Markovitz Consulting

JULY 11, 2017

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. To be sure, there is some up front training, but the emphasis is on starting the lean journey with kaizen events. But by definition they’re episodic (every 2 weeks?

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Turnaround Fashion Exercises Enterprise 100

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. Formal training, especially for new starts, is limited, which can understandably leave staff members feeling very unsupported. SEABURY GROUP CULTURE.

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Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Confessions of a Consultant

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Earlier that day Joe had been to a training session with Liz McKeown who’s described on social media as a ‘Beauty Business Expert.’ The legendary book ‘Moments of Truth’ by Jan Carlzon, detailed the business turnaround enacted at Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) and was on the executive best-seller bookshelf in the late 1980’s.

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Turnaround Airlines Media Development 40

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. Between 2011 and 2015, the company added 3,000 new people in engineering and development. For years, Volvo was a brand stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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Talent Engineering Case Interview Turnaround 28

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

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.

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Management Turnaround Engineering Benchmarking 29

Confessions of a Consultant

APRIL 30, 2017

From his perspective, the job offered a number of distinct benefits: It was a ‘line’ rather than a staff job; Meyer definitely saw himself as a line manager. It offered a ‘turnaround’ challenge. Prior to Meyers’ appointment, a new commercial for Bayer Aspirin had been developed. This guy was listening.”.

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Management Pharmaceuticals Groups Turnaround 40

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

As we began our research , we limited our definition of tech companies to those that create technology as a product or service. This definition of tech differentiates organizations like Google, Facebook or Uber, from Walmart, Toyota or The Taj Group. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. All of the latter use technology.

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