Granite Rock Company


Recent Articles about Granite Rock Company

Line-Item Veto

Jan 1, 1998

It's one thing to adopt a strategy calling for better customer service. It's another to devise a mechanism that forces employees to pay attention when you...  Read more

How're We Doing?

By Edward O. Welles |  May 1, 1991

One company's use of an annual report card from customers to measure competitive performance.  Read more

The Change Masters

By John Case |  Mar 1, 1992

Profile of how Granite Rock Company stays ahead of the competition.  Read more

The 5 Habits of Quality-Focused Companies

By Inc. staff |  Jan 31, 2011

Superior execution is often at the heart of small business success. Here are five ways to ensure that your team is prepared to achieve excellence.  Read more

Pulling the Plug

By Jim Collins |  Mar 1, 1997

A management expert explains that to make room for new projects, you must stop some old ones.  Read more

Info Gathering as Reflex

Jan 1, 1997

"The role of managers is to make sure there's a flood of information coming into the company,"says Bruce W. Woolpert, CEO of Granite Rock, a $100-million ...  Read more

EOY: Editor's Notes

By George Gendron |  Dec 1, 1992

Editor's notes on the EOY Socially Responsible category, Cajun Cola and Granite Rock.  Read more

The Best Small Companies to Work for

By John Case |  Nov 1, 1992

Profile of the best small companies to work for and their secrets to building a great workplace.  Read more

Leadership: Building Companies to Last

By James C. Collins |  May 15, 1995

A study of companies that shows certain traits in visionary companies suggest basic rules for success.  Read more

What Comes Next?

By Jim Collins |  Oct 1, 1997

A best-selling business author tells why products, strategy, and charismatic leadership will become things of the past.  Read more

This Is How It's Done: Smart Business Moves

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 2009

30 classic examples of innovation, from the Inc. archives  Read more

Get to the Root

Jan 1, 1997

Discover the benefits of a product-service-discrepancy report in tracking your real problems.  Read more

The Learning Executive

By Jim Collins |  Aug 1, 1997

A leading management guru tells why you need to put learning objectives before performance.  Read more

The Friction-Free Economy

By John Case |  Jun 1, 1996

As the barriers to competion evaporate, the world is becoming the small businessperson's oyster.  Read more

Is Your Company Web Site Turning Candidates Away?

Sep 1, 1999

Most corporate job sites are failing at one important goal: they make it difficult for candidates to apply for positions online. As a result, companies ar...  Read more

Rock through the Ages

By Nancy K. Austin |  May 15, 2000

Everyone's so caught up with the transformation the Internet has wrought that it's easy to forget that we've seen change before. One century-old quarry, Gran...  Read more