Harvard Business

JANUARY 10, 2018

The modern workplace is awash in meetings, many of which are terrible. As a result, people mostly hate going to meetings. The problem is this: The whole point of meetings is to have discussions that you can’t have any other way. And yet most meetings are devoid of real debate.

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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

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? The Seven Imperatives to Keeping Meetings on Track. Secure the meeting.

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PM Alliance

JANUARY 27, 2023

Meeting their expectations is key to a successful project, so before the relocations start, consider some of the things users are likely to ask for that you may not have anticipated. When it comes to planning and executing office move projects, your team needs to prioritize orchestrating tight schedules and controlling costs.

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Wireless Turnaround Exercises Resources 72

The Consultants Peer Group

APRIL 3, 2023

In 1973, I was fired from my first job mainly for not being able to meet deadlines in a timely fashion. This negotiation process helps both parties meet their needs and gives the employee ownership of their time. It is a picture of two adults working together to meet their joint goals.

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Kates Kesler

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Recently, The Wall Street Journal reported on how Procter & Gamble’s CEO is under scrutiny by investors and the board for a stalling turnaround effort. P&G’s Stumbles Put CEO On Hot Seat for Turnaround. At this meeting, seven to 10 executives met to discuss the state of the company and make decisions.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2018

Although his one-on-one meetings with these reports, which involved progress reviews, motivation, and coaching, were highly productive, his monthly team meetings weren’t. So what he mostly needed was hub-and-spoke, one-on-one leadership, through weekly individual meetings, supplemented by periodic group get-togethers.

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The Management Centre

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As a first step book in a meeting with your Project Sponsor. Talk through options for communicating better, aiming to ensure the Project Sponsor has the right information at the right time and an agreed turnaround time. Challenge 3: Lack of sponsorship. How to deal with this. How to minimise this in the future.

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How To Turnaround Management Training 97

Women in Consulting

MARCH 15, 2017

Plus, everyone who participates is entered into a drawing for a free WIC workshop or general meeting [didn’t know we offered webinars]. Whether your business continues to expand, has experienced a slowdown or turnaround, or is consistent with last year, we want to hear about your experiences.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 23, 2018

This may include discrete projects completed at arms length, such as due diligence on a transaction, or turnaround projects where consultants are embedded within an organisation. An organisation may also hire consultants to complete work quickly, where they do not have the capacity to do so themselves.

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Consulting Case Interview Turnaround Analysis 88

Prudent Pedal

JANUARY 28, 2020

Preparation: Your marketing leader will do most of the prep for this meeting. Annual Review Questions: How did you perform in meeting the needs of our partner requests? Ask questions about production efficiency, turnaround times, collateral organization/dissemination, and costs. Complete HR gobbledygook here.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

They also continuously rework processes to better meet client needs, reduce waste, boost productivity, and move faster to stay ahead of competitors. Milestone tracking helps ensure that projects meet critical objectives and deadlines. Gantt Charts: Visualize project timelines and dependencies using Gantt charts.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 2, 2015

It is currently summer, and Cabana is having trouble meeting demand. Turnarounds. Assuming RadioShack averts bankruptcy and achieves a successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? Over the past three months, inventory has tripled and customer complaints have doubled.

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Consulting Turnaround Case Interview Retail 60

Women in Consulting

MARCH 13, 2018

Whether your business continues to expand, has experienced a slowdown or turnaround, or is consistent with last year, we want to hear about your experiences. In addition to the report that WIC sends to all participants (an email address is required), we also present the results at a members-only meeting on Thursday, June 21.

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Survey Consulting Turnaround Report 31

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. Restructuring/Turnaround Services. Promotions are dependent on how quickly you meet functional competencies and skill requirements set out for you by the powers that be.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Peter Stark

JANUARY 30, 2018

Meet with the leader to discuss how they perceive their leadership and what they believe others would say about their leadership, communication, and performance management style. Meet frequently with the leader to develop skills to effectively implement actions outlined in the plan. Schedule regular coaching sessions.

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Martinka Consulting

JANUARY 17, 2017

A buyer who recognizes this will check their ego at the door when meeting a business owner and place the spotlight on the seller encouraging them to talk about the business and their own personal history.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2018

Franklin had finally returned to profitability, but she and Cameron Koren, a turnaround specialist who’d been brought in as CEO five years earlier to right the ship, were still working hard to keep the business on track. She recounted her meeting with Marshall. As the plane descended into Aurora, Noelle wondered if she was wrong.

