Lessons from a Turnaround Expert
Harvard Business
AUGUST 27, 2024
A conversation with former Marvel head Peter Cuneo on what it takes to shake up a team or organization.
How Agile Teams Can Help Turnarounds Succeed
Harvard Business
JULY 2, 2018
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.
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How to Lead a Successful Turnaround
Harvard Business
MARCH 26, 2025
A conversation with former Marvel head Peter Cuneo on what it takes to shake up a team or organization.
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How Etsy Found Its Purpose and Crafted a Turnaround
Harvard Business
MARCH 22, 2022
CEO Josh Silverman’s purpose-driven turnaround at Etsy made the company profitable and improved its social and environmental impact.
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Desperate Times Call for Effective Turnarounds
BCG
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
We refer to these as turnaround and restructuring efforts. Very often, management has tried a new strategy, or several, without success. (In At this point, the company starts burning through cash reserves and needs to launch a turnaround. . Sales numbers may be stable, or even growing, yet profitability has begun to decline.
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How Microsoft Became Innovative Again
Harvard Business
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Inside the cultural turnaround that helped the tech giant think like a startup.
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A Bread and Butter Method for Identifying the Right Organizational Structure
Steve Shu Consulting
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
It is the concept of first identifying strategy and second aligning structure. Suppose you are trying to design a company whose strategy is to provide broadly accessible, lower-cost, optical glasses to customers within quick turnaround times of one hour. Turnaround times might be much longer.
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How to Develop Your Tagline to Win More Work
Successful Independent Consulting
AUGUST 28, 2024
In the list of taglines above, some of the keywords are “big, hairy projects;” “shared services;” “burnout prevention;” and “turnaround leader.” What is necessary is to keep the tagline short, without overly long words or business jargon. These words should cause that expert to be top-of-mind. You get the idea. All rights reserved. [3]
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Saving RadioShack
Tom Spencer
SEPTEMBER 14, 2014
When the business landscape changes, how can you turnaround a failing company? Assuming this leads to successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? When faced with a broad turnaround question, it is important to ask a variety of questions to determine the source of the problem.
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Management Lessons from One Hospital's Dramatic Turnaround
Strategy+Business
MARCH 12, 2017
The dramatic turnaround engineered by Grossman -- from $120 million in annual losses to consistent profits -- offers important lessons for any manager seeking to overcome chronic underperformance, and lessons are also to be found in the rapid growth in its physician network, a top 10 ranking from U.S.
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List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong
Tom Spencer
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong 2011. List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong. OC&C Strategy Consultants. Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Applied Value offers strategy, finance, and operations management services. Definitions. Helpful Links. in Management Consulting. IMS Health.
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Tom Spencer
OCTOBER 3, 2011
List of strategy consulting firms in London 2011. List of strategy consulting firms in London. Its management consulting services include CRM, finance and performance management, process and innovation performance, risk management, strategy, supply chain management, and talent and organisation performance services. Definitions.
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6 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team
Rick Conlow
JUNE 3, 2021
3 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team. The following six proven turnaround tactics come from my consulting practice. With a change of pace and new strategies that I brought, they made significant gains in four months. These kinds of actions can swiftly turnaround a failing team. A few people were fired as a result.
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6 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team
Rick Conlow
JUNE 3, 2021
3 Turnaround Tactics for a Failing Team. The following six proven turnaround tactics come from my consulting practice. With a change of pace and new strategies that I brought, they made significant gains in four months. These kinds of actions can swiftly turnaround a failing team. A few people were fired as a result.
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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking
Management Consulted
DECEMBER 16, 2008
3) Business knowledge – typically broad exposure across different topics like strategy, operations, organization and several areas where you’ll have expertise. This expertise may be as broad as “operations turnaround” and as specific as “benchmarking for insurance companies.”
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Your Consulting Niche vs Jack-of-All-Trades Myth
Successful Independent Consulting
JANUARY 20, 2017
Transformation and turnaround leader specialized in building teams, measurement systems, and driving results at distressed and growth companies alike, with a focus on the middle market. Translation: turnaround expert. Were you involved with the strategy, planning, implementation, or all of the above? What was the industry?
