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Turnarounds




Corporate makeover
How Lyn Kirby used a new vision to guide Ulta beyond cosmetic change
It could be said that the fate of


Changing the menu
How Selim Bassoul cut 30 percent of Middleby’s business to get the company to No. 1
You probably don’t want to listen to anything that Selim A. Bassoul has to say. He wants to help you turn your company aro


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 delicates


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, yo


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 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 r


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...


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 manufactu...







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