The Self-Destructive Habits of Good Companies ...And How to Break Them

ISBN: 0131791133

Author: Sheth, Jagdish N.

Condition: New

Why do so many good companies engage in self-destructive behavior? This book identifies seven dangerous habits even well-run companies fall victim toand helps you diagnose and break these habits before they destroy you. Through case studies from some of yesterdays most widely praised corporate icons, youll 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. Youll 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, youll find specific, detailed techniques for curingor, better yet, preventingevery one of these self-destructive habits. The cocoon of denialFind it, admit it, assess it, and escape it The stigma of arroganceEscape this fault that breeds in a dark, closed room The virus of complacencySix warning signs and five solutions The curse of incumbencyStop your core competencies from blinding you to new opportunities The threat of myopiaWiden your view of your competitorsand the dangers they pose The obsession of volumeGet beyond rising volumes and shrinking margins The territorial impulseBreak down the silos, factions, fiefdoms, and ivory towers