Remove Marketing Remove Operations Remove Turnaround
article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

How to Develop Your Tagline to Win More Work

Successful Independent Consulting

A marketing tagline is short phrase that helps people remember you in a certain way. In the list of taglines above, some of the keywords are “big, hairy projects;” “shared services;” “burnout prevention;” and “turnaround leader.” Remember, clients want to hire The Expert, so be sure to market yourself as one! [1]

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Consultant Ninja: Finally, two counter-cyclical markets: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Finally, two counter-cyclical markets. After seeing so many markets down, my cousin in the hunting business informed me that gun sales have been surging, due to Obama winning the presidency. The other sector Im long on is turnaround consulting: 10-13-08. Tuesday, November 11, 2008. WaMu made a motion to designate William C.

article thumbnail

The Perils of Internal Disruption (Part 2)

Markovitz Consulting

But when it comes to internal operations at least, disruption is often both bad for business and for employees, because it causes unevenness in work. Incentives and discounts create tremendous disruption in a company’s business by distorting both incoming market signals and outgoing orders to suppliers. Next week: Batch Processing.

article thumbnail

Your Organization Wastes Time. Here’s How to Fix It.

Harvard Business

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.

How To 148
article thumbnail

Why CEO’s Hire Consultants and Coaches: The REAL Value They Bring with Brad Rex

Consulting Matters

About the guest: About the guest: Brad Rex is an accomplished senior executive and corporate officer with proven experience growing businesses and driving results in start-up, turnaround, expansion and multi-site situations.

article thumbnail

6 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team

Rick Conlow

3 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team. The following six proven turnaround tactics come from my consulting practice. For example, one organization I worked with had no training and were last in their market. These kinds of actions can swiftly turnaround a failing team. See this– SPICA: Team Management Skills. )