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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

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. ALVAREZ & MARSAL CULTURE. ALVAREZ & MARSAL KEY STATS. Practice Areas. Tax Advisory.

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Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?

Harvard Business

FB Holdings had made it through the financial crisis of 2008 without losing money—but the climate control systems divisions, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, had not fared as well. But culturally, it might be time for a purge,” Cam continued. “Unfortunately, when it comes to culture, no such thing exists.”

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How to Get on the Shortlist for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

Turnaround leaders pick up the pieces and make things right when a business or function is failing to perform. One chief strategy officer I met got the job after bringing his company back from the brink with a number of savvy strategic alliances, essentially turning it around after the 2008 recession.

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The Mistakes PE Firms Make When They Pick CEOs for Portfolio Companies

Harvard Business

He quickly recognized that he had to institute a new strategy and culture. From 2008 to 2015 SCA’s revenue rose 88% (from $690 million to $1.3 A private equity group led by TPG bought the company in 2007; at the time SCA had suffered more than four straight quarters of declining profits. And it has continued to this day.

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