Consumer Products




Guiding light
How Cory Meyer got everyone at Catalina Lighting to challenge the way it does business
Four days after Cory Meyer took over Catalina Lighting Inc. in 2006, he stood before the entire company and told them a grim truth about the strug...


Blossoming business
How to listen and earn respect
Growing up in a family business, John P. Ferry Jr. learned a valuable lesson about respect. “Just realize you don’t demand r...


Stepping forward
How Greg Tunney is enlarging R.G. Barry’s footprint and solidifying its comeback
It was a good product with a catchy name, but the rollout was all wrong. Greg Tunney knew the Terrasoles brand had great potential for R.G. Barry C...


Timely intervention
How James Abrams uses his strategic plan to predict problems and drive Clockwork Home Services to new heights
The sign in the social services facility said it all for James Abrams. “Plan or be planned for,” Abrams recalls of the sign he saw back in 1968...


Behavior study
How to better understand your customers and employees
Nelson Chan loves to play mystery shopper. Despite his wife’s protests, the president and CEO of Magellan Navigation Inc. frequent...


Evasive maneuvers
How to steer your company out of a nosedive
Ed Phillips often compares companies to airplanes — you have to constantly make the necessary adjustments to keep both out of a nosedi...


Individual growth
How to challenge employees and help them grow
Ed Trevis: president and CEO, Corvalent Corp. By Brian Horn Ed Trevis wants to provide consistency and long-term relationships to his customers...


Optimistic outlook
How to lead with a positive attitude
Sure, getting pumped up is normally associated with working out, but Gene LoVasco uses getting pumped up to keep a positive attitude at th...

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Quality control
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Quest master
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Passion works
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A fly on the wall
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Designer’s challenge
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