Management Consulted

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Finally, you have constant client interaction which develops “client skills” – from managing client teams to running meetings to learning how to navigate different corporate environments. This expertise may be as broad as “operations turnaround” and as specific as “benchmarking for insurance companies.”

Banking 272

Banking Consulting Boston Consulting Group Management 272

Management Consulted

JANUARY 25, 2016

AlixPartners is an international business advisory firm based in Southfield, MI known for its work in corporate turnarounds, bankruptcy assignments and restructuring. Generally regarded as turnaround market leaders, AlixPartners is doing a killer job at taking up more room in the consulting space by strategically hiring a plethora of gurus.

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Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

Consulting Matters

APRIL 13, 2023

Brad had an unconventional start to his career after meeting his boss's boss while studying finance at college. 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.

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Consulting Finance Turnaround Healthcare 156

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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Turnaround Report Company Construction 116

Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

Pick an example of a work activity that happens regularly, like a daily or weekly standing meeting. For the attribute “location,” for example, you could ask your team: Is the meeting best facilitated if it’s held in an in-demand central meeting room or near where other people are likely to gather?

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Exercises Meeting Real Estate Survey 129

The Fearless Marketer

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

For the past several weeks I’ve been writing about and teaching how to get more meetings with prospective clients and those who can connect you with prospective clients. How to Get 100 Meetings. More Meetings = More Clients. More than 350 signed up for my demo webinar on the topic, “ Fewer Emails, More Meetings.”

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How To Turnaround Meeting Course 62

The Source

JANUARY 15, 2021

Many of those responsible for content production in consulting firms really stepped up to the plate in 2020, helping meet the huge appetite for information and guidance at a time when their clients were crying out for support.

Leadership 59

Leadership Turnaround Agile Trends 59

Kates Kesler

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Recently, The Wall Street Journal reported on how Procter & Gamble’s CEO is under scrutiny by investors and the board for a stalling turnaround effort. P&G’s Stumbles Put CEO On Hot Seat for Turnaround. At this meeting, seven to 10 executives met to discuss the state of the company and make decisions.

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Turnaround Management Journal Talent 50

Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2018

But too often, companies cut a few sales jobs and hope for a market turnaround that never happens. However, downsizing without a strategy for how to meet customer needs with a leaner sales team leads to lost opportunity. Meeting customer needs with a smaller sales team requires redefining how work gets done.

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Sales How To Turnaround Trends 100

Women in Consulting

MARCH 13, 2018

Whether your business continues to expand, has experienced a slowdown or turnaround, or is consistent with last year, we want to hear about your experiences. In addition to the report that WIC sends to all participants (an email address is required), we also present the results at a members-only meeting on Thursday, June 21.

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Survey Consulting Turnaround Report 31

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. Promotions are dependent on how quickly you meet functional competencies and skill requirements set out for you by the powers that be.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

The Management Centre

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As a first step book in a meeting with your Project Sponsor. Talk through options for communicating better, aiming to ensure the Project Sponsor has the right information at the right time and an agreed turnaround time. Challenge 3: Lack of sponsorship. How to deal with this. How to minimise this in the future.

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How To Turnaround Management Training 97

PM Alliance

JANUARY 27, 2023

Meeting their expectations is key to a successful project, so before the relocations start, consider some of the things users are likely to ask for that you may not have anticipated. When it comes to planning and executing office move projects, your team needs to prioritize orchestrating tight schedules and controlling costs.

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Wireless Turnaround Exercises Resources 72

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He told me that he eventually learned to stray from his tour guides so that he could meet people who hadn’t been prepped for his visit, to see what was really happening. However, as CEO he stopped meeting with his brain trust and removed the two executives who had been his competitors.

How To 70

How To Banking Turnaround Meeting 70

Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2018

One CEO we worked with was known for his smart turnarounds of a large media company. Stymied, we suggested that we observe the next executive team meeting. When leaders argue about the validity of your reasons for offering coaching, or offer excuses or defenses for poor results, it can be a sign that they lack self-awareness.

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Development Turnaround Company Resources 134

Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Instead, I’ve been more successful with, e.g., ”turnaround specialist” or “business developer.” My experience of the differences of between OD in small and large is that in small organizations: It rarely works to market myself as “guiding change” or “change agent,” etc.

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Consulting Organizational Development Nonprofit Small Business 76

Tom Spencer

JULY 2, 2015

It is currently summer, and Cabana is having trouble meeting demand. Turnarounds. Assuming RadioShack averts bankruptcy and achieves a successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? Over the past three months, inventory has tripled and customer complaints have doubled.

Consulting 60

Consulting Turnaround Case Interview Retail 60

Women in Consulting

MARCH 15, 2017

Plus, everyone who participates is entered into a drawing for a free WIC workshop or general meeting [didn’t know we offered webinars]. Whether your business continues to expand, has experienced a slowdown or turnaround, or is consistent with last year, we want to hear about your experiences.

Survey 54

Survey Turnaround Meeting Consulting 54

Harvard Business

AUGUST 11, 2017

LCPs also increasingly participate in fund-raising meetings with deal teams. Increasingly, in addition to the standard interviews and team meetings conducted by deal teams, PEs are conducting more sophisticated, data-driven evaluations of a target’s leadership and culture risks and opportunities.

