{"id":534,"date":"2009-02-15T16:37:49","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T15:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.icebreakerexecutive.com\/?p=131"},"modified":"2009-02-15T16:37:49","modified_gmt":"2009-02-15T15:37:49","slug":"facing-sharp-drops-in-revenue-what-questions-should-you-be-considering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/?p=534","title":{"rendered":"Facing sharp drops in revenue\u2026 what questions should you be considering?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Facing sharp drops in revenue\u2026 what questions should you be considering?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which functions should your company divest?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which will fail?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which should you save?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which can thrive?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which of your key suppliers will fail, and when?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How does your cost base compare with the best in the industry?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which of your suppliers can you lever the greatest savings from?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 How should you restructure to better serve your customers?<\/p>\n<p>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Which of your competitors can you take sales from?<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>What are you waiting for?<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When should you act?<\/p>\n<p>What action should you take?<\/p>\n<p>Do you have the data on which to base the key decisions to resource implement the right changes?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the current environment you must be able to answer all the above questions and confidently.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are Traditional Consulting or Interim Management interventions enough?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Businesses that continue doing what they have done, before the credit crunch, will almost certainly fail. The liquidity gap, and plummeting returns, have forced business owners into unfamiliar territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Where can you get help to help you navigate this unfamiliar economic terrain?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not for traditional interim management and consulting companies who continue to offer the same prescription. This is where Icebreaker can help:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Icebreaker team offers an unusual combination set of skills. A solution for the current times\u2026 An alternative to using receivers which can be a complete disaster for investors\u201d <\/em><strong>Chairman Mid Market plc <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Hard facts and experienced interim action is the Icebreaker proposition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To address exactly this need, the icebreaker proposition is built on fact based decision making, innovation; pragmatic team based analysis and experienced implementation capability. Whilst we address the tough calls, we deliver solutions through your team to make a significant bottom line impact \u2013 quickly, without vast external resource. Delivering through your team retains value and leaves a refreshed enduring legacy. We have an experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smith.williamson.co.uk\/staff\/1150-tony-murphy\">insolvency partner<\/a>, interim resourcing and change management capability to programs as required, to offer clients a complete leading edge turnaround solution.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u201cThe consulting-plus-implementation angle is a good one; I\u2019m sick of reading consultant reports and thinking: that\u2019s fine, now I just need to hire 15 people to implement it! What I need is action and now\u201d<\/em> <strong>Partner, Venture Capital<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Complete commitment to delivery based on hard fact based targets, and shared risk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To support our practical, action orientated solutions, we have a range of success fee based solutions, so <sup>(*1) <\/sup>we get paid when results hit the bottom line&#8230;<sup> <\/sup><\/p>\n<p><sup>(*1)<\/sup> &#8211; Subject to due diligence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Pickering<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>CEO Icebreaker Executive Interim Management Limited<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">What do our clients say? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/casestudies.html\">Team Case studies<\/a>, T<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/testimonials.html\">estimonials<\/a>. Breaking the Ice 2009 publication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/documents\/Break%20Ice%20Winter%2008%20word%20final%20v8.pdf\">find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>\u201c<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Delivering Results &#8211; Transferring Skills and Leaving Legacies<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Website<\/strong><strong>s<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebreakerexecutive.com\/\">www.icebreakerexecutive.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smtconsulting.co.uk\/\">www.smtconsulting.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facing sharp drops in revenue\u2026 what questions should you be  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,21,17,1],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-globalisation","category-growth","category-interim-management","category-turnaround","category-uncategorized","tag-interim-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winningthinking.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}