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:

Building monuments deserve a file drawer along with trash-talking when you are looking for companies in denial.

093

Denial:

There appears to be a persistent belief in once-great companies that have lost their way that if you simply avoid speaking the blatant truth, all the problems will just go away.

093

Denial:

It has often been observed there are no more mature markets, only tired markets.

095

Denial:

Denial is not a matter of academic intelligence… Rather, it is a matter of attitude.

102

Denial:

Sometimes it is possible for insiders to metamorphose psychologically into outsiders by adopting novel points of view.

115

Denial:

The ability to step outside of oneself and one’s assumptions temporarily is an effective prophylactic against denial.

115

Denial:

When companies are mired in self-delusion, they are often able to extricate themselves only with the help of an outsider…

115

Denial:

…what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive loyal customers.

128

Denial:

Failing to learn from history is a form of denial.without such denial, speculative bubbles would be impossible.

129

Denial:

The past may be an imperfect guide to the future, but it is all we have.

130