In my video, I talk about how companies like Xerox and Kodak failed to understand that times had changed. This article from Forbes Magazine (http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2012/01/02/the-seven-habits-of-spectacularly-unsuccessful-executives/) makes that point much more fully:
Unlike successful leaders, failed leaders who never question their dominance fail to realize they are at the mercy of changing circumstances. They vastly overestimate the extent to which they actually control events and vastly underestimate the role of chance and circumstance in their success.
The entire article by Eric Jackson (Founder and Managing Member of Ironfire Capital LLC) gives some great pointers on how to identify executives whose traits are ultimately damaging to their businesses.
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