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What I like about the business parts is that Miller. . . doesn't pretend to be perfect. He discusses mistakes made on his watch. . . . [W]e get to see something that's oh so rare: a businessman in full. --Allan Sloan, Washington Post [A] freewheeling tale of corporate crises --Reuters Miller resists the temptation to burnish his own legacy, frankly examining his failures along with his successes while also sympathetically recounting the struggles of his late wife, who died of cancer as he fought to keep Delphi going. --Newsweek Miller describes his Herculean efforts to save what he could of these troubled behemoths.... This book...contains some valuable...lessons. --Harvard Business Review This is no dull, vain accounting of a power broker: Miller talks about his turnarounds warts and all and opens up about his family life and why Lee Iacocca annoys him. --Fortune Small Business When corporate executives sit down to write a book, the result is often a bland recitation of accomplishments, a few charmingly self-deprecating admissions of mistakes, and a handful of business formulas that might help you, the reader, achieve similar success. The Turnaround Kid is not one of those books. --Wall Street Journal Robert S. 'Steve' Miller, the chairman of Delphi Corp., gives us a boardroom seat--at the auto-parts maker and other troubled companies he has headed--during moments of crisis. But he also relates deeply personal stories. And he takes jabs at folks whose paths he might cross again. --Wall Street Journal The outspokenness [Miller] is known for is evident throughout. . . but the memoir is also deeply personal. . . . Miller writes movingly of his wife of nearly 40 years, who waged a three-month battle with an inoperable brain tumor that ended in her death in 2006. --Detroit News A riveting tale. . . . a highly engrossing memoir, poignantly leavened by the story of the untimely death of Miller's wife. No one executive can fix all of corporate America, but Miller came close. --Conde Nast Portfolio

Miller resists the temptation to burnish his own legacy, frankly examining his failures along with his successes while also sympathetically recounting the struggles of his late wife, who died of cancer as he fought to keep Delphi going. -- Newsweek

A riveting tale. . . . a highly engrossing memoir, poignantly leavened by the story of the untimely death of Miller's wife. No one executive can fix all of corporate America, but Miller came close. --Conde Nast Portfolio [A] freewheeling tale of corporate crises --Reuters Miller describes his Herculean efforts to save what he could of these troubled behemoths.... This book...contains some valuable...lessons. --Harvard Business Review Miller resists the temptation to burnish his own legacy, frankly examining his failures along with his successes while also sympathetically recounting the struggles of his late wife, who died of cancer as he fought to keep Delphi going. --Newsweek Robert S. 'Steve' Miller, the chairman of Delphi Corp., gives us a boardroom seat--at the auto-parts maker and other troubled companies he has headed--during moments of crisis. But he also relates deeply personal stories. And he takes jabs at folks whose paths he might cross again. --Wall Street Journal The outspokenness [Miller] is known for is evident throughout. . . but the memoir is also deeply personal. . . . Miller writes movingly of his wife of nearly 40 years, who waged a three-month battle with an inoperable brain tumor that ended in her death in 2006. --Detroit News This is no dull, vain accounting of a power broker: Miller talks about his turnarounds warts and all and opens up about his family life and why Lee Iacocca annoys him. --Fortune Small Business What I like about the business parts is that Miller. . . doesn't pretend to be perfect. He discusses mistakes made on his watch. . . . [W]e get to see something that's oh so rare: a businessman in full. --Allan Sloan, Washington Post When corporate executives sit down to write a book, the result is often a bland recitation of accomplishments, a few charmingly self-deprecating admissions of mistakes, and a handful of business formulas that might help you, the reader, achieve similar success. The Turnaround Kid is not one of those books. --Wall Street Journal

When corporate executives sit down to write a book, the result is often a bland recitation of accomplishments, a few charmingly self-deprecating admissions of mistakes, and a handful of business formulas that might help you, the reader, achieve similar success. The Turnaround Kid is not one of those books. -- Wall Street Journal Robert S. 'Steve' Miller, the chairman of Delphi Corp., gives us a boardroom seat--at the auto-parts maker and other troubled companies he has headed--during moments of crisis. But he also relates deeply personal stories. And he takes jabs at folks whose paths he might cross again. -- Wall Street Journal What I like about the business parts is that Miller. . . doesn't pretend to be perfect. He discusses mistakes made on his watch. . . . [W]e get to see something that's oh so rare: a businessman in full. -- Allan Sloan, Washington Post This is no dull, vain accounting of a power broker: Miller talks about his turnarounds warts and all and opens up about his family life and why Lee Iacocca annoys him. -- Fortune Small Business Miller describes his Herculean efforts to save what he could of these troubled behemoths.... This book...contains some valuable...lessons. -- Harvard Business Review The outspokenness [Miller] is known for is evident throughout. . . but the memoir is also deeply personal. . . . Miller writes movingly of his wife of nearly 40 years, who waged a three-month battle with an inoperable brain tumor that ended in her death in 2006. -- Detroit News [A] freewheeling tale of corporate crises -- Reuters Miller resists the temptation to burnish his own legacy, frankly examining his failures along with his successes while also sympathetically recounting the struggles of his late wife, who died of cancer as he fought to keep Delphi going. -- Newsweek A riveting tale. . . . a highly engrossing memoir, poignantly leavened by the story of the untimely death of Miller's wife. No one executive can fix all of corporate America, but Miller came close. -- Conde Nast Portfolio

