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Desperate Times Call for Effective Turnarounds

BCG

We refer to these as turnaround and restructuring efforts. At this point, the company starts burning through cash reserves and needs to launch a turnaround. . Failure to do so—and continuing to burn cash—leads to the third and final phase: a liquidity crisis, in which the company may soon lack the financial resources to keep operating.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

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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Narrow Your Niche to Win More Work as a Solopreneur

Successful Independent Consulting

Working within the intersection between these disciplines, Jack emphasizes leadership development, inter-cultural business communication, employee engagement, and customer focus. This is not a service offering; this is a laundry list of skills. What is his sweet spot? What is he really good at?

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Jenny Dearborn Data Driven Strategies

LSA Global

Congratulations to LSA Client, Jenny Dearborn, the Executive Vice President, Human Resources at SAP, for publishing her book: Data Driven: How Performance Analytics Delivers Extraordinary Sales Results. Shape an analytics-centric culture that generates data driven leaders. Data Can Be Your Most Valuable Asset as a Leader.

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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.

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7 Critical Success Factors for Project Based Firms to Consider in 2024

Progressus

It prevents you from generating reliable cash-flow forecasts and makes it incredibly difficult to manage resources. Do you have the visibility you need to maximize resource utilization, track project status, and schedule new work? Does your culture enable problem-solving/exploration? Do processes produce the right outcome?

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How to Evaluate Your Marketing Leader’s Performance

Prudent Pedal

Ask questions about production efficiency, turnaround times, collateral organization/dissemination, and costs. Culture and organizational effectiveness. Review KPIs related to pipeline contribution, revenue, market share, new solution development/launches, client service delivery, culture, etc. . Competitive Intelligence.