Cal Turner Jr. interviewed by Investor's Business Daily
Cal Turner Jr. was interviewed for the Investor's Business Daily on "How To Help Your Team Overcome Adversity."
❝ Cal Turner Jr. figures that Dollar General (DG) probably wouldn't exist today if not for the doggedness of his grandfather, who launched the family's first retail business, and his father, who founded what became Dollar General.
"My grandfather and father were two of the most persistent people," Turner, author of "My Father's Business" and retired CEO of Dollar General, told IBD.
Here's how to get people on your team to keep grinding and battle back from adversity.
Always fight. Turner's grandfather, Luther Turner, opened a single store in the 1920s in Scottsville, Ky., where Cal Turner Jr. grew up. He led it through the Great Depression before his son, Cal Turner Sr., opened a wholesale business with his father in 1939 that later became Dollar General. They faced plenty of obstacles getting the business off the ground during World War II and later, including facing a Teamsters strike. [Investors.com]
| CAL TURNER JR. is the former Dollar General CEO and author of My Father's Business: The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General into a Billion-Dollar Company. Watch him discuss what leadership means to him, and learn more about booking Cal for your next event today. |
