Bibliograph

My father's business, the small-town values that built Dollar General into a billion-dollar company, Cal Turner, Jr. with Rob Simbeck

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My father's business, the small-town values that built Dollar General into a billion-dollar company, Cal Turner, Jr. with Rob Simbeck

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My father's business

Oclc number

1003316282

Responsibility statement

Cal Turner, Jr. with Rob Simbeck

Sub title

the small-town values that built Dollar General into a billion-dollar company

Summary

"In this debut book, a retired executive examines the genesis and evolution of his family's business, Dollar General ... Turner's ... candid chronicle ... covers not only the company's triumphs, but its dark days as well, including its brutal disputes with the Teamsters, a risky overexpansion in the '80s, and an embarrassing accounting scandal in the early 2000s ... The author also ... reflects on his own life and the lessons he learned from his father's and grandfather's examples, not only about business, but responsibility, family, and spirituality as well"--Kirkus, 08/01/2018

Table Of Contents

Scottsville, Kentucky: "The Center of the Universe" -- The lessons of adolescence -- Business: the key Turner dynamic -- "Every Day Is Dollar Day" -- Academic and leadership testing: Vanderbilt and the Navy -- Interning with the real Cal Turner -- Dealing with entrepreneurial chaos -- Winging it with Wall Street -- Filling the suit -- Scottsville divided: the Teamsters strike -- Expansion: breaking the commandments -- A company out of control -- The toughest decision of my life -- A family and company divided -- Serving others: a mission that mattered -- Selective unscrewing -- My dad's final years: still thinking about the customer -- Exiting the company: that lonesome valley -- Retirement: redefining who I am

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