Harvard Business Review on Turnarounds

by Harvard Business Publishing (Compililation), Harvard Business Review

Features the theories on change management and real-world stories of successful turnaround efforts.

Genres: Management, Business

208 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2001

About the author

Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) is a publisher founded in 1994 as a not-for-profit, independent corporation and an affiliate of Harvard Business School (distinct from Harvard University Press), with a focus on improving business management practices. The company offers articles, books, case studies, simulations, videos, learning programs, and digital tools to organizations and subscribers.
HBP consists of three market units: Education, Corporate Learning, and Harvard Business Review Group. Their offering consists of print and digital media (Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press books, Harvard Business School cases), events, digital learning (Harvard ManageMentor, HMM Spark), blended learning, and campus experiences.

Reviews

[James P · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good collection of HBS articles; one I’ve read before. There are good insights here about the ups and downs of business and I wanted a refresher as my craft brewery is facing economic headwinds just now - post Covid-19, generational attitudinal changes about alcoholic beverages, and then Trump’s tariffs which are affecting ingredient and supply prices across the board.

These articles are mostly pre-2000 and in one case Al “Chainsaw” Dunlap and Jack “Neutron Jack” are still heralded as model CEOs, although their approaches have been debunked in today’s economy. A highlight for me is the Bill Parcells piece “The Tough Work of Turning Around a Team,” summing up the work to be done in 3 bullets: take charge, confrontation is healthy, and take baby steps for small successes that build momentum.

One missing article from the collection? “Right Away and All at Once, How we Saved Continental Airlines” by Gordon Brenneman, which I’ve referred to several times over my career as a management consultant.

I conclude with the thought that it’s a good but dated read and there are good ideas here worth revisiting and maybe even adopting…but not the Welch or Dunlap ones!

[Alexandre · Rating 2 out of 5]

O blá-blá-blá de sempre de business books.