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Is It Too Late for Sears to Save Itself?

Harvard Business

Sears Holdings has indicated that “substantial doubt” exists about its ability to continue operations. Analysts say that Sears may still have time to stage a turnaround. Sears needs to reverse this trend. don’t acquire another retailer and operate it separately) and to create more value for its core customers.

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Sample Consulting Case Questions

Tom Spencer

The company missed the trend towards touchscreen smart phones and has fallen into serious financial difficulty. Operations. A leading financial services company is trying to reduce operating expenditures. The private label trend has started to impact Kellogg’s market share. Turnarounds. What should the company do?

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How does your consulting business stack up? Take our 16th Annual WIC Best Practices Survey (open March 14-April 7) and find out.

Women in Consulting

Over the years, it’s offered useful insights into the evolution of Bay Area consulting businesses, such as billing and marketing tool trends, consulting expertise and specialties, structure and operations. This is the 16th year for WIC’s best practices survey.

Survey 31
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Business Buy-Sell and the Business’s Status – #3

Martinka Consulting

Recent upward trend or reduction of expenses. Is it a spike or a trend? I like to say (especially to business buyers with stars in their eyes) that, “turnarounds make headlines because they are rare.” Speaking of dependencies, the day-to-day operations are not dependent on the owner. Losing money.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. Continuing their trend of high profile clients and cases, FTI assisted in the bankruptcy cases of Enron, WorldCom and Adelphia Communications. FTI began a new trend of rapid, global growth.

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Best Practices Survey

Women in Consulting

Over the years, it’s offered interesting insights into the evolution of Bay Area consulting businesses, such as billing trends and rates, consulting expertise and specialties, structure and operations. It’s hard to believe but this is the 15 th year WIC has run our best practices survey.

Survey 54
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Organizations Can’t Change If Leaders Can’t Change with Them

Harvard Business

When we dig into the roots of a leader’s unproductive behavior, we look for what we call the “operative narrative ,” the “tape” playing at an unconscious level that’s driving unwanted behavior. Leaders should take notes, spot trends, correct course. Know Who and What Triggers You.