A Turnaround Consultant

03/12/24 • 30 min

Diagnosing what ails struggling companies, choosing the "least crappy option", and managing constant stress with Jeff Vogelsang, a turnaround consultant. What kind of personality do you need to lead turnarounds? And what does it mean to make someone "available to industry”?

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You may be aware that I’ve written or co-written five business books, including The Power of Moments and Made to Stick. I’ve got a sixth book coming out in January called RESET: How to Change What’s Not Working. It’s a book intended to help you and your team get unstuck, to overcome the gravity of the way things have always worked. Learn more about the book or preorder it here.
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03/12/24 • 30 min

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What It's Like To Be... - A Turnaround Consultant

Transcript

Dan Heath: Entrepreneurs are famously optimistic. So when things aren't going well for a company, they sometimes aren't willing to admit that things aren't going well.
Jeff Vogelsang: And for a lot of CEOs, especially if you've had years and years of success, you've got a self-confidence where you think, I can do this, I can do this. And then it just isn't working. And it's very difficult to reach out and say, help me.
Dan Heath: That's Jeff Vogelsang. He's what's called a turnaround con

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