Turnaround Leaders.... (From Executive Courage....)

Turnaround leaders are characterized by:

- A frustration at things that other do not observe

- A mere tolerance for vacations

- A life of arduous work hours

- A full measure of impatience

- A healthy instinct for pessimism that permits them to avoid surprises, and

- Being hard to satisfy and feeling stressed that others do not do things to the expected standard and with the same sense of urgency as self