The Ten Commandments for Business Failure-#3<\/p>\n
I recently read an interesting book by Donald Keough, who was chairman of Coca Cola Company during the introduction of New Coke.\u00a0 He has some intriguing insights into business failure.\u00a0 What I find most interesting is the number of companies I have seen who are following at least some of these commandments.\u00a0 I will publish my thoughs on this over the next ten sessions.<\/p>\n
#3 Isolate Yourself.<\/strong>\u00a0 I know all of us at some point in our careers just wanted to be left alone.\u00a0 But if you are not involved in your business, your customers, your employees and your vendors you are missing out on great opportunities to learn and grow.\u00a0 But to fail, being in an executive bubble is the way to go.\u00a0 One sure fire way to accomplish this is to yell and scream at your employees.\u00a0 I know of no better way to be isolated then to lash out at those around you.\u00a0 Think about it; is this any way to operate?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ten Commandments for Business Failure-#3 I recently read an interesting book by Donald Keough, who was chairman of Coca Cola Company during the introduction of New Coke.\u00a0 He has some intriguing insights into business failure.\u00a0 What I find most interesting is the number of companies I have seen who are following at least some…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-2818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-business-tips"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n