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  • Mighty America's 5 stages of rapid decline

    04/06/2010 5:47:52 AM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 9 replies · 848+ views
    MarketWatch ^ | April 6, 2010 | Paul Farrell
    Imagine you're legendary business guru Jim Collins. Decade ago "Good to Great" and "Built to Last" made him the new Peter Drucker. He's a guy USA Today says would rather be rock climbing than helping companies learn the secrets of making "the leap to greatness." *SNIP* Stage 1 kicks in when people become arrogant... ...insiders see "success virtually as an entitlement" ... like Wall Street banks today ... they "lose sight of the true underlying factors that created success in the first place" ... they "overestimate their own merit and capabilities ... The best leaders we've studied never presume they've...