Description
Book SynopsisLeadership is never more crucial than when corporate survival is at stake. But the days of the tough guys are over. The leaders who are driving today's sustainable turnarounds understand that the answers to a distressed company's problems lie almost always within the firm itself - usually at middle manager level and below.
Trade Review"...provides several striking examples of corporate turnarounds in recent years..." (
Financial Times, April 2006)
"...describes real life turnarounds more extraordinary than fiction..." (The Financial Director, June 2006)
Table of ContentsAbout the Authors vii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
1 The Leadership Challenge 1
2 The Turnaround Framework 19
3 Before the Turnaround Begins 49
4 New Leadership 71
5 Crisis Stabilisation 97
6 Stakeholder Management 113
7 Strategic Focus 135
8 Changing Critical Business Processes 159
9 Leading Organisational Change 177
10 Financial Restructuring 197
Appendix Society of Turnaround Professionals 227
Index 229