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Turnarounds
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Data miner
How Stephen Lilienthal got CNA Financial Corp. back on track by giving the right information to the right team
Stephen W. Lilienthal grew up getting used to having the weight
of a company on his back.
Working in his father’s delicatessen in New York City, o...
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Head of the class
How Daniel Hamburger accelerated success at DeVry Inc. by admitting there were problems that needed to be fixed
Daniel Hamburger has a PowerPoint secret he wants to share
with you.
“There’s a wonderful feature of PowerPoint, you hit the B key
and it blacks...
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Man of action
How Harold Bevis is guiding Pliant Corp. back to profitability by driving decisiveness throughout the organization.
Harold Bevis has his own version of how the concept of survival of the fittest applies in the business world: “I don’t believe the big
eat the ...
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The handyman
How CEO Mark Rose fixed up ailing real estate brokerage Grubb & Ellis
Mark Rose has chalked up an almost dizzying array of accomplishments since becoming CEO of Grubb & Ellis Co. in March 2005.
The real estate co...
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Best in class
How Gary Graves gave La Petite Academy a big boost with new people and new ideas
When Gary Graves came on board at La Petite Academy Inc. as its COO in 2002, the company faced a multitude of financial and accounting woes.
There w...
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The art of the turnaround
Heico Cos. CEO Michael Heisley has turned around everything from a sheet metal manufacturer to a professional basketball team by eliminating waste and realigning management.
For more than two decades, Michael Heisley quietly went about building Heico Cos. LLC into a successful but low-key turnaround firm.
A small manufac...
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