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Small Steps or Big Steps: What’s the Right Way to Begin Improvement?

Markovitz Consulting

He describes his “shock and awe” approach (my terminology) in his excellent book The Lean Turnaround , where he takes the company through several week-long kaizen events. Operational and financial improvements are rapid, dramatic, and lasting. But by definition they’re episodic (every 2 weeks? every month?)

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List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

Definitions. Established in 1989, Accenture operates in more than 120 countries worldwide. Founded in 1983, A&M operates in 38 cities worldwide. Applied Value offers strategy, finance, and operations management services. Kearney operates across 55 locations world wide. Helpful Links. in Management Consulting.

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10 Must Read Books for a Business Consultant

ConsultX

A one-stop turnaround plan, Conquer the Chaos lays out a complete path to make your business run smoothly and provide you with the freedom you desire. By business owners, for business owners, Conquer the Chaos enables you to reevaluate your approach, revitalize your operations, and realize the freedom and success your hard work deserves.

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List of strategy consulting firms in London

Tom Spencer

Definitions. A&M specialises in turnaround and interim management, performance management and business advisory services. It also delivers specialist operational, consulting and industry expertise to management and investors seeking to accelerate performance and maximise value across corporate and investment lifecycles.

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Seabury Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

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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How Agile Teams Can Help Turnarounds Succeed

Harvard Business

Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. It is most definitely not for big, old-line companies that are facing an existential crisis and require a full-scale turnaround.

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Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business

Garvin was a generalist more than a specialist, perhaps because he came of age at HBS during the 1980s, when the school’s primary focus was the development of skilled general managers. Case closed (until engineers develop an algorithm that does the job better). That quality made him (arguably) the quintessential HBR author.