$30mm Northern Wisconsin manufacturer of metallurgy products.

"Less than two years ago, CEO of this manufacturing company, moved quickly to put the "right people", (ie, more leader type profiles) in senior management positions. Up until that time, this CEO felt she had to make all the decisions and felt a huge burden of making all critical decisions. Some senior managers were re-assigned, others fell out of the company. After making about 4 key management decisions the following results were achieved in 2007. A 20% operating profit was set as the target. 2007 Actual operating profit was in excess of 24%. This netted an additional $1.5mm net profit added to the bottom line. Having the right management traits have been attributed to this growth. This CEO is available for further in depth discussion if asked."