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How to Manage a More Experienced Direct Report
CaseInterview.com
MAY 31, 2022
That will increase their turnaround time for the work orders in their group by 70%. You don’t need to understand technology, law, accounting, or medicine to grasp the concept that for $200,000 you can buy a 70% faster turnaround time in the department in question. This is a tradeoff decision. Comment below to let me know.
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Great Corporate Strategies Thrive on the Right Amount of Tension
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 24, 2017
After expending considerable effort on formulating a strategy, most executives would like to see their company’s strategic plans fully executed. However, compliance with the strategy doesn’t necessarily correlate directly to performance. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Insight center.
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Narrow Your Niche to Win More Work as a Solopreneur
Successful Independent Consulting
APRIL 1, 2024
Were you involved with the strategy, planning, implementation, or all of the above? They have a defined niche that makes them easy to remember. More importantly, prospective clients recognize the consultant’s vocation by simply skimming their LinkedIn profile or resumé. What was the industry? Who was the client? Who was impacted?
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Why a Long-time Microsoft Exec Believes in Strategy First - Interview with Brad Chase
Strategic Planning and Management Insights
AUGUST 17, 2020
Brad was a part of several major project at Microsoft, including the complete turnaround of MSN.com, leading the marketing effort for Windows 2000, Windows 98 and Internet Explorer, as well as developing and executing the award winning marketing strategy for Windows 95. SME Strategy ·.
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GE’s Fall Has Been Accelerated by Two Problems. Most Other Big Companies Face Them, Too.
Harvard Business
JUNE 29, 2018
During the Immelt era, the dominant mode had been of strategy by way of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures (MA&D), including most recently the disastrous merger of the GE oil and gas business with Baker Hughes in 2016. In the fall of 2017 under Flannery, MA&D unsurprisingly became GE’s turnaround strategy tool.
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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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Consultant Ninja
NOVEMBER 11, 2008
The other sector Im long on is turnaround consulting: 10-13-08. I am a strategy consultant at. 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. Who knew he could stimulate the economy so quickly? bankruptcy Sept. 15 in New York.
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The Journey from Underdog Athlete to Turnaround CEO w/Mike MacDonald Ep#155
Strategic Planning and Management Insights
MARCH 1, 2022
SME Strategy is a strategy consulting company that specializes in aligning teams around their vision, mission, values, goals and action plans. Learn more about how we can help align your team with our strategic planning and implementation services.
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Jenny Dearborn Data Driven Strategies
LSA Global
JANUARY 1, 2018
This book tells the story of a successful sales executive who, after leading an analytics-driven turnaround (in Data Driven, this book’s predecessor), faces a new turnaround challenge as chief human resources officer. Data-driven Decision-making and Strategies. LSA Global’s CEO, Tristam Brown.
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4 Types of Consulting Firms
Tom Spencer
JULY 13, 2019
Strategy Consulting. The leading firms that are generally associated with strategy consulting are McKinsey , BCG and Bain , also known as the MBBs. Service areas – or functional areas – can include strategy, operations, technology, human resources, mergers and acquisitions, among others. Internal Corporate Strategy Consulting.
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Leaders Who Get Change Right Know How to Listen
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 17, 2016
What she learned informed her strategy for the turnaround, which she then communicated through a series of town halls, roundtables, and memos. In fact, she logged nearly 200,000 miles that first year as she traveled to each site to share the strategy and reignite enthusiasm about the future of Xerox. Hope rekindled.
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How to Downsize Your Sales Force
Harvard Business
APRIL 12, 2018
Changing company strategies is another, including new strategic product/market priorities and shifts to e-commerce. But too often, companies cut a few sales jobs and hope for a market turnaround that never happens. Error #3: Slashing jobs without rethinking sales strategy. The solution: Measure twice, cut once.
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Management Process: Small Clues with Big Consequences
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. Most painfully, but all too common, this is occurring in the middle of a very difficult turnaround.
