Harvard Business

AUGUST 5, 2016

To understand how to turn around a failing school quickly, using as few resources as possible, we studied changes made by 160 UK academies after they were put into remedial measures by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (OFSTED) up to seven years ago. Our findings challenge some of these beliefs.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Senior executives tend to be shielded from organizational problems and data; they are given limited and filtered information about their operations, employees, and customers. But there are other, less dramatic techniques, too. They also can conduct town halls, where employees ask questions and engage in conversations.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

Now a global giant in the drinks business, just 25 years ago, its precursor, Brahma, was a second-tier Brazilian brewer undergoing a painful turnaround in the hands of acquirer 3G, a São Paulo–based private equity house. A key feature of the turnaround, led by CEO Marcel Telles, was avoiding a hopelessly long-term view.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 2, 2017

Every organization has a slightly different framework of expected experience, but I like to look at this through the lens of strategy and operations. You can be stronger at one of them, but you need to know how to manage both. Likewise, I know numerous chief HR officers who have done tours in business, operations, HR, and elsewhere.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. They operated with a both/and mindset, seeking to deliver on immediate goals in a way that also built a sustainable future.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. Restructuring/Turnaround Services. An inconsistent culture could also mean a lack of transparency in operations or management. FTI CONSULTING ORGANIZATION. Private Equity.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Asamby Consulting

AUGUST 30, 2022

This articles outlines how to build a company wiki: Understand if and why you need a wiki Define the goals for your wiki Choose the best tool to house your wiki Define the structure Start creating and compiling content Keep your wiki used and up to date Why do I need a wiki for my company? You need a wiki.

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BCG

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Shaving one minute off the time each aircraft is on the ground between flights can save $5 million to $10 million a year in freed aircraft time and hidden costs across the operation. No other aspect of an airline’s operations has as broad or as deep an impact on the entire organization.

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Airlines Turnaround Operations Financial 40

freshminds

MARCH 5, 2018

Here are some examples of different approaches across industries; Management Consulting : tend to use “operational” type case studies (more details below). How to answer the case study. Operational Cases: Operations Case, Increasing Sales, Reducing Costs, Improving the Bottom Line, Turnarounds.

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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. Once a firm is acquired, the LCP often facilitates the transformation process.

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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. The job becomes far more complex, requiring a deep understanding of how to make the parts of the organization function together. In fact, management consultancy Bain & Co.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

And yet without Box 2, organizations don’t truly transform; they persist in limiting ways of operating. So, how do you build Box 2 muscle? How do you build a company that’s able to routinely toss what no longer works? One effective way is to work on culture.

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Company Culture Turnaround Productivity 70

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

How are those organizations better because of you? How to Get the Most Out of an Informational Interview. You’ll show how you’d improve their organizations, based on what you’ve done in the past. Let’s look at how to do this by analyzing the resume and LinkedIn profile of a startup marketing executive.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

employees, customers, free agents, communities we operate in) and so much more. Voser was impatient for a new experience which attracted him to ABB and there he learned a whole new level of turnaround leadership. the one-click mobile purchasing app), it is the means through which we get work done (e.g.,

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

As a school leader sets off on this journey, how do they know what to do, when to do it, who to listen to, and how to manage critics along the way? Our study of the actions and impact of 411 leaders of UK academies found that only 62 of them managed their turnaround successfully and sustainably transformed their school.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

I’ll fast-forward through the next decade, when Garvin, trained in operations, helped to answer the question much of America was obsessed with at the time: How Japanese automakers could make higher-quality, more-reliable cars than Americans, while charging less for them.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

After studying and working with hundreds of companies in free fall, we’ve identified concrete steps that leadership teams can take to engineer successful turnarounds and transformations. Since Knudstorp took over, Lego’s revenues have increased by 400%, and its operating profit margin has increased from -21% to 34%.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

Companies wind up in trouble and squander the time, talent, and energy of their workforce when they lose focus, spend money on things that don’t make a difference to employees or the future of the business, and use operating models that are out of whack. redesign the operating model. Redesign the Operating Model.

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Markovitz Consulting

JULY 11, 2017

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. Operational and financial improvements are rapid, dramatic, and lasting. Paul Akers has done amazing work leading lean at FastCap in just this fashion.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

CSFs can literally be anything — whether it’s improving customer satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing operating costs, or something specific to a particular project or deliverable – making them somewhat difficult to identify – let alone define in concrete terms. Are project operations, sales, customer service, etc.

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ConsultX

AUGUST 10, 2021

Gerber Focus - Al Ries How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion - Robert B Cialdini Outwitting the Devil - Napoleon Hill Purple Cow - Seth Godin The E-Myth Revisited - Michael E. Conquer the Chaos shows you how. Conquer the Chaos - Clate Mask & Scott Martineau Crush It!

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Organizations should intervene to identify and develop promising future talent early in their careers, helping women broaden their skills by providing access to operating roles and leadership opportunities, both horizontal and vertical moves, in core business functions. ” Illuminate the path to CEO. ” Illuminate the path to CEO.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. On July 30, 2014, exactly 13 months after retiring as P&G’s Chairman and CEO, McDonald was sworn in as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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1 to 1

DECEMBER 7, 2021

And this isn’t to say traditional brick-and-mortar shopping is dead, but brands need to be aware how to deliver a great hybrid experience of digital, physical, and everything in between. Retailers will face customers supercharged by digital centricity who are fighting product shortages, higher prices, busy schedules, and holiday craziness.

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