A Comprehensive Guide to Diagnosing, Strategizing, and Leading Organizational Resurgence
Corporate Turnarounds are a very important part of Corporate Development. In this talk, Dr. Tony Grundy, a leading thinker and author on Management, Strategic Consultant, and Business School Professor, takes you through what these are, what they entail, and their process.
Beginning with the diagnosis phase or how organizations may have got in trouble, he shows how to take a very challenging Corporate or Business situation and to unpick the causes of its demise or drift. Then he shows how to develop some options for turnaround and how to evaluate these in an objective and calm manner.
He differentiates carefully from the initial and more tactical steps to prevent failure from the longer-term strategies to realize much more value. He also deals with the leadership style and stakeholder management that needs to be orchestrated by a charismatic turnaround manager together with the internal and external dynamics.
He uses the contrasting cases of Harley Davidson and McDonald's to illustrate the typical issues faced in a turnaround context and the process.
MA MBA MSc MPhil FCA PhD, Director, Strategy and Corporate Development and International consultancy
Dr Tony Grundy holds degrees from Cambridge University , Cranfield , CASS and Warwick Business Schools and also from London University . He is also a Public Accountant ( in the UK). Trained by EY. Tony's first career was in Finance and in General Management (BP and ICI) and an international retailer before he was a Consultant with KPMG and after his MBA with PA Strategy Consultants in the UK. He founded his consultancy thirty years ago and in parallel has held teaching positions at Cambridge , Cranfield and CASS Business Schools . He is now an Associate at seven major Business Schools. Tony is a prolific author writing on Strategy and Finance with over 21 books published . He trains Director level executives globally . His latest and ground - breaking book on "Dynamic Competitive Strategy - Turning Strategy Upside Down " breaths fresh thinking into Strategic and Financial Decision Making . A key interest in that area is the issue of Divestment .
