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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. SEABURY GROUP CULTURE. In fact, in terms of firms we profile, they are truly one of the new kids on the block.

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Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?

Harvard Business

Franklin had finally returned to profitability, but she and Cameron Koren, a turnaround specialist who’d been brought in as CEO five years earlier to right the ship, were still working hard to keep the business on track. But culturally, it might be time for a purge,” Cam continued. ” Hit the Reset Button.

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Small Steps or Big Steps: What’s the Right Way to Begin Improvement?

Markovitz Consulting

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. But by definition they’re episodic (every 2 weeks? To be sure, there is some up front training, but the emphasis is on starting the lean journey with kaizen events.

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Leaders Need Different Skills to Thrive in Tech

Harvard Business

A series of jarring experiences have taught you that: Your management authority is meaningless in a culture that worships engineers. Dense geographic concentrations in regions such as Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston and Bangalore foster even more cultural idiosyncrasies. All of the latter use technology.

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How Organic Wine Finally Caught On

Harvard Business

Adding further problems, there were few common standards for the definition of “organic” wine, which was also variously called “natural,” “raw,” or “sustainable” wine. The Turnaround. As organic wine standards were being developed in Europe and the U.S., New category creation is not easy.

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example. ” Sallstrom had a second reason for looking outside the company: He and Jacoby believed that only an infusion of fresh talent could transform Volvo’s culture into an entrepreneurial one. For years, Volvo was a brand stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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