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January/February 2004

THE SEVEN HABITS OF SPECTACULARLY UNSUCCESSFUL EXECUTIVES
by Sydney Finkelstein

It's rarely discussed, at least as not as much as the habits of successful CEOs, but the truth is that it takes some special personal qualities to be spectacularly unsuccessful. This author has written a best seller on the subject, and in this article he discusses how leaders can be not only instruments of success, but sometimes also architects of failure


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About the Author

Sydney Finkelstein
Sydney Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. He is the author of 11 books, including Why Smart Executives Fail (Portfolio Books, 2003).

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