Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

When the business landscape changes, how can you turnaround a failing company? Assuming this leads to successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? When faced with a broad turnaround question, it is important to ask a variety of questions to determine the source of the problem.

Turnaround 111

Turnaround Case Interview Comparison Interviews 111

Management Consulted

JANUARY 25, 2016

AlixPartners is an international business advisory firm based in Southfield, MI known for its work in corporate turnarounds, bankruptcy assignments and restructuring. Generally regarded as turnaround market leaders, AlixPartners is doing a killer job at taking up more room in the consulting space by strategically hiring a plethora of gurus.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

Markovitz Consulting

JULY 11, 2017

He describes his “shock and awe” approach (my terminology) in his excellent book The Lean Turnaround , where he takes the company through several week-long kaizen events. To be sure, there is some up front training, but the emphasis is on starting the lean journey with kaizen events. You build your way up to those levels.

Turnaround 100

Turnaround Fashion Training Training 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. Restructuring/Turnaround Services. Retail & Consumer Products. In this way, cross office politics can affect morale and productivity. Corporate Finance/Restructuring.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

MARCH 29, 2015

I really didn’t know what to expect on my first day, even after I went through the on-boarding and training process. I spent my first day on an actual project using power tools because we were doing bottom up costing for different products. It’s rapid deadlines and very quick turnarounds. That was typical.

McKinsey 100

McKinsey Interviews Case Interview Consulting 100

Confessions of a Consultant

APRIL 30, 2017

While it’s not an exact science, see what you make of the following story… Doug Meyer: In North America, a pharmaceutical company manufactured and marketed Consumer Health Products. It offered a ‘turnaround’ challenge. In the first book of the bible, Guinness, God got tired of creating the world, so he took the Sabbath off.

Management 40

Management Pharmaceuticals Groups Turnaround 40

Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example. Under new ownership (Volvo was sold to China’s Geely by Ford in 2010), the Swedish automaker decided to transform its product line by becoming a premium player. Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this.

Talent 28

Talent Engineering Case Interview Turnaround 28