Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In a recent survey , 70% of respondents said that CEOs focus too much on short-term financial results, and nearly 60% said that they don’t focus enough on positive long-term impact. Bertolini observed that many of his peers had been promising 15% earnings per share (EPS), even during the financial crisis of 2009.

Metrics 111

Metrics Study Financial Operations 111

Tom Spencer

JULY 2, 2015

The company missed the trend towards touchscreen smart phones and has fallen into serious financial difficulty. A leading financial services company is trying to reduce operating expenditures. Turnarounds. How can we regain market share, and return Blackberry to its former glory? How can it achieve its savings target?

Consulting 60

Consulting Turnaround Case Interview Retail 60

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

You’ve not only been a great marketer in one region, but proven that you can lead marketing when you have a new team, in a turnaround situation and in a different geography. You can create your personal experience map after you: Interview experts in your field. Interview the best in your field, not just the best in your company.

Turnaround 70

Turnaround Interviews Development Management 70

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

The PARADE Method (tm) is an approach to answering resume-oriented job interview questions. It is an approach I developed that is tailored for answering these questions in job interviews for management consulting, as well as interviews for senior executive positions in industry. Interviewers want to know what you did.

Case Interview 81

Case Interview Interviews Resumes Retail 81

Harvard Business

AUGUST 11, 2017

In phase 3, successful portfolio transformations require financial discipline that is not an event, but a pattern; strategic clarity that is not a direction, but a commitment; operational excellence that is not a tool, but a mindset. We interviewed roughly 30 LCPs to get a sense of how this new role is shaping up.

Leadership 71

Leadership Talent Culture Turnaround 71

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Founded in 2003, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is based in the UK and also has offices in Luxembourg, Paris and NY. Founded in 2003, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is based in the UK and also has offices in Luxembourg, Paris and NY.

BearingPoint 99

BearingPoint Capgemini Strategy Strategy& 99

Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example. “Technically, cars today are very different from ten years ago,” says Sällström, whom we interviewed for our book, Talent Wins. That’s why they deploy financial and human capital together, aligning the two for maximum impact.

Talent 71

Talent Engineering Case Interview Turnaround 71

freshminds

MARCH 5, 2018

Investment banking case studies are a lot more quantitative and tend to focus on reading financial statements and based on a corporate finance deal e.g. a company going public on the stock market. They usually need you to understand the rationale behind financial modelling e.g. DCF, LBO etc. Is there anything else we need to know?

Case Studies 53

Case Studies Case Study Study Case Interview 53

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

And on the rare occasions when you do land an interview, you stumble over questions about what you’d bring to the hiring company and why you’re the perfect fit. So how can you make your resume, profile, and interview more effective? How to Get the Most Out of an Informational Interview. Interviews.

Resumes 70

Resumes Interviews Cover Letters Recruiting 70

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

You accept your first job as a manager in a fast growth tech company, thinking: “How much different could this be from my former company—a financial services firm? We then interviewed more than a dozen U.S. As the interviews progressed, we developed seven categories that captured similar challenges.

Talent 70

Talent Culture Turnaround Interviews 70

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

I’ve interviewed thousands of candidates for managerial roles and tracked the performance of those I successfully hired. Over the course of my career, I’ve spent countless hours talking to and hearing from leaders around the world. I led the global management appraisal practice of our own executive search firm, Egon Zehnder.

Turnaround 70

Turnaround Leadership Engineering Case Interview 70

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. PE firms need CEOs who know how to use empathy to generate a highly positive sense of urgency, thereby generating greater momentum toward strategic and financial goals.

Company 70

Company Engineering Turnaround System 70

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

This Firm Profile started as an email from Sean, asking if we could write on Alvarez & Marsal, “The Turnaround Guys”. The firm’s first turnaround client was the household brand, Timex Corporation. Turnaround and Restructuring. Financial Services. ALVAREZ & MARSAL INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Practice Areas.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

JUNE 23, 2018

This may include discrete projects completed at arms length, such as due diligence on a transaction, or turnaround projects where consultants are embedded within an organisation. Not because the experience itself was a deal-breaker, but because people with student consulting experience rarely succeeded at interviews.

Consulting 88

Consulting Case Interview Turnaround Analysis 88