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If It's the Last Thing I Do

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An engaging and creative story filled with tremendous challenges, and of never giving up even in your twilight years.It's 1975, and Misty Menard unexpectedly inherits her father's business in Lake Placid, New York. It never occurred to her that she could wind up as the CEO of a good old-fashioned manufacturing company.After years of working for lawyers, Misty knows a few things about the law. Her favorite young attorney is making a name for himself, helping traditionally owned companies become employee owned, using a little-known, newly-passed law. When he offers to help Misty convert Adirondack Dowel into an ESOP, pro bono, Misty jumps at the chance. The employees are stunned, the management team becomes hostile, and the Board of Directors is concerned. Misfortune quickly follows the business transformation. A big customer files for bankruptcy. A catastrophic ice jam floods the business. Stagflation freezes the economy. A mysterious shrouded foe plots revenge. Misty's family faces a crisis. The Trustee is convinced something fishy is going on, the appraiser keeps lowering the company's value, and the banker demands additional capital infusions. Misty thought she had left her smoking addiction and alcoholism in the past, but when a worker's finger is severed in an industrial accident, Misty relapses.Disasters threaten to doom the troubled company. After surviving two world wars and the Great Depression, it breaks Misty's heart to think that she has destroyed her father's company. All she wants is to cement her father's legacy and take care of the people who built the iconic local business. Can a quirky CEO and her loyal band of dedicated employee owners save an heirloom company from foreclosure, repossession, and bankruptcy?Get your copy of the thrilling If It's the Last Thing I Do now... if it's the last thing you do!*****ADVANCED PRAISE"FIVE STAR BOOK! Readers who enjoy a well-paced, gripping novel should put If It's The Last Thing I Do on top of their reading list. Misty's complex relationships with her family and her own mortality, combined with her efforts as a CEO, turn this novel into a true page-turner." - Chanticleer Reviews

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9798988181507
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 300
  • Udgivet:
  • 15. august 2023
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x24x229 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 572 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 21. november 2024
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An engaging and creative story filled with tremendous challenges, and of never giving up even in your twilight years.It's 1975, and Misty Menard unexpectedly inherits her father's business in Lake Placid, New York. It never occurred to her that she could wind up as the CEO of a good old-fashioned manufacturing company.After years of working for lawyers, Misty knows a few things about the law. Her favorite young attorney is making a name for himself, helping traditionally owned companies become employee owned, using a little-known, newly-passed law. When he offers to help Misty convert Adirondack Dowel into an ESOP, pro bono, Misty jumps at the chance. The employees are stunned, the management team becomes hostile, and the Board of Directors is concerned. Misfortune quickly follows the business transformation. A big customer files for bankruptcy. A catastrophic ice jam floods the business. Stagflation freezes the economy. A mysterious shrouded foe plots revenge. Misty's family faces a crisis. The Trustee is convinced something fishy is going on, the appraiser keeps lowering the company's value, and the banker demands additional capital infusions. Misty thought she had left her smoking addiction and alcoholism in the past, but when a worker's finger is severed in an industrial accident, Misty relapses.Disasters threaten to doom the troubled company. After surviving two world wars and the Great Depression, it breaks Misty's heart to think that she has destroyed her father's company. All she wants is to cement her father's legacy and take care of the people who built the iconic local business. Can a quirky CEO and her loyal band of dedicated employee owners save an heirloom company from foreclosure, repossession, and bankruptcy?Get your copy of the thrilling If It's the Last Thing I Do now... if it's the last thing you do!*****ADVANCED PRAISE"FIVE STAR BOOK! Readers who enjoy a well-paced, gripping novel should put If It's The Last Thing I Do on top of their reading list. Misty's complex relationships with her family and her own mortality, combined with her efforts as a CEO, turn this novel into a true page-turner." - Chanticleer Reviews

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