Consultant Ninja

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Finally, two counter-cyclical markets. The other sector Im long on is turnaround consulting: 10-13-08. Management Consulting. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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Oliver Wyman Marketing Consulting Management 100

Successful Independent Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2017

My company represents self-employed professionals across the country, and over the last seven years I have interviewed, coached, or worked with more than 200 independent management consultants. Translation: change management for IT projects. Translation: turnaround expert. For example, Fortune 500 or middle market?

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Consulting Turnaround Exercises Technology Implementation 150

Management Consulted

JANUARY 25, 2016

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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Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

One of the things we really love to do here at Management Consulted is answer the questions you have for us. 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. Practice Areas.

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Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

AUGUST 17, 2020

Brad was a part of several major project at Microsoft, including the complete turnaround of MSN.com, leading the marketing effort for Windows 2000, Windows 98 and Internet Explorer, as well as developing and executing the award winning marketing strategy for Windows 95. SME Strategy ·.

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Interviews Turnaround Strategy Strategy 52

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

When the business landscape changes, how can you turnaround a failing company? Assuming this leads to successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? When faced with a broad turnaround question, it is important to ask a variety of questions to determine the source of the problem.

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Turnaround Case Interview Comparison Interviews 111

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2017

When Doug took over as CEO of Campbell Soup Company in 2001, the company had just lost half its market value, sales were declining, and the organization was reeling from a series of layoffs. The environment was so toxic that a Gallup manager described employee engagement as “among the worst [he had] ever seen among the Fortune 500.”

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Turnaround Leadership Culture Research 28

Asamby Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

Modern cashflow management tools make this exercise easy. Recruit smarter, not harder The shift in the labor market is here to stay. In this market, it's important to hire smart. Remote work is here to stay The pandemic has accelerated the emergence of a truly global labor market. A spreadsheet will do as well.

Small Business 52

Small Business Cash Flow Trends Turnaround 52

Tom Spencer

JULY 13, 2019

They are known for doing high-level assessments of their clients’ business situation, and providing strategies to increase profit or growth by entering new markets, launching new products, or making acquisitions. These firms also use a generalist model, meaning that consultants tend not to develop a specialization until they become managers.

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Consulting Turnaround Healthcare Deloitte 60

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Consultants can provide management with the expertise needed to address specific business problems. Turnarounds. Consultants can assist management by providing independent advice. Consultants can assist management by supporting organisational change. Expert Knowledge. Independent Advice. Catalyst for Change.

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Consulting McKinsey Turnaround Information Technology 68

Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Many pro services firms still use fragmented systems or analog methods like spreadsheets to manage projects. It prevents you from generating reliable cash-flow forecasts and makes it incredibly difficult to manage resources. Market trends? How long does it take to bring those solutions to market? The bottom line?

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Agile Tools Data Talent 52

Jacq Hackett Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Website management. You manage everything through the Upwork site – setting project milestones, communication with your freelancer, monitoring their work, uploading files, etc. It’s quick – the turnaround time on jobs is impressive. What tasks to outsource? These are the tasks that I regularly outsource. Graphic design.

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Turnaround Consulting Healthcare Course 136

Confessions of a Consultant

APRIL 30, 2017

The same basic point applies to new managers joining an organization. New Managers: Almost all New Managers suffer from ‘joining anxiety’ and want to do things quickly. Within Colgate-Palmolive Doug Meyer had steadily moved through a classic marketing career and was approached about the job.

Management 40

Management Pharmaceuticals Groups Turnaround 40

Tom Spencer

JULY 2, 2015

Entering a New Market. A large Korean electronics company is thinking about entering the market for tablet computers. Toyota has invented a car with incredible durability, it can be driven a thousand times further than cars currently on the market before needing to be serviced. Estimate the size of the global market.

Consulting 60

Consulting Turnaround Case Interview Retail 60

Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2018

When promoted to his new role, he inherited a group of district sales managers responsible for selling to hospital systems in their respective geographies. Catherine, a senior marketing director leading a cross-functional product development team at the same company, provides a contrasting case study. SOURCE Michael Watkins. ©

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Turnaround Talent Groups Meeting 51

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. In the span of 9 years, the firm acquired more than 16 consulting companies in 5 different markets, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Asia, the United States and Latin America.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Jacq Hackett Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Website management. You manage everything through the Upwork site – setting project milestones, communication with your freelancer, monitoring their work, uploading files, etc. It’s quick – the turnaround time on jobs is impressive. What tasks to outsource? These are the tasks that I regularly outsource. Graphic design.

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Video Turnaround Consulting Healthcare 120

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

From a business strategist who can appear aloof and dismissive of those with less intellectual horsepower, to a general manager who aligns and inspires her region through personal connections and demonstrates genuine care for people. Functional experiences help make you great at something, i.e. marketing, supply chain, R&D.

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Turnaround Interviews Development Management 28

Rod Burkert

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

If you have a group you want to educate and market to or a product or service you want to promote and sell to, webinars are the best way to reach them. They gushed about the quality of the work, the quick turnaround, and of course, the extraordinary pricing. In case you missed last week: Thinking of hosting your own webinars?

