Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

We will see a rebound in markets with heavy tourist-centered economies: International travel will rebound in 2023 and the data seems to point towards traditional tourist markets getting some relief. Peak travel is down on commuter lines by about 40% or more in cities like DC, NYC, and Boston. You will get branding.

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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. In fact, she logged nearly 200,000 miles that first year as she traveled to each site to share the strategy and reignite enthusiasm about the future of Xerox. Hope rekindled. Energy returned.”

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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. None of these conditions exists in extreme events such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, major military battles — or large-scale business turnarounds. It’s for techies.

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Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2016

We traveled together. We all went to Uganda [one of their key operations]. His approach led to a very successful turnaround of this country’s operation – and all done without the local leaders feeling culturally imposed upon. “We started meeting in each other’s homes every few months.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Senior executives tend to be shielded from organizational problems and data; they are given limited and filtered information about their operations, employees, and customers. Second, get out of the bubble. To break through the isolation, you need to periodically escape. But there are other, less dramatic techniques, too.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. They operated with a both/and mindset, seeking to deliver on immediate goals in a way that also built a sustainable future.

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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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