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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. Industries. ALVAREZ & MARSAL CULTURE. ALVAREZ & MARSAL KEY STATS.

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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. Industries. All of your clients are in the same field, so the chances of interacting with people outside of the industry are greatly reduced. Revenue Improvement.

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Bad News: You Have to Grow to Pay Your Debt

Martinka Consulting

On May 4, 2015 a Wall Street Journal article discussed the Japanese company Suntory and its 2014 acquisition of Jim Beam. The acquirer wants to or has to double sales in five years, in a competitive market, and exceed industry trends (a trend where whiskey is on the upswing, and which could change at any time) to cover their debt.

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example. ” Sallstrom had a second reason for looking outside the company: He and Jacoby believed that only an infusion of fresh talent could transform Volvo’s culture into an entrepreneurial one. For years, Volvo was a brand stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business

From 1996 to 2015, the number of publicly traded companies in the United States alone dropped nearly 50%. These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. Three Phases in the Evolution of Private Equity Investment.

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The Connection Between Employee Trust and Financial Performance

Harvard Business

Contrary to popular belief, cultivating a high-trust culture is not a “soft” skill — it’s a hard necessity. Furthermore, a 2015 study by Interaction Associates shows that high-trust companies “ are more than 2½ times more likely to be high performing revenue organizations ” than low-trust companies.

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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 This July Founders Equity sold OSI to Jordan Industries. That year TPG hired a new CEO, Andrew Hayek, to rebuild SCA. However, Hayek didn’t push training on them.

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