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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

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.

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

This Firm Profile started as an email from Sean, asking if we could write on Alvarez & Marsal, “The Turnaround Guys”. The firm’s first turnaround client was the household brand, Timex Corporation. Turnaround and Restructuring. Industries. ALVAREZ & MARSAL CULTURE. ALVAREZ & MARSAL KEY STATS.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. Compared to its peers, FTI Consulting is a youngster in the consulting industry. Luczak pioneered solutions at the intersection of law, communications and technology that affected not only the cases he was involved in, but the industry itself. FTI Consulting Chief Executive: Steve Gunby.

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Seabury Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

JUNE 14, 2015

Founded in 1995 by former Bain consultants and headquartered in New York City, they focus on developing airline strategy and implementing major operational turnaround. Industries. All of your clients are in the same field, so the chances of interacting with people outside of the industry are greatly reduced. Our advice?

Groups

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview

Why the Insurance Industry Can’t Risk Overlooking Artificial Intelligence - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM COGNIZANT

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

During the past five years, industrial use of artificial intelligence (AI) has risen exponentially across industries. At the same time, front-runners across industries are partnering with technology companies to identify game-changing business solutions that can be achieved through AI. Start small.

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Insurance Insurance Industry Turnaround

Leading Across Cultures Requires Flexibility and Curiosity

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2016

Even without speaking the local language, you can learn a huge amount about a country’s culture from tuning into local television shows, especially comedy programs. Being able to tune into a culture without pre-conceived biases or judgment is a skill all leaders need in complex, global organizations. Managing Across Cultures.

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Is It Too Late for Sears to Save Itself?

Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2017

Sears Holdings has indicated that “substantial doubt” exists about its ability to continue operations. Analysts say that Sears may still have time to stage a turnaround. Its brand still has clout; its name is as steeped in American culture as Coke and Levi’s. It should start with its internal culture.

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Turnaround Retail Airlines Apparel

Leaders Who Get Change Right Know How to Listen

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. ” And she restored the company’s profitability — the turnaround was a success. “The response was overwhelming,” Mulcahy said. “Defection slowed to a trickle.

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Turnaround How To Survey Enterprise

Private Equity’s New Phase

Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

In phase one (buy and sell), PE investors looked for the equivalent of a “fixer-upper house” — a dilapidated company in a good industry that could be purchased at a discount and, after the business equivalent of some fresh paint and new appliances, resold for a profit.

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Talent Real Estate Financial Operations

PE Firms Are Creating a New Role: Leadership Capital Partner

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.

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Leadership Talent Culture Turnaround

How Companies Escape the Traps of the Past

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

And yet without Box 2, organizations don’t truly transform; they persist in limiting ways of operating. One effective way is to work on culture. Box 2 muscle requires a culture where honest Box 2 questions are encouraged. Our industry does not respect tradition—it only respects innovation.”

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The Mistakes PE Firms Make When They Pick CEOs for Portfolio Companies

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. This July Founders Equity sold OSI to Jordan Industries. In fact, management consultancy Bain & Co.

Company

Company Engineering Turnaround System

We Interviewed 57 Female CEOs to Find Out How More Women Can Get to the Top

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Prior to landing the top job, female CEOs in the study worked in a slightly higher number of roles, functions, companies, and industries than men leading companies of a comparable size. Ambitious women may be hesitant to self-promote, driven more by a sense of purpose and a desire to contribute value and shape culture.

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

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. ” Bertolini and his team studied the industry and concluded that a reasonable target was no more than 6% EPS.

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Metrics Study Financial Operations

As Work Changes, Leadership Development Has to Keep Up

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

employees, customers, free agents, communities we operate in) and so much more. 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. ” Let’s go back to the IBM example.

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