We've got some people working here because of the ingenuity of the plant managers, ... . . . This company has provided housing for the folks who work here.

Phil is a hands-off partner who allows the managers to run the company.

He's one of the most solid operations managers in that size company, but I think he'd be good in larger companies as well.

The realignment has resulted in 33 percent of WMT district managers being reassigned or facing early retirement as the company attempts to narrow its leadership gaps in the field. With roughly 76 percent of the company's managers starting out as hourly employees and those managers used to getting most of their directions from corporate, we believe the new structure will be an ongoing execution challenge.

Our managers hadn't had that kind of success - the record company hadn't, we hadn't - and the feeling was that the next record had to be even bigger, and if it wasn't it would be some kind of failure.

I cannot accept that the assets of a company can be put beyond the control of its managers.