Martinka Consulting

AUGUST 11, 2014

I like to say (especially to business buyers with stars in their eyes) that, “turnarounds make headlines because they are rare.” Here are five: Great people with depth of management, above average compensation (to attract better employees), and a good culture. If you’re the owner of one of these, congratulations.

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Turnaround Trends Journal Financial 40

Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

directly integrated with core financials? Does your culture enable problem-solving/exploration? Do you have full visibility into all project data, financials, and operating models? Do you have the visibility you need to maximize resource utilization, track project status, and schedule new work?

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Agile Tools Data Talent 52

Harvard Business

JULY 18, 2016

Contrary to popular belief, cultivating a high-trust culture is not a “soft” skill — it’s a hard necessity. This clear manifestation of respect powers huge inflections in organizational culture. Put another way, it’s the foundational element of high-performing organizations. Delivering results.

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Financial Culture Leadership Report 28

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. Operational and financial improvements are rapid, dramatic, and lasting.

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BCG

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

OTP is also affected by decisions made in multiple areas, including fleet size and composition, flight crew composition, and flight turnaround times. But the challenges of complexity and difficulty pale beside the benefits of getting OTP right and the high costs—financial, operational, cultural, and reputational—of enduring ongoing problems.

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Airlines Turnaround Operations Financial 40

Prudent Pedal

JANUARY 28, 2020

Ask questions about production efficiency, turnaround times, collateral organization/dissemination, and costs. Financial performance vis a vis strategic priorities (base retention, market expansion/share, key account penetration, product portfolio performance, new market penetration, and acquisitions) .

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 11, 2017

In phase 3, successful portfolio transformations require financial discipline that is not an event, but a pattern; strategic clarity that is not a direction, but a commitment; operational excellence that is not a tool, but a mindset. This third phase has led to large private equity organizations governing their assets in a unique way.

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Martinka Consulting

JULY 6, 2015

Sears was in the headlines because they are running out of cash as their turnaround is failing. The above is just financial. As the WSJ points out: “At the same time, another challenge looms: meshing two vastly different corporate cultures inside its new global liquor subsidiary.” ” Time for another “Wow!”

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. The primary focus was on fixing the acquired firm through financial restructuring, dramatic cost cutting, and strategic slashing.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

Option A was the best logical option, but it was also a tough sell, given the culture of the organization. Option B was 80% as good as Option A, but had no cultural resistance. The servers we wanted had a two-week turnaround time. It is also important to consider inter-personal factors in your rationale. and to do it fast.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

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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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

You accept your first job as a manager in a fast growth tech company, thinking: “How much different could this be from my former company—a financial services firm? A series of jarring experiences have taught you that: Your management authority is meaningless in a culture that worships engineers.

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Talent Culture Turnaround Interviews 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 5, 2016

Like any turnaround, there is no magic bullet — a series of remedial steps need to be taken. In this way, school leaders can create the right culture early on and ensure that poor behaviors never develop. Expect financial performance to dip in the short-term. So what did we find?

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How To Resources Education Turnaround 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. He quickly recognized that he had to institute a new strategy and culture. In fact, management consultancy Bain & Co. That year TPG hired a new CEO, Andrew Hayek, to rebuild SCA.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In a recent survey , 70% of respondents said that CEOs focus too much on short-term financial results, and nearly 60% said that they don’t focus enough on positive long-term impact. Bertolini observed that many of his peers had been promising 15% earnings per share (EPS), even during the financial crisis of 2009.

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Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

Japan’s educational institutions and cultural work ethic give its managers a jump-start in their careers, but most companies don’t continue the development process as far as it could go. What we found was an incredible paradox. Japanese professionals had higher potential than the global average but lower competence.

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