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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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Soft Skills Training in the Digital Age: Strategies and Best Practices

Clarity Consultants

Tech Literacy Gaps Create Friction: Not everyone is equally comfortable navigating digital learning tools. Social learning tools, discussion boards, and group activities help reinforce lessons and promote continuous learning. A facilitator can observe how employees communicate, lead group activities, or tackle problems in person.

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Big Ideas, Bad Results: Avoiding Strategic Uselessness

Tom Spencer

Cutting dozens of projects allowed Apple to focus on a few core products, leading to one of the most remarkable business turnarounds in history. An actionable strategy means that teams not only understand what needs to be done but also have the tools to do it. Actionable A strategy is only as good as its execution.

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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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