Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins

Definitively a must-read book for any company, manager and self-motivated employees.

The book is a remarkable synthesis on the research analysis of the Forbes's company top in the last 70 years. From all the companies that made it in the top, they especially select and analyze companies that respect one pattern: when they started growing as a business, successfully sustained the growth of the company for several years in a raw.

Incredible or not, from thousands of companies, only 11 were selected!
Even more incredible are their conclusions regarding: motivation, team cohesion, creating a unique-company-concept for income, and keeping to that concept regardless of what it takes.