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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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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. Restructuring/Turnaround Services. An inconsistent culture could also mean a lack of transparency in operations or management. Honored with Seven M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards.

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How to Turn Around a Failing School

Harvard Business

There are some strongly held opinions in education about what improves a school, such as raising teaching standards and reducing class sizes. Operated in regions with different levels of competition and access to resources. Like any turnaround, there is no magic bullet — a series of remedial steps need to be taken.

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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. If you do work here for a short, or even long, amount of time, you can expect to get a thorough education from aviation thought leaders.

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

developing the business plan and go-to-market strategy that has enabled us to maintain 100% ownership, operate part-time, grow it slowly over 20 years, and win Sam Adams’s 2016 “Brewing and Business Experienceship” year-long mentorship prize. BREWERY START-UP. With two partners, I launched Flounder Brewing Co.,

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7 Tenets of a Good CEO Succession Process

Harvard Business

While some situations demand outside successors — such as a turnaround or a discontinuous shift in the industry and strategy – we believe that internal candidates remain the future CEOs-of-choice. Choosing a CEO is a high-stakes proposition, arguably the most important decision a board can make. Insight Center.

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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. We found the Architects sustainably transformed a school by challenging how it operated, engaging its community, and improving its teaching.