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Intellectual Property Turnaround Trends Conference 40

SkillQuo

AUGUST 16, 2017

These individuals range from executives with proven company records to interim managers, and these so called ‘supertemps’ have established their position as useful personnel. So, why has this phenomenon gripped the business world and are their proven benefits for businesses? billion in revenue in 2009.

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SMB Enterprise Talent Efficiency 60

Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 26, 2011

My experience of the differences of between OD in small and large is that in small organizations: It rarely works to market myself as “guiding change” or “change agent,” etc. Instead, I’ve been more successful with, e.g., ”turnaround specialist” or “business developer.” Read more.].

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Consulting Organizational Development Nonprofit Small Business 76

Harvard Business

JULY 2, 2018

Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. It is most definitely not for big, old-line companies that are facing an existential crisis and require a full-scale turnaround.

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Turnaround Agile Operations System 52

freshminds

MARCH 5, 2018

Different industries need to test different skills and therefore depending on whether you’re applying to management consultancies, strategy consultancies or investment banking, your case study will be slightly different. Operational Cases: Operations Case, Increasing Sales, Reducing Costs, Improving the Bottom Line, Turnarounds.

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Case Study Case Studies Study Case Interview 53

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. Ries, coauthor of The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing , gives clear examples from a variety of industries and demonstrates how crucial focus can be. But take heart!

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Consulting Small Business Video Ethics 52

MishTalk

MAY 14, 2015

Affected by overcapacity, it is unlikely there will be any turnaround in oversupply in the steel product market or any big recovery in prices," CISA said. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. China's 2014 steel output rose 0.9

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Turnaround Data Industry Course 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

While the world of quarterly reports is the preserve of managers, the long term is the fiefdom of leaders. As managers deal with delivering short-term results to keep the stock price high and leaders evangelize on the long-term future of the organization, the medium term is all but forgotten. It is pleasingly limitless.

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Turnaround Report Company Construction 44

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Bruce Rauner’s Turnaround Agenda, which addresses Illinois’ top economic reform needs. Rauner’s Turnaround Agenda would put Illinois on the path toward responsible budgets, improved jobs growth and decreasing government dependency.

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Turnaround Policies Government System 28

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 3, 2011

in Management Consulting. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Cambridge Strategic Management Group. Cambridge Strategic Management Group. Cedar Management Consulting. Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting.

BearingPoint 99

BearingPoint Capgemini Strategy Strategy 99

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

in Management Consulting. Value Partners Management Consulting. Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Applied Value offers strategy, finance, and operations management services. GIA provides strategic market intelligence and advisory services anywhere around the world.

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Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy& 107

MishTalk

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Bruce Rauner's controversial Turnaround Agenda for Illinois, which many people have blasted as being anti-union. Elements of the Turnaround Agenda -- especially the right-to-work proposal -- have been criticized as unconstitutional, too. That proposal was a major tenet of Gov.

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Turnaround Policies Government Groups 28

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Gains in production, however, would have to extend through year-end to turnaround what has been a weak, export-hit year for the manufacturing sector. Mike "Mish" Shedlock Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. percent higher in October.

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Industry Productivity Construction Turnaround 28

Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2016

By looking at detailed sales data from 40 companies in technology-related industries, we have identified guidelines for the optimal amount and type of sales support and management. This includes all non-quota-carrying roles in the organization: customer-facing support, sales operations and administration, and sales management.

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Sales ROI Efficiency Operations 51

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

It is an approach I developed that is tailored for answering these questions in job interviews for management consulting, as well as interviews for senior executive positions in industry. EXAMPLE #1: The date was November 22, 2000 for XYZ company -- one of the leading start companies in the eCommerce software services market.

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Case Interview Interviews Resumes Retail 81

Harvard Business

JULY 27, 2016

” Little did I know that over the next 10 years I’d be part of the biggest corporate turnaround in global history. Over this period, Apple would prove the cynics wrong and dazzle the world with its groundbreaking innovations, masterful marketing and against-the-grain approach. PR played a huge role in this success.

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Turnaround Media Report Interviews 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The insurance industry has not been immune to AI’s advancement – whether implementing robo-advisors for investment management (Vanguard and Charles Schwab) or applying AI to insurance and loan underwriting (the Chinese search giant Baidu, which provides enhanced risk assessment capabilities). Assess readiness.

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Insurance Insurance Industry Turnaround 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 11, 2017

As LCPs have proven their ability to transform the talent practices of the PE firm to the fund’s managing partners, they’re then tasked with doing the same for portfolio companies. A company turnaround focuses on costs and can often be done through financial reengineering and cost cutting measures.

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Leadership Talent Culture Turnaround 28

Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 23, 2024

These inefficiencies hinder productivity and hamper the ability to adapt to market dynamics. In the rapidly evolving business landscape, missing the right moment to pivot or innovate can lead to a loss of market share. Their expertise spans strategic planning, financial management, operations, and beyond.

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Consulting Turnaround ROI Case Study 52