As most business owners know, attracting consistent streams of brand new prospects, and then turning large percentages of them into paying clients, can be frustrating. The good news is this no longer needs to be the case.

With examples from firms like Apple, Amazon, HP, JCPenny and JPMorgan Chase, Leadership Blindspots examines how a leader's blindspots can lead to devastating mistakes if they aren't recognized and acted on.

For decades, the middle class has believed that the road to success meant working hard and playing by rules passed down from previous generations. But as the 2008 economic crisis has made clear, the old rules no longer apply.