The outspokenness [Miller] is known for is evident throughout. . . but the memoir is also deeply personal. . . . Miller writes movingly of his wife of nearly 40 years, who waged a three-month battle with an inoperable brain tumor that ended in her death in 2006. --Detroit News

[A] freewheeling tale of corporate crises -- Reuters What I like about the business parts is that Miller. . . doesn't pretend to be perfect. He discusses mistakes made on his watch. . . . [W]e get to see something that's oh so rare: a businessman in full. --Allan Sloan, Washington Post [A] freewheeling tale of corporate crises --Reuters Miller resists the temptation to burnish his own legacy, frankly examining his failures along with his successes while also sympathetically recounting the struggles of his late wife, who died of cancer as he fought to keep Delphi going. --Newsweek Miller describes his Herculean efforts to save what he could of these troubled behemoths.... This book...contains some valuable...lessons. --Harvard Business Review This is no dull, vain accounting of a power broker: Miller talks about his turnarounds warts and all and opens up about his family life and why Lee Iacocca annoys him. --Fortune Small Business When corporate executives sit down to write a book, the result is often a bland recitation of accomplishments, a few charmingly self-deprecating admissions of mistakes, and a handful of business formulas that might help you, the reader, achieve similar success. The Turnaround Kid is not one of those books. --Wall Street Journal Robert S. 'Steve' Miller, the chairman of Delphi Corp., gives us a boardroom seat--at the auto-parts maker and other troubled companies he has headed--during moments of crisis. But he also relates deeply personal stories. And he takes jabs at folks whose paths he might cross again. --Wall Street Journal The outspokenness [Miller] is known for is evident throughout. . . but the memoir is also deeply personal. . . . Miller writes movingly of his wife of nearly 40 years, who waged a three-month battle with an inoperable brain tumor that ended in her death in 2006. --Detroit News A riveting tale. . . . a highly engrossing memoir, poignantly leavened by the story of the untimely death of Miller's wife. No one executive can fix all of corporate America, but Miller came close. --Conde Nast Portfolio

""When corporate executives sit down to write a book, the result is often a bland recitation of accomplishments, a few charmingly self-deprecating admissions of mistakes, and a handful of business formulas that might help you, the reader, achieve similar success. The Turnaround Kid is not one of those books."" -- Wall Street Journal ""Robert S. 'Steve' Miller, the chairman of Delphi Corp., gives us a boardroom seat--at the auto-parts maker and other troubled companies he has headed--during moments of crisis. But he also relates deeply personal stories. And he takes jabs at folks whose paths he might cross again."" -- Wall Street Journal ""What I like about the business parts is that Miller. . . doesn't pretend to be perfect. He discusses mistakes made on his watch. . . . [W]e get to see something that's oh so rare: a businessman in full."" -- Allan Sloan, Washington Post ""This is no dull, vain accounting of a power broker: Miller talks about his turnarounds warts and all and opens up about his family life and why Lee Iacocca annoys him."" -- Fortune Small Business ""Miller describes his Herculean efforts to save what he could of these troubled behemoths.... This book...contains some valuable...lessons."" -- Harvard Business Review ""The outspokenness [Miller] is known for is evident throughout. . . but the memoir is also deeply personal. . . . Miller writes movingly of his wife of nearly 40 years, who waged a three-month battle with an inoperable brain tumor that ended in her death in 2006."" -- Detroit News ""[A] freewheeling tale of corporate crises"" -- Reuters ""Miller resists the temptation to burnish his own legacy, frankly examining his failures along with his successes while also sympathetically recounting the struggles of his late wife, who died of cancer as he fought to keep Delphi going."" -- Newsweek ""A riveting tale. . . . a highly engrossing memoir, poignantly leavened by the story of the untimely death of Miller's wife. No one executive can fix all of corporate America, but Miller came close."" -- Condé Nast Portfolio

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Robert S. Miller, better known as Steve, served as chairman and CEO of Delphi Corporation. In addition, he serves on the boards of Symantec and United Airlines. He resides near Detroit, Michigan, with his wife, Jill.

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