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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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1 to 1

AUGUST 18, 2021

Meeting these challenges while reducing cost to serve will require a digital-first, customer-centric approach. More often we are seeing digitally transforming legacy support systems as a key to meeting modern expectations. These roll up into what we call ‘effortless’ experiences, which will define the new age in retail.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

There is a lesson for all of us in Barnes and Nobles’ turnaround: “If you want to sell music, you have to love those songs.”. You’ll be able to meet the Booking Protect team in person. I drop Alice’s video in here because as we turn the page to 2023, many of you will say something like “take care of yourself” as a resolution.

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Sports Marketing Travel Turnaround 59

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

He told me that he eventually learned to stray from his tour guides so that he could meet people who hadn’t been prepped for his visit, to see what was really happening. However, as CEO he stopped meeting with his brain trust and removed the two executives who had been his competitors.

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ConsultX

AUGUST 10, 2021

You can meet the challenges, reclaim your life, and grow your business at the same time. 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. But take heart! Conquer the Chaos shows you how. His factory is rapidly heading for disaster.

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Consulting Small Business Video Ethics 52

Consulting and Organizational Management

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Instead, I’ve been more successful with, e.g., ”turnaround specialist” or “business developer.” 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.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Finally, you have constant client interaction which develops “client skills” – from managing client teams to running meetings to learning how to navigate different corporate environments. This expertise may be as broad as “operations turnaround” and as specific as “benchmarking for insurance companies.”

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Banking Boston Consulting Group Consulting Management 272

Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

Pick an example of a work activity that happens regularly, like a daily or weekly standing meeting. For the attribute “location,” for example, you could ask your team: Is the meeting best facilitated if it’s held in an in-demand central meeting room or near where other people are likely to gather?

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 16, 2020

My lifestyle changes: No eating in restaurants (which have now been closed by the governor) No cafes (which have also since been closed) No going to movie theaters No going to the barber (yes, I’ve been cutting my own hair) No trade shows No airplane travel No in-person business meetings No seeing friends in person.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 11, 2017

LCPs also increasingly participate in fund-raising meetings with deal teams. Increasingly, in addition to the standard interviews and team meetings conducted by deal teams, PEs are conducting more sophisticated, data-driven evaluations of a target’s leadership and culture risks and opportunities.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

Did you just show up at the sales meeting? The servers we wanted had a two-week turnaround time. So to some extent there is a relative standard that you are trying to meet or exceed. The savvy interviewer will immediately ask, "I see. and what specifically was your role in this situation?" and to do it fast.

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Case Interview Interviews Resumes Retail 81

Management Consulted

MARCH 29, 2015

It’s rapid deadlines and very quick turnarounds. We’d have a meeting tomorrow, which meant we had to get all this stuff on pages tonight. My days were typically filled with meetings with clients or working with other people on my team. What they do in a week, you do in a day. That was typical.

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McKinsey Interviews Case Interview Consulting 100

Confessions of a Consultant

APRIL 30, 2017

It offered a ‘turnaround’ challenge. Meyer’s third week in office coincided with a strategic planning meeting held in Amelia Island, Florida to set the ‘strategic direction’ for the company. T he meeting moved along for a couple of days, with sub-groups painstakingly piecing the elements of the jigsaw together.

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Management Pharmaceuticals Groups Turnaround 40

Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

But when some CEOs in this position look at the people they employ, they discover a problem: a swath of their existing team doesn’t have the necessary skills or metabolism for change to meet the new challenges. Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example.

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Talent Engineering Case Interview Turnaround 28

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2016

Perhaps nervous about the meeting in the morning, you find yourself lying on the bed flicking through the TV channels for something to watch to keep you awake to offset the growing jet-lag. “We started meeting in each other’s homes every few months. How many nights have you spent in a hotel in a city many miles from home?

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Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2018

One CEO we worked with was known for his smart turnarounds of a large media company. Stymied, we suggested that we observe the next executive team meeting. When leaders argue about the validity of your reasons for offering coaching, or offer excuses or defenses for poor results, it can be a sign that they lack self-awareness.

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Development Turnaround Company Resources 53

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

After the meeting, one colleague pointed to Peter’s decision as a key turning point: “Peter’s willingness to change his mind in public was huge progress for us in establishing a strong Box 2 culture.” ” What decisions could you make that set a Box 2 tone in your organization? .”

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

He held them accountable for meeting sizable improvements, but he also supported the team during challenging periods. However, Hayek didn’t push training on them. Rather, he created a “pull” scenario by continually raising the bar on executive performance year over year.

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Company Engineering Turnaround System 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

“If you’re entering a turnaround situation,” you need to be prepared to “inject new ideas” and make some tough decisions right away, Watkins says. ” Be positive. You don’t want to “imply that you’ve see it done better at other places and now you’re back to fix a mess.”

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