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CHANGE MANAGEMENT: RESTRUCTURING EXAMPLES
by BILL FICKLING A company’s CEO is like the captain of a ship; both are ultimately responsible for the safety of what they are in charge of. If things aren’t going well and the business/ship is sinking, it’s the leader’s responsibility to take decisive action...
CHANGE MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY
by BILL FICKLING Sometimes restructuring is largely about expense control but, in some instances, it’s the sales and product strategy that needs a makeover. That was the situation one company found itself in after its founder passed away and it was...
CHANGE MANAGEMENT: RESTRUCTURING SCENARIOS
by BILL FICKLING While corporate restructuring takes many forms and each situation is unique, similarities can often be seen. Larger companies may do a financial or “balance sheet” restructure where debt is converted into equity. These are usually accompanied...
CHANGE MANAGEMENT: MANAGING THE CRISIS
by BILL FICKLING One of the biggest hurdles a chief restructuring officer (CRO) faces is persuading stakeholders and employees that changes need to be made, and they need to be made right away. Organizational inertia is the tendency to continue self-defeating...
CHANGE MANAGEMENT:
ASSESSMENT
by BILL FICKLING When a chief restructuring officer (CRO) begins to analyze what’s ailing a small or medium-sized company, a thorough assessment of the situation must be job #1. Has a key employee or owner retired or passed away? Have sales fallen? Expenses...
How Big Bank Failures Affect Small Businesses
by BOB PRESS The recent bank failures in the U.S., the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS and the bank-led capital (deposit) infusion into First Republic Bank, may seem disconnected to the millions of small businesses across the country and Western economies....