Andrew Sharkey said his first week as CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute may have been the hardest. Global competition from emerging markets had hammered the industry, with imports flooding the market. Steel and metal manufacturers were reeling from the wave of bankruptcies and consolidations sweeping the industry. And Sharkey, spokesman of the industry, couldn’t make his payroll. Hard decisions followed: personnel layoffs and calls to member companies, who were also in distress, to accelerate their dues payments. It was a far cry from Sharkey’s success in the industry and in his prior role at the Metal Service Center Institute, where he’d built solid… Read More