One of the toughest lessons every business leader learns is how hard it is to generate sustained growth. At some point in a company's life cycle, stalled growth is the rule, not the exception - even for the best-managed organizations. That's especially true in tumultuous economic environments such as the one we're experiencing today.

Steve Mckee, a columnist for BusinessWeek.com since 2005, led his own company through a period of stalled growth and now consults corporations that need reinvigoration. A marketing strategist for over twenty years, McKee has held executive positions at NM Ayer, Della Femina Travisano & Partners, and Philips-Ramsey, a division of McCann-Erickson Worldwide. McKee is the president and co-founder of McKee Wallwork Cleveland, a full service agency.

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