Why are temperament, integrity, and longevity important in an organizations leader?
How do you identify that person? Collins: Leadership is a burden of responsibility, and as a burden, it requires someone who can carry a big, heavy pack in order to do it. If someone doesn’t have that incredible, almost off-the-charts self-renewability and energy level keeping them going, it’s very, very hard to sustain it. IE: What about culture? What is it, and why do groups need a healthy, disciplined culture other than what passes for culture in some radiology groups: time off and money? Collins: Well, those aren’t culture. Here is what our research shows on culture, and this applies to small, medium, and large organizations. Number one, the best run organizations over time have very strong and distinctive cultures. Without question, all organizations have a culture, whether they acknowledge it or not. What is special about the best ones is that culture is very distinctive and very, very tight and strong—so much so that those who tend not to fit with the culture find themselves unc
