Book Titles

Denial
Why Business Leaders Fail to Look Facts in the Face – and What to Do About It

By Richard Tedlow

Year Published: 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1591843139
Categories: Denial, Failure, Leadership

57 Quotes Found

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Denial:

…the quest for group cohesion can spawn shared illusions, rationalizations, and denial.

033

Denial:

…hope often depends on illusion.

034

Denial:

There are almost as many ways to go wrong in business as there are businesses.

036

Denial:

Luckily, despite its association with the unconscious mind, denial is a process over which we sometimes can exercise some measure of control.

037

Denial:

Denial… does not change reality. It simply makes reality tougher to deal with.

039

Denial:

…the merger of two weak companies invariably fails to produce a strong one.

055

Denial:

It is an old saying that the time to make a change is when you don’t have to. Everybody knows it. Nobody would argue with it. Few abide by it.

062

Denial:

One person with power – the CEO – can make a key difference in even the biggest, stodgiest of bureaucratic companies.

076

Denial:

If you grow in absolute terms but decline relative to other firms in your industry, you are going to sacrifice the sharpest, most ambitious executives you have.

077

Denial:

Spotting talent that will grow with challenges is among the most important tasks in a business.

089