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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.

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The Perils of Internal Disruption (Part 2)

Markovitz Consulting

The former president of Wiremold, Art Byrne, explains in his book The Lean Turnaround that he eliminated volume discounts and incentives for sales to book the largest possible orders. In highly seasonal businesses, they can actually be a useful tool for leveling demand and reducing unevenness. Next week: Batch Processing. Permalink

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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. However, too often they lack the knowledge, tools, and expertise to deliver effective teamwork. These kinds of actions can swiftly turnaround a failing team. Most people want to do a good job.

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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. However, too often they lack the knowledge, tools, and expertise to deliver effective teamwork. These kinds of actions can swiftly turnaround a failing team. Most people want to do a good job.

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GE’s Fall Has Been Accelerated by Two Problems. Most Other Big Companies Face Them, Too.

Harvard Business

In the fall of 2017 under Flannery, MA&D unsurprisingly became GE’s turnaround strategy tool. 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.

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In the Best Sales Teams, About Half of the People Are in Support Roles

Harvard Business

Other activities that required complex interactions with customers or quick turnaround times — such as lead qualification, disputes management, and credits management — were kept in local sales offices, where they would be closer to the customer.

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How Organic Wine Finally Caught On

Harvard Business

The Turnaround. The “purity” in taste and the charm of local winemaking tradition often associated with organic wine proved to be powerful marketing tools that helped turn the category around. European legislation finally emerged for organic wine in 2012, allowing producers to add sulfites up to a certain maximum level.

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