Harvard Business

JULY 2, 2018

It is most definitely not for big, old-line companies that are facing an existential crisis and require a full-scale turnaround. Contrary to conventional wisdom and Hollywood action movies, dictatorial management is ineffective in large-scale crises. In a turnaround, teams may work unsustainable hours for several months at a time.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

What she learned informed her strategy for the turnaround, which she then communicated through a series of town halls, roundtables, and memos. ” And she restored the company’s profitability — the turnaround was a success. “The response was overwhelming,” Mulcahy said. “Defection slowed to a trickle.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The pattern is clear, and diligent leaders often devote countless resources to planning out the perfect change management initiative. And that starts with identifying and “re-scripting” those operative narratives that might provoke unproductive behavior. The CEO was perpetuating the very problem he sought to fix.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

Companies wind up in trouble and squander the time, talent, and energy of their workforce when they lose focus, spend money on things that don’t make a difference to employees or the future of the business, and use operating models that are out of whack. redesign the operating model. Redesign the Operating Model.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

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. On July 30, 2014, exactly 13 months after retiring as P&G’s Chairman and CEO, McDonald was sworn in as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

As a school leader sets off on this journey, how do they know what to do, when to do it, who to listen to, and how to manage critics along the way? Our study of the actions and impact of 411 leaders of UK academies found that only 62 of them managed their turnaround successfully and sustainably transformed their school.

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