Leading corporate turnaround - Stuart St. P Slatter

Leadership is never more crucial than when corporate survival is atstake. But the days of the tough guys are over. The leaders who aredriving today's sustainable turnarounds understand that theanswers to a distressed company's problems lie almost alwayswithin the firm itself - usually at middle manager level andbelow. The secret is cooperation. Drawing on interviews with topcompany doctors and advisers, as well as on the authors' ownexperience, Leading Corporate Turnarounds explores seven keyleadership and management skills required for successfulturnaround, and shows why quickly gaining the buy-in and trust ofall stakeholders is the key to ultimate success.

• Written by the founding directors of the Society of TurnaroundProfessionals (STP), with a proposed Foreword by theSociety's Patron Sir John Harvey-Jones
• Considers the different drivers of turnaround, the alternativesto it, and the restructuring processes required to move beyondcrisis stabilization to sustainable change
• Features international case studies from leading companiesincluding BT, Virgin Express, Arthur Andersen, Parmalat, GE, LeeCooper, New Look and IBM