Liuzza’s turnaround management experience began when the Liuzza family-owned franchisee of Sizzler Family Steakhouses began to experience severe operational and financial difficulties. Liuzza felt the need to leave his successful stock and commodity broker position to be interim CEO of the declining business and, somehow, find a way to salvage it. In effecting that turnaround, he was able to create a new Mexican restaurant concept called Cuco’s Border Cafe, which was turned into a successful national Initial Public Offering and was the first IPO of any Louisiana company in ten years.

When he later entered the consulting business, that turnaround experience enabled him to empathize with the difficult challenges owners, managers, and partners faced in implementing challenging changes. Creating a plan and roadmap for a new strategy requires one set of consulting talents. Implementing the new strategy requires a totally different set of talents, systems, and leadership, which might not have existed before.

Because of his past experience, Liuzza doesn’t just give recommendations and leave you to execute without continued guidance and help. If requested, he will continue to work along with or within your company to ensure the recommendations and mid-course corrections are implemented to produce the desired result. (See Piccadilly Food Cost Success, Kenner Casino Truckstop, HHH, and Deep River Logistics in Case Studies).

Most companies that need guidance or outside objective professional help almost always delay too long to consider bringing in a turnaround consultant. The longer the delay, the fewer options remain available. To encourage potential clients to overcome this tendency, Liuzza waives the fees for the first in-depth introductory meeting or meetings. Fees don’t commence until an engagement letter is signed and approved work begins thereafter.