Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 2, 2017

For example, a company that needs to update its computer systems might seek advice from IT consultants. Turnarounds. An example from 2014 occurred when McKinsey poached two partners from AlixPartners, one of the world’s best-known restructuring firms. Expert Knowledge. Independent Advice.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

CSFs can literally be anything — whether it’s improving customer satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing operating costs, or something specific to a particular project or deliverable – making them somewhat difficult to identify – let alone define in concrete terms. Are project operations, sales, customer service, etc.

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Markovitz Consulting

JULY 11, 2017

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. Operational and financial improvements are rapid, dramatic, and lasting. then two minutes, then three, etc.

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freshminds

MARCH 5, 2018

Here are some examples of different approaches across industries; Management Consulting : tend to use “operational” type case studies (more details below). Operational Cases: Operations Case, Increasing Sales, Reducing Costs, Improving the Bottom Line, Turnarounds.

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

One example in the WSJ article was about Autohaus Ochs GmbH, a Volkswagen dealership. My final example (from the article) is about the Brockhaus Group. When the son took over the business they shed operations that were half of their sales and staff. And they’re coming to play in Germany now.

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SkillQuo

AUGUST 16, 2017

In fact, ‘supertemps’ – highly qualified freelance individuals who work on short-term contracts for companies have been growing not just in the C-suite, but in many various business departments – some carry out niche, specific jobs, like managing large turnarounds or sales while some just fill a much needed managerial space.

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ConsultX

AUGUST 10, 2021

A one-stop turnaround plan, Conquer the Chaos lays out a complete path to make your business run smoothly and provide you with the freedom you desire. By business owners, for business owners, Conquer the Chaos enables you to reevaluate your approach, revitalize your operations, and realize the freedom and success your hard work deserves.

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Harvard Business

JULY 2, 2018

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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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. Anderson provides another good example. Hope rekindled. Energy returned.”

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Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2016

This includes all non-quota-carrying roles in the organization: customer-facing support, sales operations and administration, and sales management. We found that the levels of operations and administrative support are what matters most. Sales support is critical.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

An example is The North Face, which is experimenting with its Fluid Expert Personal Shopper tool, powered by IBM’s Watson, to provide customers with a more intuitive search experience through a natural language capability. Start small.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Key Processes are the operational and managerial capabilities that allow a company to deliver value in a way that can be repeated and scaled. For an example of digitally-enabled business model transformation, consider Domino’s Pizza, which has experienced a massive turnaround since 2010.

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Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2016

Comedy can be particularly hard to “get” if you’re not from the originating culture, but that’s exactly why it shines a light on how different cultures tick (“The Office,” which was syndicated in some 80 countries but had localized versions created in eight, is the classic example ). We traveled together.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Senior executives tend to be shielded from organizational problems and data; they are given limited and filtered information about their operations, employees, and customers. Several years ago, for example, I worked with a senior executive who was competing for the top job at his firm.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

An example of strategic burnout can be found at Lego around 2004. A turnaround subsequently lowered strategic stress to a productive level by discontinuing many of their seemingly unrelated projects, re-focusing on their core business, as well as streamlining operational processes that improved coordination activities.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

Now a global giant in the drinks business, just 25 years ago, its precursor, Brahma, was a second-tier Brazilian brewer undergoing a painful turnaround in the hands of acquirer 3G, a São Paulo–based private equity house. A key feature of the turnaround, led by CEO Marcel Telles, was avoiding a hopelessly long-term view.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 5, 2016

Operated in regions with different levels of competition and access to resources. For example, we were able to say 30 academies made X change, while 40 didn’t, and then draw conclusions from the differing outcomes. Like any turnaround, there is no magic bullet — a series of remedial steps need to be taken.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 2, 2017

Every organization has a slightly different framework of expected experience, but I like to look at this through the lens of strategy and operations. Likewise, I know numerous chief HR officers who have done tours in business, operations, HR, and elsewhere. You can be stronger at one of them, but you need to know how to manage both.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2016

When we dig into the roots of a leader’s unproductive behavior, we look for what we call the “operative narrative ,” the “tape” playing at an unconscious level that’s driving unwanted behavior. The CEO was perpetuating the very problem he sought to fix. Know Who and What Triggers You.

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Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

For example, we’ve seen an explosion of open office layouts, sn part because openness, transparency, and collaboration are some of the attributes companies strive for today. Pick an example of a work activity that happens regularly, like a daily or weekly standing meeting.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

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. R ésumé example #2. R ésumé example #3.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

And yet without Box 2, organizations don’t truly transform; they persist in limiting ways of operating. He recounts one such example in his autobiography Jack: Straight from the Gut : “In those days I was… trying to blow up traditions and rituals that I felt held us back. So, how do you build Box 2 muscle?

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Asamby Consulting

AUGUST 30, 2022

The most common example of a wiki is Wikipedia. The turnaround time can easily be days instead of minutes. Examples: Do you write long form text or prefer bullet points? Let's first have a look at what a company wiki is. A wiki is a knowledge management system that: Is digital and Is updated and edited by its own audience.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 13, 2017

Companies wind up in trouble and squander the time, talent, and energy of their workforce when they lose focus, spend money on things that don’t make a difference to employees or the future of the business, and use operating models that are out of whack. redesign the operating model. Redesign the Operating Model.

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1 to 1

DECEMBER 7, 2021

New products, data breaches, recalls, and inclement weather are just a few examples of the good, bad, and ugly of Black Friday shopping. With post-pandemic online shopping increasing and deals starting earlier and running longer, consistent quality and service levels are essential to keep operations running smoothly.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. On July 30, 2014, exactly 13 months after retiring as P&G’s Chairman and CEO, McDonald was sworn in as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

I’ll give a few examples, starting with his first HBR article but mostly concerning later work. (A However, they build a good case that by treating a turnaround as a political campaign, one in which you must persuade disparate parties to join you, you’re starting in the right place.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

After studying and working with hundreds of companies in free fall, we’ve identified concrete steps that leadership teams can take to engineer successful turnarounds and transformations. Since Knudstorp took over, Lego’s revenues have increased by 400%, and its operating profit margin has increased from -21% to 34%.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

employees, customers, free agents, communities we operate in) and so much more. Voser was impatient for a new experience which attracted him to ABB and there he learned a whole new level of turnaround leadership. ” Let’s go back to the IBM example. Consider, for example, open enrollment at the John F.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 16, 2018

Trump’s recently imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum are another example. A short turnaround between product announcement and tariffs means countervailing political forces have little time to mobilize. It means businesses operating in the United States have much less time to mitigate the tariffs’ negative impacts.

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