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    Businesses can plateau, stall, or stagnate . . . without the owners or key executives even realizing it. A business might be achieving incremental year-on-year growth and yet still be in a situation of stagnation or stall. Why? Because entrepreneurs and executives often focus on the wrong things and don't know how to solve the problems that get their businesses stuck.

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    pub date: 2009-05-12 | hardcover | 9781593155100