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Saving RadioShack

Tom Spencer

When the business landscape changes, how can you turnaround a failing company? Assuming this leads to successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? When faced with a broad turnaround question, it is important to ask a variety of questions to determine the source of the problem.

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The Perils of Internal Disruption (Part 2)

Markovitz Consulting

The former president of Wiremold, Art Byrne, explains in his book The Lean Turnaround that he eliminated volume discounts and incentives for sales to book the largest possible orders. With more level demand, the warranty department was able to keep its turnaround time to under a week, even during the peak summer season.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

AlixPartners is an international business advisory firm based in Southfield, MI known for its work in corporate turnarounds, bankruptcy assignments and restructuring. Generally regarded as turnaround market leaders, AlixPartners is doing a killer job at taking up more room in the consulting space by strategically hiring a plethora of gurus.

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Narrow Your Niche to Win More Work as a Solopreneur

Successful Independent Consulting

KnowYourNiche #SolopreneurSuccess Related Resources: Web workshop: Know Your Niche: Branding to Build Your Business Book: Succeeding as a Solopreneur: Six Keys for Taking the Leap, Winning Clients, and Building Wealth They have a defined niche that makes them easy to remember.

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Small Steps or Big Steps: What’s the Right Way to Begin Improvement?

Markovitz Consulting

He describes his “shock and awe” approach (my terminology) in his excellent book The Lean Turnaround , where he takes the company through several week-long kaizen events. To be sure, there is some up front training, but the emphasis is on starting the lean journey with kaizen events. You build your way up to those levels. [as

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Don’t do everything yourself

Jacq Hackett Consulting

Many of these tasks I just don’t have any skills in, like book-keeping and graphic design. It’s quick – the turnaround time on jobs is impressive. Website management. PowerPoint presentations. Internet-based research. Transcription. Admin support. Bookkeeping.

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Best Business Books 2015: Narratives

Strategy+Business

Some of this year's best business books are narratives that cover the divergent fortunes of three hot technology companies -- one that crashed to earth, one in the midst of a wrenching turnaround, and one that is soaring into the stratosphere.