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Warren Rustand and the trouble with a full calendar
He once helped decide how Gerald Ford spent his days. After decades in business, Warren Rustand has a more personal question: what deserves a place in yours?
David Anderson and the Art of Leaving the Room
He learned to prepare the stage for presidents, then built an Arizona agency with Roger Hurni. The harder assignment came later: giving other people room to lead.
Anthony Vidergauz
Anthony Vidergauz is the former CEO of California Closets who turned a struggling $2 million acquisition into a $300 million-per-year national brand. A South African immigrant and trained lawyer who arrived in the US in 1986 with $5,000, he joined California Closets in 1987 as legal counsel, then acquired the company from Williams-Sonoma in 1994. Over the next 13 years, he transformed it through lifestyle marketing - including a magazine sold at Barnes & Noble - and franchise relationship-building, growing to over 100 locations across North America and six countries. After selling in 2007, he now runs The Paradise Group, a boutique consulting firm advising franchise businesses on strategy, culture, and leadership.