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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

AlixPartners is an international business advisory firm based in Southfield, MI known for its work in corporate turnarounds, bankruptcy assignments and restructuring. Generally regarded as turnaround market leaders, AlixPartners is doing a killer job at taking up more room in the consulting space by strategically hiring a plethora of gurus.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. While the years up to 2002 were a time of growth for the firm, 2003 to 2011 brought a whole new meaning to the word “expansion”. 2011 saw FTI working for 97 of the top 100 U.S.

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Quick Tips for Consulting to Small Organizations | Consulting and.

Consulting and Organizational Management

Quick Tips for Consulting to Small Organizations By Carter McNamara on October 26, 2011. Instead, I’ve been more successful with, e.g., ”turnaround specialist” or “business developer.” This Blogs Home. Guest Writer Submissions. To Subscribe to a Blog.

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

But when some CEOs in this position look at the people they employ, they discover a problem: a swath of their existing team doesn’t have the necessary skills or metabolism for change to meet the new challenges. Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example.

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

What were their biggest challenges, and how did you help meet them? VP, Marketing, Communication, and Strategy 2011 – present. This next story is told by a health care EVP/COO who’s planned and executed several turnarounds of large hospital systems. Tell compelling before-and-after stories. You and Your Team Series.

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How to Pull Your Company Out of a Tailspin

Harvard Business

After studying and working with hundreds of companies in free fall, we’ve identified concrete steps that leadership teams can take to engineer successful turnarounds and transformations. Kaufmann proceeded to engineer a turnaround of the company by focusing on the top end of the market. Other companies can do the same.

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