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Consulting Conor Johnston Consulting Conor Johnston

Post-Merger Priorities: How Boards Like Kroger's Can Lead Through Market Uncertainty

Failed mergers create perfect storms of executive departures, talent flight and investor lawsuits, but they also offer strategic reset opportunities. Using Kroger’s post-Albertsons crisis as a case study, Alvarez & Marsal’s Conor Johnston maps the three-pronged approach boards need to transform regulatory setbacks into competitive repositioning.

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Consulting Daniel Schmeltz Consulting Daniel Schmeltz

Ditch Your Growth Obsession And Focus On Profit

The era of relentless corporate expansion has ended, exposed by rising interest rates and technological disruption—a shift that’s undermined the growth-at-all-costs mentality that shaped corporate America over the last decade. Survival now demands that companies ruthlessly prioritize profitability, strategic focus and sustainable financial management over blind expansion, changing the rules for successful CEOs.

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Consulting Richard Holt Consulting Richard Holt

How CEOs Should Handle Big Bets That Fail

Apple has quietly closed the book on its autonomous car project, having spent almost a decade and several billion dollars on the effort. But Apple’s failure with its big bet shouldn’t scare CEOs away from high profile gambles: rather, it underscores the importance of ensuring that big, ambitious projects align tightly with the company’s vision, mission and capabilities.

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Consulting Jim Grady Consulting Jim Grady

The clock is ticking on ESSER funds

Superintendents in the middle of the budget-setting process need to be aware: with the ESSER Funds soon to go away, reporting, supplementing, and storytelling their pandemic-related expenses will be key for longterm student success.

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