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Level 5 leadership：
Builds enduring greatness through a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will
Compelling modesty, humility+will , unwavering resolve,
Level 5 leaders look out the windows to apportion credit to factors outside themselves when things go well(and if they cannot find a specific person or event to give credit to, they credit good luck), at the same time, they look in the mirror to apportion responsibility, never blaming bad luck when things go poorly.
Professional will
1) Creates superb results, a clear catalyst in the transition from good to great.
2) Demonstrates an unwavering resolve to do whatever must be done to produce the best long-term results, no matter how difficult.
3) Sets the standard of building an enduring great company. Will settle for nothing less
4) Looks in the mirror, not out the window, to apportion responsibility for poor results, never blaming other people, external factors, or bad luck.
Personal humility
1) Demonstrates a compelling modesty, shunning public adulation, never boastful
2) Acts with quiet, calm determination, relies principally on inspired standards, not inspiring charisma, to motivate
3) Channels ambition into the company, not the self, sets up successors for even great success in the next generation
4) Looks out the window, not in the mirror to apportion credit for the success of the company-to other people, external factors, and good luck

Level 4 effective leader：
Catalyze commitment to and vigorous pursuit of a clear and compelling vision, stimulating higher performance standards
Level 3 Competent manager：
Organizes people and resources toward the effective and efficient pursuit of pre-determined objectives
Level 2 contributing team manager：
Contributes individual capabilities to the achievement of group objectives and works effectively with others in a group setting
Level 1 highly capable individual：
Makes productive contributions through talent, knowledge, skills and good work habit.

First who …then what
The main point is to first get the right people on the bus before figure out what to do
Who question come before what decision—before vision, strategy, organization structure before tactics, as a rigorous discipline, consistently applied.
A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people
Confront the brutal facts:
All good to great company began the process of finding a path to greatness by confronting the brutal facts of their current reality
When you start with an honest and diligent effort to determine the truth of your situation, the right decisions often become self-evident. It is impossible to make good decision without infusing the entire process with an honest confrontation of the brutal facts
A primary task in taking a company from good to great is to create a culture wherein people have a tremendous opportunity to be heard and ultimately for the truth to be heard.
1) Build a culture around the idea of freedom and responsibility, within a framework
2) Fill that culture with self-disciplined people who are willing to go to extreme lengths to fulfill their responsibilities
3) Don’t confuse a culture of discipline with a tyrannical disciplinarian
A culture of discipline is not just about action, it is about getting disciplined people who engage in disciplined thought and who then take disciplined action
Good to great company:
Follow a pattern of buildup leading to breakthrough
Reach breakthrough by an accumulation of steps, one after the other, turn by turn of the flywheel, feels like an organic evolutionary process
Confront the brutal facts to see clearly what steps must be taken to build momentum
Fellow the pattern of disciplined people (first who), disciplined thought, disciplined action
Harness appropriate technologies to your concept, to accelerate momentum
Make major acquisitions after breakthrough to accelerate momentum
Maintain consistency over time, each generation builds on the work of previous generations