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Business advice in the face of Covid-19

June 4, 2020

As you can see, since I began writing a national column for the Business Journals, I have not posted articles here very often, but I […]

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An interesting statistic

April 17, 2016

Only 24 of the 437 Certified Turnaround Professionals are women.

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Are ethics in the eyes of the beholders?

May 27, 2012

Lessons from the movie, “Bernie”…..

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Awards dilution….

November 7, 2011

When I won a Turnaround of the Year Award from the Turnaround Management Association (TMA)  in 1997,

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What is a turnaround?

November 6, 2011

During the annual conference of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) which was held the last week in October, I attended two sessions about “turnarounds” and […]

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Ethical issues in turnaround engagements

October 22, 2011

Ethical issues and the Turnaround Management Association: A call to action

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Harry and David: Interim CEO named

February 20, 2011

Someone submitted a comment about my February 16th post in which he pointed out that Kay Hong has been appointed Interim CEO of Harry and […]

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Distressed Investing + Leadership

January 25, 2011

Wednesday, I am leaving for the Distressed Investing Conference of the Turnaround Management Association and am eager to see whether presenters spend much time discussing  […]

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Renee’s Rule™: You can’t have two captains on the same ship.

June 6, 2010

One of the headlines today in the New York Times reads, “In Gulf, It Was Unclear Who Was in Charge of Oil Rig.” If “who […]

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Turnarounds and The Turnaround Management Association

April 2, 2009

In my January 20th post, “Distressed Investing Conference #1,”  I wrote, “…the Turnaround Management Association today might more appropriately be called the ‘Restructuring Management Association’ […]

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