Stivison — Are the Barbarians at the Gates?

The months ahead will be very uncomfortable. The investors will be demanding better profits. More CEOs will come and go. If managers and executives did not already have enough on their plates, they will have the added burden of turning around the company's finances.

The irony of the CEO upheaval, of course, is that a printing company's financial performance ultimately does not depend on the business strategy-of-the-month. Rather, it depends on a lot of dedicated people being allowed to do what they do best: Get jobs off the loading dock, on time, error free.