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Consultant Ninja: Finally, two counter-cyclical markets: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. The other sector Im long on is turnaround consulting: 10-13-08. Management Consulting. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Tuesday, November 11, 2008.

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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 fact, one of our interview coaches, Michael Hecht, used to work for The Seabury Group and now works for Delta Airlines as a member of their Skymiles team.

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Sample Consulting Case Questions

Tom Spencer

Your client is a low-cost airline headquartered in Philadelphia with frequent service to cities along the East Coast of the United States. Emirates Airline is considering signing an agreement with Ben and Jerries Ice-cream, which would allow them to serve several flavours of ice cream on Emirates flights. Turnarounds.

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Is It Too Late for Sears to Save Itself?

Harvard Business

Analysts say that Sears may still have time to stage a turnaround. CEO Eddie Lampert’s alienating management style and lack of retail prowess has prompted a mass exodus of executives and has left the company with few leaders who really care about the brand. Consider Delta Air Lines’s merger with Northwest Airlines.

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Improving Airlines’ On-Time Performance

BCG

In the airline business, one late aircraft early in the morning can lead to more than 70 delayed planes later in the day. Airlines have a tough time getting their arms around OTP and how to manage it—with good reason. Article Wednesday, September 21, 2016. Sometimes it pays to sweat the small stuff.

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Implementing Great Customer Service

Confessions of a Consultant

The legendary book ‘Moments of Truth’ by Jan Carlzon, detailed the business turnaround enacted at Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS) and was on the executive best-seller bookshelf in the late 1980’s. It’s hardly a new idea. But, for me it’s never about whether an idea is new or old; it’s whether it adds value or not!

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: is it just me.

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

Not solitary do we have the unexcelled prices but our turnaround heyday for your Xrumer posting is wonderful fast. Do you think the best way to get the cheapest plane tickets is by calling the airline? Finding cheap airline tickets can be one of the most frustrating experiences that most of us learn very quickly.