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Do you have the ability to be flexible?  To tune into your persistence gene OR change your view when it might makes things go better OR listen like you have never listened before? Are you prepared to work harder than you have ever worked before and make personal sacrifices on behalf of the turnaround? Can you make tough decisions, even when it means personal pain for people you like – in and out of the business?  Can you be ruthless, but only when you have to. Can you lead, motivate, cajole, manipulate and drive those who can make the changes needed to turn this thing around? Continue Reading »

My career was going just great – I worked for a great company and had gained a reputation as a Trouble-shooter and Turnaround Manager, perhaps also some would say I was a bit of a Maverick. Whilst I provided the drive and hands-on change management leadership – the company supplied me with the comfort of having a multi-billion dollar corporation behind me. Specialist staff, experienced operations people and top-class executives always available to help me when necessary. My projects had included closing down a disastrous union-dominated site, playing a lead role in transforming a government-owned facility into a dynamic highly productive enterprise, saving a multi-million pound long-term manufacturing contract from being lost, and removing an entire Management Board that did not understand the meaning of strategy. Continue Reading »