Leadership 71

Leadership Talent Culture Turnaround 71

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2016

While some situations demand outside successors — such as a turnaround or a discontinuous shift in the industry and strategy – we believe that internal candidates remain the future CEOs-of-choice. Choosing a CEO is a high-stakes proposition, arguably the most important decision a board can make.

Leadership 70

Leadership Talent Turnaround Benchmarking 70

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2016

Perhaps nervous about the meeting in the morning, you find yourself lying on the bed flicking through the TV channels for something to watch to keep you awake to offset the growing jet-lag. “We started meeting in each other’s homes every few months. How many nights have you spent in a hotel in a city many miles from home?

Culture 70

Culture Turnaround Interviews Hotels 70

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

He developed a three-year plan for his turnaround vision, which was translated into annual and quarterly operating plans, and biquarterly responsibilities for his executive team.

Metrics 111

Metrics Study Financial Operations 111

Management Consulted

MARCH 29, 2015

It’s rapid deadlines and very quick turnarounds. We’d have a meeting tomorrow, which meant we had to get all this stuff on pages tonight. My days were typically filled with meetings with clients or working with other people on my team. What they do in a week, you do in a day. That was typical.

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McKinsey Interviews Case Interview Consulting 100

Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

But when some CEOs in this position look at the people they employ, they discover a problem: a swath of their existing team doesn’t have the necessary skills or metabolism for change to meet the new challenges. Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example.

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Talent Engineering Case Interview Turnaround 71

Prudent Pedal

JANUARY 28, 2020

Preparation: Your marketing leader will do most of the prep for this meeting. Annual Review Questions: How did you perform in meeting the needs of our partner requests? Ask questions about production efficiency, turnaround times, collateral organization/dissemination, and costs. Complete HR gobbledygook here.

Marketing 52

Marketing How To Turnaround Meeting 52

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

After the meeting, one colleague pointed to Peter’s decision as a key turning point: “Peter’s willingness to change his mind in public was huge progress for us in establishing a strong Box 2 culture.” ” What decisions could you make that set a Box 2 tone in your organization? .”

Company 70

Company Culture Turnaround Productivity 70

The Consultants Peer Group

APRIL 3, 2023

In 1973, I was fired from my first job mainly for not being able to meet deadlines in a timely fashion. This negotiation process helps both parties meet their needs and gives the employee ownership of their time. It is a picture of two adults working together to meet their joint goals.

Turnaround 52

Turnaround Fashion Meeting Energy 52

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

Did you just show up at the sales meeting? The servers we wanted had a two-week turnaround time. So to some extent there is a relative standard that you are trying to meet or exceed. The savvy interviewer will immediately ask, "I see. and what specifically was your role in this situation?" and to do it fast.

Case Interview 81

Case Interview Interviews Resumes Retail 81

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

To meet these challenges, we see three priorities for developing the next generation of leaders in the “work-disrupted” age: Mastery of Digital. Voser was impatient for a new experience which attracted him to ABB and there he learned a whole new level of turnaround leadership. ” Let’s go back to the IBM example.

Development 70

Development Leadership Talent Agile 70

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

He held them accountable for meeting sizable improvements, but he also supported the team during challenging periods. However, Hayek didn’t push training on them. Rather, he created a “pull” scenario by continually raising the bar on executive performance year over year.

Company 70

Company Engineering Turnaround System 70

Martinka Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2017

A buyer who recognizes this will check their ego at the door when meeting a business owner and place the spotlight on the seller encouraging them to talk about the business and their own personal history.

Turnaround 40

Turnaround How To Sales Company 40

Peter Stark

JANUARY 30, 2018

Meet with the leader to discuss how they perceive their leadership and what they believe others would say about their leadership, communication, and performance management style. Meet frequently with the leader to develop skills to effectively implement actions outlined in the plan. Schedule regular coaching sessions.

Turnaround 34

Turnaround Survey Interviews Leadership 34

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

What were their biggest challenges, and how did you help meet them? This next story is told by a health care EVP/COO who’s planned and executed several turnarounds of large hospital systems. Start by framing your bigger picture before adding those smaller bullet points. Tell compelling before-and-after stories.

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Resumes Interviews Cover Letters Recruitment 70

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

There is a lesson for all of us in Barnes and Nobles’ turnaround: “If you want to sell music, you have to love those songs.”. You’ll be able to meet the Booking Protect team in person. I drop Alice’s video in here because as we turn the page to 2023, many of you will say something like “take care of yourself” as a resolution.

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Sports Marketing Travel Turnaround 45

1 to 1

AUGUST 18, 2021

Meeting these challenges while reducing cost to serve will require a digital-first, customer-centric approach. More often we are seeing digitally transforming legacy support systems as a key to meeting modern expectations. These roll up into what we call ‘effortless’ experiences, which will define the new age in retail.

Retail 26

Retail Strategy Strategy& Strategy 26

Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2018

Franklin had finally returned to profitability, but she and Cameron Koren, a turnaround specialist who’d been brought in as CEO five years earlier to right the ship, were still working hard to keep the business on track. She recounted her meeting with Marshall. As the plane descended into Aurora, Noelle wondered if she was wrong.

Case Study 132

Case Study Case Studies Study Culture 132

Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

“If you’re entering a turnaround situation,” you need to be prepared to “inject new ideas” and make some tough decisions right away, Watkins says. ” Be positive. You don’t want to “imply that you’ve see it done better at other places and now you’re back to fix a mess.”

Company 134

Company Case Study Case Studies B2C 134