Only with real time measurement, and a centralized prospect and customer master, can a self-correcting, balanced sales execution system be created in an organization.

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Even for those who perceive recessions as market failures rather than a self-correcting force, and thus think recovery requires help, politicians cannot solve economic riddles.

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However, they are part of a self-correcting system.

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The Web is a self-correcting medium.

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Japan was almost completely lacking in U.S.-style self-correcting mechanisms--namely, the vulture investors, hedge funds, buyout giants and others who wait decades for a chance like this to pounce on distressed assets and help the entire system snap back.

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Leadership as a service often comes down to recognizing your own strengths and weaknesses and allowing the self-correcting dynamics of the group to take over.

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