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"Bubblicious" High End Flipping Up 350%, Overall Flipping Down 13%
MishTalk
OCTOBER 20, 2013
What’s behind these quick turnarounds? Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.' In fact, more than three-quarters of all high-end flipping took place in five markets: The New York metro area and Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose and San Diego.
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How to Change a Bad Thinking Habit
The Fearless Marketer
FEBRUARY 9, 2020
Yes, you need a plan and an action strategy. But you also need a thinking strategy. The final question is, “What is the turnaround to that thought and is it just as true or even truer?” The turnaround thought would be, ‘They just might be interested in meeting with me.’ It’s not a huge stretch, is it?
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62 Is It Too Late for Sears to Save Itself?
Harvard Business
MARCH 30, 2017
Analysts say that Sears may still have time to stage a turnaround. Alan Mulally led the turnaround at Ford by restoring a “One Ford” mentality throughout his company and championing pride in the Ford name. It signed up hip celebrities as endorsers, closed some stores, and adjusted its assortment strategy.
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Sample Consulting Case Questions
Tom Spencer
JULY 2, 2015
Pricing Strategy. Growth Strategy. They want to develop a growth strategy for the next five years. Turnarounds. Assuming RadioShack averts bankruptcy and achieves a successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? Is this a good idea? smart phone maker.
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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism
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. ” Keeping it simple, with five core strategies in his long-term plan, helped people remember his message.
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Rethinking Project Management Supply Chain Risks
PM Alliance
JANUARY 13, 2023
Instead, savvy groups are taking a fresh look at where risks exist in today’s supply chain climate and updating their strategies to identify and remediate possible perils. Turnaround times for procurement and shipping are in flux, creating challenges for project teams.
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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture
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. Strategy Consulting & Research. Honored with Seven M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards. Corporate Finance/Restructuring. Private Equity.
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Martinka Consulting
AUGUST 11, 2014
I like to say (especially to business buyers with stars in their eyes) that, “turnarounds make headlines because they are rare.” The owner can spend their time on strategy, vision, and solidifying customer relationships. Business Buying Exit Strategies Increasing Value Weekly Memo'
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A Simple Way to Map Out Your Career Ambitions
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 30, 2018
Examples of great from/to statements include: From an individual contributor who adds value through technical expertise and closely follows others’ directions, to a people leader who creates a clear strategy and delivers results through a small team.
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70 Seabury Group Interviews and Culture
Management Consulted
JUNE 14, 2015
Founded in 1995 by former Bain consultants and headquartered in New York City, they focus on developing airline strategy and implementing major operational turnaround. In fact, in terms of firms we profile, they are truly one of the new kids on the block. As far as the firm’s history, that’s about as in depth as it gets.
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7 Tenets of a Good CEO Succession Process
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. Align the board on future CEO profiles that are driven by business strategy.
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How Top Salespeople Land Hard-to-Get Meetings
Harvard Business
MAY 5, 2016
But his core business is turnaround consulting. It’s sent in a fine wooden box with a handwritten letter telling the CEO he’s got his back in the next battle — but says nothing about his turnaround service. Here are two stories of how others have used contact marketing to inspire a few ideas for your own campaign.
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The Consulting Value Proposition
Tom Spencer
DECEMBER 2, 2017
Areas of expertise that a consulting firm might provide include: Industry specific knowledge; Strategy; Marketing; Supply chain optimization; Distribution; Organisational change; Information technology; Tax structuring; Risk management; Human resources; and. Turnarounds.
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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring
Harvard Business
MARCH 12, 2018
Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this. Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example. But it’s also true for more traditional M&A, where CHROs are too often sidelined, rather than being central to driving strategy.
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Why the Insurance Industry Can’t Risk Overlooking Artificial Intelligence - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM COGNIZANT
Harvard Business
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
Improved operational efficiency: AI-based needs analysis systems allow insurers to not only improve their probability of lead-to-quote conversion but also reduce turnaround time conversions. Because AI capabilities can potentially displace humans, insurers need an effective and thoughtful HR strategy. Manage change.
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