Alexander the Great part due to Aristotle's tutelage; Alexander was intelligent and quick to learn. His intelligent and rational side was amply demonstrated by his ability and success as a general. He had great self-restraint in "pleasures of the body", in contrast with his lack of self-control with alcohol. Alexander was erudite and patronized both arts and sciences. However, he had little interest in sports or the Olympic games (unlike his father), seeking only the Homeric ideals of honour ("timê") and glory ("kudos"). He had great charisma and force of personality, characteristics which made him a great leader. His unique abilities were further
Good to Great generated more than 2,000 pages of interview transcripts and created 384 megabytes of computer data in a five-year project". Top members of this research team were: Collins finds eleven examples of "great companies" and comparators, similar in industry-type and opportunity, but which failed to achieve the good-to-great growth shown in the great companies: Collins includes 6 examples of companies that did not sustain their change to greatness. These companies, "... are looked at separately as a clump": The book was "cited by several members of The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council as the best management book they've read." "Publishers Weekly"