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Episode Description:

Most companies don’t fail because of bad products or weak markets.

They fail quietly.

In this episode, Kathie Owen breaks down a real workplace pattern she sees inside profitable, admired organizations—where everything looks strong on the outside, but something inside the human system quietly fractures.

This isn’t a motivation problem.
 It’s not a culture initiative issue.
 And it’s not about people “not caring.”

It’s a signal integrity problem.

Kathie explores how uncontained entitlement in founder-led companies disrupts feedback, silences strong contributors, and slowly erodes enterprise value—often long before revenue declines.

Drawing parallels from elite athletics, leadership dynamics, and real organizational systems, she explains why entitlement isn’t the enemy—but uncontained entitlement is.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why silence inside organizations is never neutral
• How entitlement shows up without looking like arrogance
• What happens when truth stops moving upward
• Why customers feel internal dysfunction before leaders do
• How enterprise value erodes quietly—and predictably

This conversation is for founders, executives, investors, and leaders who want to understand what’s really happening beneath the surface of strong-performing companies—and how to intervene before the damage compounds.

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📝 Read the companion blog post for deeper insights and bonus resources:  https://www.kathieowen.com/blog/profitable-company-quietly-eroding