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Out of Context: The Lengthened Shadows of Leaders "A company doesn't fail to do anything. Individuals do, and when you probe a bit you usually find that failure lies not in a litany of strategic mistakes - though they may all be present in one form or another - but the real fault lies, as Shakespeare noted, in ourselves, the leaders of the business. Businesses are the product and the extension of the personal characteristics of its leaders - the lengthened shadows of the men and women who run them." —Donald R. Keough
The Ten Commandments for Business Failure
Posted by Michael McKinney at 09:10 AM
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Keough knows a thing or two about failing. He was an active participant in the "new coke" fiasco. Most of us are not given the opportunity to lose that much money for our firms.
Keough, however, is another example of how to make a bundle by writing a book about your mistakes.
Posted by: Bruce Hoag | August 15, 2008 02:42 AM
"A failure is a man who has blundered but is not capable of cashing in on the experience." ~ Elbert Hubbard
Posted by: Michael McKinney | August 15, 2008 08:23 AM