大多数公司管理者都怀有一个宏大、刺激和大胆的目标，但他们设置了重重阻碍发展的官僚体制，使这个目标难以实现。在这篇文章中，Jim Collins引入了催化机制，一种简单但有力的管理工具，有助于将远大的抱负变为现实。这个工具是目标和结果之间的关键联系，是一种振奋人心、非官僚主义的方式，能够将目标变为结果。但在这家企业可行的催化机制在另一家企业不一定可行。所以，为了帮助读者开始行动，Collins提供了一些通用原则，为建立一个有效原则的过程中提供支持。

Most executives have a big, hairy, audacious goal. But they install layers of stultifying bureaucracy that prevent them from realizing it. In this article, Jim Collins introduces the catalytic mechanism, a simple yet powerful managerial tool that helps turn lofty aspirations into reality. The crucial link between objectives and results, this tool is a galvanizing, nonbureaucratic way to turn one into the other. But the same catalytic mechanism that works in one organization won’t necessarily work in another. So, to help readers get started, Collins offers some general principles that support the process of building one effectively.

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