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. Retail & Consumer Products. Too much of this sort of thing leads to a company full of different cultures, ideas and value systems.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2016

But get it just right and your sales efforts can drive productivity and growth. This includes all non-quota-carrying roles in the organization: customer-facing support, sales operations and administration, and sales management. First, support frees up frontline sales employees to be more productive. Sales support is critical.

Sales 39

Sales ROI Efficiency Operations 39

Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2016

These buy outs shifted agency from owners to managers; “corporate raiders” worked with high-yield debt to fund these turnarounds. In phase three, PE firms are not simply holding companies waiting to dispose of the property, nor are they operating companies seeking to integrate their acquisitions into an existing business.

Talent 28

Talent Real Estate Financial Operations 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

On Google’s earnings call for the first quarter of 2006 – more than a year before the iPhone was released and more than two years before the release of the first Android-operated smartphone – CEO Eric Schmidt went out of his way to talk about mobile. “Rather, Yahoo’s existing products didn’t work on mobile.”

Turnaround 28

Turnaround Data Operations Company 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. Mistaking quick thinking for systems thinking. What’s more, the demand for rapid growth often comes with a push from investors to enter new markets or ramp up product innovation.

Company 28

Company Engineering Turnaround System 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

The entire system of quarterly reporting has been regularly criticized but remains resolutely in place. 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.

Turnaround 33

Turnaround Report Company Construction 33

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

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.

How To 47

How To Energy Operations Bain 47

1 to 1

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Retailers will face customers supercharged by digital centricity who are fighting product shortages, higher prices, busy schedules, and holiday craziness. New products, data breaches, recalls, and inclement weather are just a few examples of the good, bad, and ugly of Black Friday shopping. Black Friday shopping is stressful.

Retail 26

Retail Strategy Strategy Strategy& 26

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

At first, the causes of free fall appear to be external: a global financial crisis, a banking system collapse, government deregulation, or, more common, a new business model or technology harnessed by a nimble insurgent competitor. But these forms of external turbulence tend to be the trigger of free fall, not the cause.

Company 28

Company How To Turnaround Engineering 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. They operated with a both/and mindset, seeking to deliver on immediate goals in a way that also built a sustainable future.

Metrics 32

Metrics Study Financial Operations 32

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2017

I’ll fast-forward through the next decade, when Garvin, trained in operations, helped to answer the question much of America was obsessed with at the time: How Japanese automakers could make higher-quality, more-reliable cars than Americans, while charging less for them.

Management 32

Management Turnaround Engineering Benchmarking 32

Harvard Business

APRIL 16, 2018

There is no question that China poses unique challenges to the trading system that the American government must address. After all, the United States has long pushed the world to accept a system where protection arises after a careful government investigation into a trading partner’s adherence to globally-accepted rules.

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Turnaround 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2016

IBM has been building a talent system that both aligns with and accelerates this phenomenon of the external disaggregation of work. Similar to the advance of “standardized process” in the early 20th century, digital is not just the new product to offer our customers (e.g., ” Let’s go back to the IBM example.

Development 28

Development Leadership Talent Agile 28