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Turnarounds
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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...
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Coming into focus
How Donald Hultgren streamlined SWS Group by identifying and executing on its core businesses
When Donald W. Hultgren became CEO of SWS Group Inc. in
August 2002, the organization had just completed its first on-record year of losing mon...
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Leading the recovery
How Bill Duquette used honesty and accountability to turn around Homestead Hospital
Things are always life and death for Bill Duquette at Homestead
Hospital.
It’s not just that the patients coming in and out are dealing with
se...
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Taking action
How Jeff Bak made the tough decisions to turn around HealthPlan Holdings
When Jeff W. Bak formed HealthPlan Holdings Inc. from three underperforming companies in 2001, he didn’t waste any time making changes.
The day a...
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Avoiding a meltdown
How Jack Hockema brought Kaiser Aluminum back from bankruptcy by looking to his employees for answers
Jack A. Hockema didn’t want to be the CEO of Kaiser
Aluminum Corp. He certainly didn’t want to deal with the burgeoning asbestos lawsuits, escalating...
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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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Breaking the mold
How Bob Calderoni broke away from the Silicon Valley tradition to reposition Ariba for growth
When Bob Calderoni was hired as the chief financial officer of
Ariba Inc. in 2000, he thought he was leaving the world of
restructurings and repos...
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Healthy outlook
How Matthew Gutwein turned around Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County by refusing to accept defeat
Matthew Gutwein might have been the only person to see any
hope for Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County upon his
arrival in 2003. The compa...
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Betting the farm
How Steve Davis used five principles to rebuild the Bob Evans brand — and its balance sheet
A fresh perspective
How Dan Pittard repositioned Rubio’s by reinventing the company’s strategy
Healing the
bottom line
How William Moore cured Atlanta Medical Center of its ills by restoring confidence in its employees
Head of the class
How Daniel Hamburger accelerated success at DeVry Inc. by admitting there were problems that needed to be fixed
Day by day
How William V. Day tackles the biggest leadership challenges facing St. Barnabas Health System
Filling a need
How Stephen Colecchi helps Robinson Memorial Hospital keep a clean bill of health
Tough love
How Douglas Bergeron fixed VeriFone by making quick decisions and not worrying about hurt feelings along the way
Faith healer
How Charlie Smith got his employees at Countrymark Cooperative to believe in — and contribute to — the company’s turnaround
Sweet talker
How Bob Peiser turned Imperial Sugar’s sour results into sweet success through constant communication
The copy cat
How A.D. Frazier refocused Danka Business Systems on the bottom line
Total recharge
How Gordon Ulsh rebuilt Exide Technologies by erasing self-doubt within the company
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