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The Perils of Internal Disruption (Part 2)

Markovitz Consulting

If something is “disruptive,” then it must by definition be good. The former president of Wiremold, Art Byrne, explains in his book The Lean Turnaround that he eliminated volume discounts and incentives for sales to book the largest possible orders. Next week: Batch Processing. Permalink

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How to Change a Bad Thinking Habit

The Fearless Marketer

The final question is, “What is the turnaround to that thought and is it just as true or even truer?” The turnaround thought would be, ‘They just might be interested in meeting with me.’ That’s definitely truer than they won’t be interested. It’s not a huge stretch, is it? Again, not a huge stretch.

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Small Steps or Big Steps: What’s the Right Way to Begin Improvement?

Markovitz Consulting

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. But by definition they’re episodic (every 2 weeks? To be sure, there is some up front training, but the emphasis is on starting the lean journey with kaizen events.

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How Agile Teams Can Help Turnarounds Succeed

Harvard Business

It is most definitely not for big, old-line companies that are facing an existential crisis and require a full-scale turnaround. None of these conditions exists in extreme events such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, major military battles — or large-scale business turnarounds. It’s for techies.

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Great Leaders Are Confident, Connected, Committed, and Courageous

Harvard Business

Brad was leading a difficult turnaround of his company and had decided to fire his head of sales, who was a nice guy but wasn’t performing. Risks, by definition, make us feel vulnerable, and Brad avoided that feeling. Pat LaCroix/Getty Images. Three months later, he still hadn’t fired him. I asked him why. His answer?

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Seabury Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Founded in 1995 by former Bain consultants and headquartered in New York City, they focus on developing airline strategy and implementing major operational turnaround. In fact, in terms of firms we profile, they are truly one of the new kids on the block. As far as the firm’s history, that’s about as in depth as it gets.

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How Organic Wine Finally Caught On

Harvard Business

Adding further problems, there were few common standards for the definition of “organic” wine, which was also variously called “natural,” “raw,” or “sustainable” wine. The Turnaround. As organic wine standards were being developed in Europe and the U.S., New category creation is not easy.