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How Agile Teams Can Help Turnarounds Succeed

Harvard Business

It is most definitely not for big, old-line companies that are facing an existential crisis and require a full-scale turnaround. None of these conditions exists in extreme events such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, major military battles — or large-scale business turnarounds. It’s for techies.

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The Perils of Internal Disruption (Part 2)

Markovitz Consulting

If something is “disruptive,” then it must by definition be good. 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. Next week: Batch Processing. Permalink

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Great Leaders Are Confident, Connected, Committed, and Courageous

Harvard Business

Brad was leading a difficult turnaround of his company and had decided to fire his head of sales, who was a nice guy but wasn’t performing. Risks, by definition, make us feel vulnerable, and Brad avoided that feeling. Pat LaCroix/Getty Images. Three months later, he still hadn’t fired him. I asked him why. His answer?

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How Organic Wine Finally Caught On

Harvard Business

Adding further problems, there were few common standards for the definition of “organic” wine, which was also variously called “natural,” “raw,” or “sustainable” wine. The Turnaround. As organic wine standards were being developed in Europe and the U.S., New category creation is not easy.

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GE’s Fall Has Been Accelerated by Two Problems. Most Other Big Companies Face Them, Too.

Harvard Business

In the fall of 2017 under Flannery, MA&D unsurprisingly became GE’s turnaround strategy tool. Remember, the definition of insanity is to do the same thing and expect a different result. Good luck with that, GE and Trian!

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How to Change a Bad Thinking Habit

The Fearless Marketer

The final question is, “What is the turnaround to that thought and is it just as true or even truer?” The turnaround thought would be, ‘They just might be interested in meeting with me.’ That’s definitely truer than they won’t be interested. It’s not a huge stretch, is it? Again, not a huge stretch.

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List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

Definitions. Value Partners has turnaround and change management expertise working with industrial and service multinationals. Helpful Links. List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong 2011. by Tom Spencer on September 29, 2011 · 0 comments. in Management Consulting. List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong.