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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. 2013) International Turnaround of the Year (Eircom Group Ltd.);

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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. In 2015, where most of the fastest growing companies in the world are tech related, working at a tech boutique firm could actually put you in a good position for new jobs.

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Getting Old, Getting Stagnant, and That’s Trouble

Martinka Consulting

The July 29, 2015 edition of the Wall Street Journal featured an article titled, “The Cost of Germany’s Graying Managers.” Given his age, family situation, and inattention to company culture the price he received was about half of what it would have been (had he acted earlier).

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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. Sears was in the headlines because they are running out of cash as their turnaround is failing. Hitting that goal won’t be easy. The above two paragraphs make my point about where was the common sense.

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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. Leaders were driven by short-term profits and rapid action to flip the organization.

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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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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.