Going the Distance : Why Some Companies

Going the Distanceidentifies eight key obstacles to the long-term success of great businessesand shows exactly how to overcome them. Former Cisco SVP Kevin Kennedy and leading consultant Mary Moore show how to assess corporate health and correct weaknesses in leadership, strategy, product, marketplace alignment, governance, and morebefore it's too late.Going the Distanceprovides a total framework for maintaining market leadership into the next generation!

Kevin Kennedy is Chief Operating Officer for Openwave Systems, Inc.

Introduction.
1. Perils of Growth: Evolution and Complexity.
2. Threads of Failure: Overview, Stages and Interdependencies.
3. Culture of Learning/Insufficient Cultural Underpinnings.
4. Lack of Leadership DNA and Metamorphosis.
5. Technology Inertia.
6. Poor Product Transitions.
7. Dysfunctional Governance System.
8. Misguided Strategy.
9. Weak Boards.
10. Misalignment.
11. Summary of Threads and of Call to Action Tools.
12. Exogenous Factors.
13. Closing.

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Going the Distance : Why Some Companies Dominate and Others Fail

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