Tom Spencer

JULY 13, 2019

Service areas – or functional areas – can include strategy, operations, technology, human resources, mergers and acquisitions, among others. Some of the most notable specialisations include healthcare, IT or tech, and turnaround consulting. Consultants in these firms are typically required to specialize as soon as they join the firm.

Consulting 60

Consulting Turnaround Healthcare Deloitte 60

Tom Spencer

JULY 2, 2015

Operations. A leading financial services company is trying to reduce operating expenditures. Turnarounds. Assuming RadioShack averts bankruptcy and achieves a successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? Should it sell rockets to competitors? What should they do with it?

Consulting 60

Consulting Turnaround Case Interview Retail 60

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

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.

Metrics 113

Metrics Study Financial Operations 113

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2016

The research involved conducting and coding 88 in-depth behavioral event interviews of leading change with 65 leaders, spread across multiple industries and from across five continents. One CEO I interviewed, the leader of an international charity, went much further. We all went to Uganda [one of their key operations].

Culture 70

Culture Turnaround Interviews Hotels 70

Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

On Google’s earnings call for the first quarter of 2006 – more than a year before the iPhone was released and more than two years before the release of the first Android-operated smartphone – CEO Eric Schmidt went out of his way to talk about mobile. One of the most prominent is that Yahoo was late to mobile.

Turnaround 70

Turnaround Data Operations Company 70

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). The Ivy Case is a system created by a Harvard professor who coached students for interviews at top-tier consultancies such as McKinsey.

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Case Study Case Studies Study Case Interview 53

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 72

Leadership Talent Culture Turnaround 72

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

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. Yet even with all that knowledge and effort, many private equity companies still don’t do a good job when it comes to deciding whether to keep the CEO in place or select a new CEO.

Company 70

Company Engineering Turnaround System 70

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

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. And we interviewed the leaders and their teams to understand the challenges they faced, when they occurred, and how they overcame them.

Research 72

Research Study Education Recruiting 72

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

We then conducted a series of in-depth individual interviews, delving into pivotal experiences in their personal history and career progression, and using Korn Ferry’s executive online assessment to measure key personality traits and drivers that had an impact. Women could be ready for the CEO role sooner. But what else did you do?

Interviews 72

Interviews Benchmarking Case Interview Talent 72

ConsultX

AUGUST 10, 2021

A one-stop turnaround plan, Conquer the Chaos lays out a complete path to make your business run smoothly and provide you with the freedom you desire. By business owners, for business owners, Conquer the Chaos enables you to reevaluate your approach, revitalize your operations, and realize the freedom and success your hard work deserves.

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Consulting Small Business Video Ethics 52