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Saving RadioShack

Tom Spencer

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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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

But enough of the past – let’s talk about the present. This Firm Profile started as an email from Sean, asking if we could write on Alvarez & Marsal, “The Turnaround Guys”. The firm’s first turnaround client was the household brand, Timex Corporation. Turnaround and Restructuring. Practice Areas.

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4 Things End Users Want During Desk Relocation Projects

PM Alliance

Ensuring that technology resources are on hand during desk relocations can help address any glitches, particularly when checkerboard moves mean tight turnaround times. If your organization has a desk matrix in place, proactively present it as part of your end user communications. Your users are likely to consider these requests urgent.

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Rethinking Project Management Supply Chain Risks

PM Alliance

Even if your current provider relationships don’t present immediate risks, you may consider investing additional time into confirming that the materials you normally purchase continue to be sourced ethically. Turnaround times for procurement and shipping are in flux, creating challenges for project teams.

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A “Thing” That Really Works

The Fearless Marketer

It’s a special kind of PowerPoint Slide Presentation that you present either to individual prospective clients or to groups. Most slide presentations are too short to actually sell your professional services or programs. (I Third, you don’t even mention your services for the first three-quarters of the presentation.

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Consultant Marketing Pillow Talk

Jerry Fletcher

For instance, the interviewer in a pod cast asks how you accomplished a turnaround for a client or what process was used to save multiple clients. Here are some ways you can make that wok to everyone’s advantage: Joint presentation at an industry event. Ego boosting events These can take on many guises.

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Don’t do everything yourself

Jacq Hackett Consulting

For me that’s preparing PowerPoint presentations – I can do it, but I really shouldn’t because I do a mediocre job and it takes me forever. PowerPoint presentations. It’s quick – the turnaround time on jobs is impressive. Firstly, you should outsource when you have tasks that you’re just not good at. What tasks to outsource?