Turnaround Revelations - Stop Surviving, Start Thriving - Alternative Approaches to Transforming Your Business NOW

***Review - "Turnaround Revelations takes complex operational concepts and makes them practical, memorable, and surprisingly engaging. It has the same rare quality found in books like Good to Great with clear thinking, practical frameworks, and lessons that hold up over time.***" Most companies don't fail overnight. They fail slowly all while leadership insists everything is fine. In Turnaround Revelations, Jay David pulls back the curtain on why otherwise good businesses slide into crisis—and what it actually takes to reverse the damage. Drawing on more than thirty years leading operations, finance, and restructurings across manufacturing and consumer goods, David challenges the comfortable assumptions that keep leaders stuck in survival mode. This is not a theory-heavy management book. It's a field manual built from real turnarounds: navigating Chapter 11 bankruptcy, consolidating plants, integrating acquisitions, repairing broken cost structures, and restoring profitability under intense pressure. With candor, humor, and hard-earned insight, David exposes the blind spots executives miss, the metrics that mislead, and the cultural habits that quietly undermine execution. At its core, Turnaround Revelations argues that thriving isn't about more strategy decks or inspirational slogans—it's about disciplined execution, financial clarity, and operational truth. Whether you're a founder, executive, or investor, this book offers a wake-up call and a roadmap: stop surviving, confront reality, and build a business that works. Doing business better isn't optional anymore. It's the only way forward. If your business is surviving—but not thriving—this book is for you. About the Author Jay David is a turnaround executive and founder of Do Business Better. A former COO of a $300+ million enterprise, he has led restructurings, bankruptcies, integrations, and profitability transformations across manufacturing and consumer goods. He helps leaders bridge finance and operations to build disciplined, sustainable growth. In Turnaround Revelations: Stop Surviving, Start Thriving**, Jay David delivers a no-nonsense guide to transforming underperforming businesses before crisis becomes collapse. Based on decades of hands-on leadership, this book reveals what actually drives successful turnarounds—and why most efforts fail.** Jay David doesn't recycle management clichés. He dismantles them. Inside, you'll learn: Why "growth" often masks deeper operational problems How financial data lies when operations are broken The hidden costs leaders ignore until it's too late How to align finance and operations for real execution What turnaround leadership looks like when the stakes are real How to rebuild profitability without destroying culture Grounded in real-world case studies—from founder-led companies to private equity-backed enterprises—this book speaks directly to leaders responsible for results, not just ideas. Perfect for readers of Good to Great by Jim Collins, Traction by Gino Wickman, and Profit First by Mike Michalowicz. Turnaround Revelations bridges strategy and execution with clarity and urgency. This isn't about managing decline. It's about surviving, thriving, and doing business better before it's too late. Book Length: 340 pages