty-fall/#comment-25102 Billy Andrews Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:27:13 +0000 http://tonymorganlive.com/?p=4345#comment-25102 Great post...great book. Major correlation to churches. In the last 10 yrs I've worked in 2 of those once-great churches and reading this book was like having multiple flashbacks to staff meetings / retreats where we debated the direction of that specific church...hits home. Many have chosen a path and are now in stage 5. Great post…great book. Major correlation to churches. In the last 10 yrs I’ve worked in 2 of those once-great churches and reading this book was like having multiple flashbacks to staff meetings / retreats where we debated the direction of that specific church…hits home. Many have chosen a path and are now in stage 5.

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