Being a Leader: Telling Time or Clock Building?


Clock-SmallIn Built to Last, Jim Collins says “…being a charismatic visionary leader is ‘time telling’; building a company that can prosper far beyond the presence of any single leader…. is ‘clock building.’”

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Clock building leaders:

  • Focus on organizational design
  • Stay out of day-to-day details
  • Focus on the long term vision
  • Reinforce values
  • Builds a team of leaders