Why do massively successful companies sink into decline just when they seem most dominant? How can proven, capable leaders miss the warning signals? What action could they be taking to treat the symptoms of this "success syndrome" or better yet, prevent them from developing?

Success Syndrome provides battle-tested guidance for avoiding the traps success can set at every level of any organization. Its authors are practitioners with decades of experience helping CEOs diagnose and overcome organizational weakness, improve and sustain performance.

• Examines how the trappings of success can impact an entire organization and its leaders



• Includes expert perspective, client examples, external cases, and research



• Provides checklists, diagnostic, and action plans



• An accompanying website includes "Symptom checklist" and/or "Decision tree" to diagnose Success Syndrome; sample assessment tools for leadership and employees to assess Success Syndrome; and lists of strategies and actions to combat Success Syndrome

This timely book weaves expert perspective together with case studies, research, and practical tools for identifying and managing the symptoms of success syndrome before they prove fatal.