Harvard Business

MARCH 2, 2017

You can be stronger at one of them, but you need to know how to manage both. Turnaround leaders pick up the pieces and make things right when a business or function is failing to perform. No matter the specifics of how you stand out, demonstrate that you can get results in high-stakes environments.

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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. Rather than focusing on kaizen events, he asks each employee to figure out how to do their job just two seconds faster.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 5, 2016

To understand how to turn around a failing school quickly, using as few resources as possible, we studied changes made by 160 UK academies after they were put into remedial measures by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (OFSTED) up to seven years ago. Our findings challenge some of these beliefs.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Everyone – from C-suite leaders and IT to SMEs, service techs, and sales reps must learn how to activate and operationalize their data. Do employees understand how to combine insights from different sources to generate more accurate predictions, model scenarios, find unexpected correlations, etc.?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 11, 2017

Most of the LCPs we studied began with the task of ensuring the PE firm itself had the right talent, culture, and leadership, and then moved on to do the same for portfolio companies. A company turnaround focuses on costs and can often be done through financial reengineering and cost cutting measures.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

One effective way is to work on culture. Box 2 muscle requires a culture where honest Box 2 questions are encouraged. Looking at Nadella’s communications, you may consider what new narratives could you introduce to create a Box 2 culture in your company? Imagine Jack looking at your organization.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Instead, I’ve been more successful with, e.g., ”turnaround specialist” or “business developer.” How to Manage Resistance in Consulting — Part 1 of 3: What is Resistance? Business Ethics, Culture and Performance. Read more.]. Recent Blog Posts. Librarys Blogs. Boards of Directors.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

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. Tech employees work long days and during weekends and holidays.

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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. Volvo offers a road map of how to pull it off.

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Asamby Consulting

AUGUST 30, 2022

This articles outlines how to build a company wiki: Understand if and why you need a wiki Define the goals for your wiki Choose the best tool to house your wiki Define the structure Start creating and compiling content Keep your wiki used and up to date Why do I need a wiki for my company? You need a wiki.

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Harvard Business

JULY 18, 2016

Contrary to popular belief, cultivating a high-trust culture is not a “soft” skill — it’s a hard necessity. How to Develop the Trust-Building Skill. This clear manifestation of respect powers huge inflections in organizational culture. Delivering results. Embody behaviors that enable people to trust you.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 4, 2016

The scope and complexity of the problems at the unit leader level made him uncertain how to allocate his time and he got overloaded. A good transition risk assessment is an essential tool in determining how much support to give leaders taking new roles. The next step is to assess transition risk and provide support accordingly.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Ambitious women may be hesitant to self-promote, driven more by a sense of purpose and a desire to contribute value and shape culture. Nearly one-quarter said creating a positive culture was one of their most important accomplishments. Guidance can be provided one-on-one or through high-potential development programs.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The job becomes far more complex, requiring a deep understanding of how to make the parts of the organization function together. He quickly recognized that he had to institute a new strategy and culture. Running a smaller, entrepreneurial firm is very different from scaling that same company for rapid growth.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

And while the process of assimilating to your new but familiar surroundings needn’t “be overorchestrated,” it’s wise to put thought and care into how to reestablish yourself. You might have “realized the culture was wonderful and you miss it.” “Find out how it has changed.

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BCG

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Airlines have a tough time getting their arms around OTP and how to manage it—with good reason. OTP is also affected by decisions made in multiple areas, including fleet size and composition, flight crew composition, and flight turnaround times.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

In the end, a combination of unattainable objectives, an environment that lacked transparency, and a culture where failure was not perceived to be a viable option, led some VA administrators and clinic staff to manipulate data to make it appear as though the wait time goal was being achieved.

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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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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

” The challenge faced by all our study CEOs was how to instill that both/and mindset throughout the entire organization. He developed a three-year plan for his turnaround vision, which was translated into annual and quarterly operating plans, and biquarterly responsibilities for his executive team.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Leaders must have the vision and forward-focus to anticipate how technology could disrupt the business model and the skill to mobilize the organization for change and drive a culture of collaboration. Voser was impatient for a new experience which attracted him to ABB and there he learned a whole new level of turnaround leadership.

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