Yet as Mr. Tchuruk (pronounced CHOO-rook) promotes his turnaround talents, investors are questioning whether an Alcatel-Lucent combination can salvage the two companies while both are struggling to remain relevant in crucial parts of the communications equipment business -- particularly in areas like fiber optic technology.
Perhaps the mentality of competitiveness explains the Cubs' turnaround, or maybe it is talent maturing -- suddenly, for example, Kyle Farnsworth, a reliever who could not find the plate last season, is throwing 98-mile-an-hour strikes.
That, in turn, has fueled a thriving cross-border startup scene in San Diego and Tijuana where low-cost engineering talent can quickly turnaround prototypes.
That led to an executive house cleaning at the very moment the company most needed that talent to lead the turnaround.
If you aim to bring on new talent to lead the turnaround effort, provide boilerplate (one or two sentences) on the backgrounds of key managers to demonstrate how well they understand the business.
Because of a salary cap and a draft system that gives the lesser teams an advantage to quickly replenish themselves with talent, we see quick turnarounds from year to year.
He replaced Jay Paterno, Joe's son, as recruiting coordinator, and when the 2005 team went 11-1, a boost in the program's recruited talent was lauded for the turnaround.
Many players credited the turnaround to the infusion of energy and talent the team received when five players, including starting third baseman David Freese, were reactivated from the disabled list when rosters expanded Sept. 1.
Dell executives will likely spend much of their conference call responding to questions regarding their turnaround plan, which involves bringing in new executive talent from outside the company, re-evaluating suppliers, improving customer service and more competitive pricing.
Geithner apparently worries, a la the recent anti-stimulus arguments of David Brooks, that government lacks the talent and capacity to manage the turnarounds of big bankrupted banks.
