Leadership can resurrect companies. Harley-Davidson is proof
Leadership can resurrect companies. Harley-Davidson is proof.
In the early 1980s, Harley-Davidson teetered on collapse.
Quality issues and Japanese competition shredded market share and morale.
Then leadership pivoted.
Not with nostalgia — but with fundamentals:
→ Craftsmanship restored trust in the brand
→ Loyalty built a community, not just customers
→ Disciplined execution rebuilt performance from the ground up
The result: a turnaround that multiplied shareholder value many times over.
At Eagle Talon, that’s the leadership lens we apply:
→ Can leaders stop the slide before it becomes a fall?
→ Do they engineer turnarounds, or just ride the trend?
→ Is resilience embedded in structure, or left to chance?
Because great leadership doesn’t just manage momentum.
It creates it — even from the brink of failure.