Business Restructuring: An Action Template for Reducing Cost and Growing Profit
By: Carla Zilka
Publisher: Wiley (2009)
Pages: 224
Format: Ebook (PDF)
Desciption
An effective, long-term strategy for maintaining corporate growth, profit and competitive edge
Depicting a progressive emergent framework for long-term growth, profitability, and success, Business Restructuring: An Action Template for Reducing Cost and Growing Profit employs an integrated approach incorporating several of the most popular methodologies and best-in-class practices into a single proven framework.
Beginning with an overview of restructuring and what is needed up-front to be successful, this “How to Cookbook” helps you
- Understand business restructuring and cost reduction techniques
- How to transform any organization into one that is high performing
- Realize efficiencies through the reorganization of resources, improving processes, and identifying outsourcing opportunities
- Sustain results and achieve continued efficiency, profitability, and growth
- Describes the right leadership team dynamics to make sure the changes stick
Whether you are a business leader or manager, Business Restructuring takes you through a logical series of steps that will provide you with immediately useful tactics to apply on a regular basis to achieve immediate results, as well as a long-term roadmap to deliver performance excellence and increase shareholder value.
About the Author
CARLA ZILKA is the founder and Principal Advisor of NexGen Advisors, a global business restructuring and transformation firm. As the Principal Advisor, Zilka partners with Fortune 1000 CEOs, hedge funds, and private equity firms to deliver a vision, strategy, and plan on how to effectively restructure and prepare for growth. To date, she and her team have been responsible for cost reductions totaling over $1.5 billion and revenue growth opportunities over $2 billion in under three years.
Table of contents
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Chapter 1: Restructuring for Success: The 10-Minute Check 1
Why You Need to Restructure
Are Your Key Financial Indicators Telling You Something?
Notes
Chapter 2: The Playbook: A Comprehensive Approach 13
Creating a Foundation for Success
Flexible Platform for Achieving Results
Chapter 3: Putting the Playbook into Action 29
Building A Winning Team
Equipping Your Team With the Necessary Tools
Note
Chapter 4: Setting the Baseline 49
Moving from Unconscious Incompetence to Conscious Incompetence
You Are Here
How Fit Is Your Organization?
How Robust Are Your Processes?
Notes
Chapter 5: Ready to Launch 69
Kicking Off Your Restructuring Project
So You Think You Can Change?
Notes
Chapter 6: Executing the Framework 89
Moving from Conscious Incompetence to Conscious Competence
Organizational Efficiency
Business Process Improvement
Business Process Outsourcing
Business Process Outsourcing as a Key Enabler for Restructuring
Notes
Chapter 7: Leadership Essentials for Success 143
Do You Have What It Takes?
Plans versus People
Keirsey Temperament Sorter
Implication 1: Certain Leaders Have Certain Talents
Implication 2: Changing a Leader to Fit
Implication 3: Assessing and Aligning for the Right Roles
Case Study: Can We Compete in This Arena?
Notes
Chapter 8: Continuous Improvement 161
Moving from Conscious Competence to Unconscious Competence
CI Organization Structure and Roles
CI Dashboard
Training
Knowledge Management
Linkages to CI
Note
Chapter 9: Summary of Lessons Learned 181
Glossary 185
Index 199
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