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How the Mighty Fall

Discover the warning signs of decline—and the resilience strategies that help great companies rise again.
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What's You Learn?
Great companies fail through five predictable stages – How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins shows decline is largely self-inflicted and reversible.

This comprehensive business decline summary and key takeaways reveal:

  • Hubris Born of Success - Arrogance replaces the discipline that created greatness initially
  • Undisciplined Pursuit - Overreaching beyond core competencies dilutes what made you special
  • Denial of Risk - Leaders explain away negative data rather than confronting brutal facts
  • Grasping for Salvation - Panic leads to lurching strategies and silver bullet searches


The hidden gem: Collins's "Flywheel Effect" shows why abandoning core strengths accelerates decline.

Begin Click.Apply.Grow™ now: List what made you successful originally. Identify where you've strayed. Return to fundamentals. Companies recognizing early decline stages show 71% recovery rates versus 10% in late stages.

Failure whispers before it shouts.

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About the Author

Jim Collins is the Stanford professor whose Good to Great research decoded why some companies achieve lasting greatness.

Former McKinsey consultant teaching at Stanford GSB, then founding management laboratory in Boulder. Invested 15,000 research hours analyzing 1,435 companies over 40 years. His 7 books sold 10+ million copies worldwide. Advisor to Amazon, Starbucks, and nonprofit leaders including West Point.

What sets Collins apart: He rejects guru status, instead functioning as "Socrates with a spreadsheet"—letting data reveal timeless principles.

Companies implementing Level 5 Leadership see 7x market returns. Organizations using Collins' flywheel concept report sustained 20% annual growth over decades.

The researcher who empirically proved business greatness.

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