>Regina Brett brings a good perspective by comparing Cleveland and our new mayor to Jim Collins' framework, outlined in his best selling book, Good to Great. You can read here commentary here.

Collins, after conducting extensive research on a handful of companies that made the transition from Good to Great, has distilled some of his insights into some practical "rules of thumb" to manage in to today's complex environment.

Last summer, Collins published a monograph applying his framework to the challenges of non-profit organizations. If you don't have time to read the book, buy the monograph. If you've bought the book, you'll buy the monograph.

You can purchase the monograph on line at Amazon here.