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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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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

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. ALVAREZ & MARSAL CULTURE. 2013) International Turnaround of the Year (Eircom Group Ltd.);

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At LEGO, Growth and Culture Are Not Kid Stuff

BCG

Video Thursday, January 19, 2017. The turnaround of the LEGO Group is one of the famous business stories of this century. He was a 35-year-old former academic and consultant who quickly gained a reputation as a turnaround artist. It turns out that LEGO clothing was a bad idea.

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PARADE Method

CaseInterview.com

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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Why you need a company wiki (and how to build it effectively)

Asamby Consulting

The turnaround time can easily be days instead of minutes. Do you use written content, pictures and graphics or video? Create a documentation-first culture Make it a rule that when a piece of information has been asked for once, it immediately gets documented. Asynchronous, on-demand access will help a lot here.

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Research: How the Best School Leaders Create Enduring Change

Harvard Business

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. ” In our study, it took at least five years to engage a school’s community, change its culture and improve its teaching.