The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies

Business & Finance, Marketing & Sales
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Author: Jagdish N. Sheth ISBN: 9780132716383
Publisher: Pearson Education Publication: April 26, 2007
Imprint: FT Press Language: English
Author: Jagdish N. Sheth
ISBN: 9780132716383
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication: April 26, 2007
Imprint: FT Press
Language: English

Why do so many good companies engage in self-destructive behavior? This book identifies seven dangerous habits even well-run companies fall victim to–and helps you diagnose and break these habits before they destroy you. Through case studies from some of yesterday’s most widely praised corporate icons, you’ll learn how companies slip into “addiction” and slide off the rails...why some never turn around...and how others achieve powerful turnarounds, moving on to unprecedented levels of success. You’ll learn how an obsession with volume leads inexorably to rising costs and falling margins...how companies fall victim to denial, myth, ritual, and orthodoxy... how they start wasting vital energy on culture confl ict and turf wars...how they blind themselves to emerging competition...how they become arrogant, complacent, and far too dependent on their traditional competences. Most important, you’ll find specific, detailed techniques for “curing”–or, better yet, preventing–every one of these self-destructive habits.

  • The “cocoon” of denial
    Find it, admit it, assess it, and escape it
  • The stigma of arrogance
    Escape this fault that “breeds in a dark, closed room”
  • The virus of complacency
    Six warning signs and five solutions
  • The curse of incumbency
    Stop your core competencies from blinding you to new opportunities
  • The threat of myopia
    Widen your view of your competitors–and the dangers they pose
  • The obsession of volume
    Get beyond “rising volumes and shrinking margins”
  • The territorial impulse
    Break down the silos, factions, fiefdoms, and ivory towers
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Why do so many good companies engage in self-destructive behavior? This book identifies seven dangerous habits even well-run companies fall victim to–and helps you diagnose and break these habits before they destroy you. Through case studies from some of yesterday’s most widely praised corporate icons, you’ll learn how companies slip into “addiction” and slide off the rails...why some never turn around...and how others achieve powerful turnarounds, moving on to unprecedented levels of success. You’ll learn how an obsession with volume leads inexorably to rising costs and falling margins...how companies fall victim to denial, myth, ritual, and orthodoxy... how they start wasting vital energy on culture confl ict and turf wars...how they blind themselves to emerging competition...how they become arrogant, complacent, and far too dependent on their traditional competences. Most important, you’ll find specific, detailed techniques for “curing”–or, better yet, preventing–every one of these self-destructive habits.

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