Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

She had to help Xerox recover from a series of missteps by previous leaders, including product failures and poor accounting practices, as well as an economic downturn that had pushed the company to the brink of bankruptcy. ” And she restored the company’s profitability — the turnaround was a success. Hope rekindled.

Turnaround 28

Turnaround How To Survey Enterprise 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 3, 2018

Meanwhile, plenty of other organic products, including vegetables, milk, and tea, have become widely consumed, at least by affluent, health-conscious city dwellers. First, the conventional wine industry saw it as a threat. The product was perceived as more prone to spoilage since it typically lacked added sulfites.

Chemicals 35

Chemicals Retail Case Interview Turnaround 35

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The challenge is that you’re competing against every individual in your industry who wants to be a high performer. The research is clear about how we grow most successfully: it’s a combination of on-the-job, social, and formal learning, also known as the 70-20-10 model. Development matters. Grow Yourself Faster.

Turnaround 28

Turnaround Interviews Development Management 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A few outlier industries (notably pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and computers) prop up the sector’s aggregate performance; most others have experienced flat growth or outright declines in real GDP over the past two decades. It’s clear why pain in the domestic supplier base matters from a policy perspective.

McKinsey 28

McKinsey Turnaround Pharmaceuticals Benchmarking 28

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. Gary spent years building his family business from a local wine shop into a national industry leader. The E-Myth Revisited will help you grow your business in a productive, assured way.

Consulting 52

Consulting Small Business Video Ethics 52

Management Consulted

MARCH 29, 2015

I started researching management consulting online, and it really seemed up my alley. ” Consulting seemed like it would fit me really well because it lets you try out a lot of different industries and functions. He produced a well-researched, 200 page deck in a week (I came to realize this was not typical).

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McKinsey Interviews Case Interview Consulting 100

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

While I was researching my new book, How to Get a Meeting with Anyone , I asked the top 100 sales thought leaders in the world, “When you absolutely must reach someone who is very important but nearly impossible to reach, how do you do it? But his core business is turnaround consulting. So don’t do it.

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Meeting Turnaround Sales Marketing 28

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

A&M is an independent global professional services firm which provides leadership, problem-solving and value-creation services to companies across the industry spectrum. IMS is the leading provider of information services for the healthcare industry. Founded in 1983, A&M operates in 38 cities worldwide. Applied Value Group.

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Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy& 107

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

” This is a framework I have developed over the course of 35 years of working with and doing research in corporations around the world. Box 3: Generate breakthrough ideas and convert them into new products and businesses. Our industry does not respect tradition—it only respects innovation.”

Company 28

Company Culture Turnaround Productivity 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

” The tech industry’s combination of high-velocity competition, complexity, global talent, and interdependence among rivals makes it a truly unique environment, requiring a distinct set of leadership skills. They must deliver on tight timelines, quick turnarounds and short project cycles.

Talent 28

Talent Culture Turnaround Interviews 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

In phase one (buy and sell), PE investors looked for the equivalent of a “fixer-upper house” — a dilapidated company in a good industry that could be purchased at a discount and, after the business equivalent of some fresh paint and new appliances, resold for a profit.

Talent 28

Talent Real Estate Financial Operations 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Disclosure: Although Avaya currently has no ties with Innovators International, my interest in Avaya’s remarkable turnaround was initially kindled by the dozens of conversations I had with many people at Avaya when the company was a partner with our organization.). Here’s another way to look at it.

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Methodologies Agile Metrics Exercises 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

” The “ Yerkes-Dodson Law ,” which has been used in research that examines the relationship between stress and individual performance, shows that stress increases performance up to a certain point, but not beyond that point. ” We like to call it “strategic stress.”

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Turnaround 28

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

” “Craft brand identities that position products and companies to capture #1 category positions. Attained #1 position in composite rail tie category and became the standard by which all other rail tie manufacturers’ products are measured throughout the U.S., Combine big-picture thinking with rigorous execution.”

Resumes 28

Resumes Interviews Cover Letters Recruiting 28

Harvard Business

JULY 18, 2016

Doug identified “Inspiring Trust” as his number one mission in his 10-year turnaround of Campbell Soup Company, where his efforts resulted in cumulative shareholder returns in the top tier of the global food industry, and among the highest measured employee engagement levels in the Fortune 500, particularly with his leadership team.

Financial 28

Financial Culture Leadership Report 28

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. So in addition to cutting businesses, research projects, and toy lines, the team eliminated more than 50% of the components.

Company 28

Company How To Turnaround Engineering 28

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

And I’ve spent years with colleagues at Harvard Business School and other academic institutions researching what makes people effective in their jobs. This company, which stretched into all sorts of industries and markets, offering numerous strategic challenges, should have been an ideal training ground for executives.

Turnaround 28

Turnaround Engineering Leadership Case Interview 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

” Bertolini and his team studied the industry and concluded that a reasonable target was no more than 6% EPS. He developed a three-year plan for his turnaround vision, which was translated into annual and quarterly operating plans, and biquarterly responsibilities for his executive team.

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Metrics Study Financial Operations 32