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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. 2015) #2 Top Restructuring Firm – The Deal Out-of-Court Restructuring League.

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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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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example. Between 2011 and 2015, the company added 3,000 new people in engineering and development. Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this. For years, Volvo was a brand stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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

Harvard Business

However, Hayek didn’t push training on them. From 2008 to 2015 SCA’s revenue rose 88% (from $690 million to $1.3 He quickly recognized that he had to institute a new strategy and culture. He offered development opportunities to those who were short on the skills needed to execute the strategy.

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A Transformation Is Underway at U.S. Veterans Affairs. We Got an Inside Look.

Harvard Business

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. billion, its budget in 2015 was slightly higher than the total gross sales of General Motors.

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Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business

I’ll fast-forward through the next decade, when Garvin, trained in operations, helped to answer the question much of America was obsessed with at the time: How Japanese automakers could make higher-quality, more-reliable cars than Americans, while charging less for them.

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business

The quickest way to spring the short-term trap is to set overly ambitious targets — the kind that make the CEO a hero with investors in the short term, but threaten the long-term plan by, for instance, skimping on scheduled maintenance, cutting R&D investment, and shrinking travel and training budgets.

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