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The Turnaround Toolkit
A playbook for turnarounds in systemic crises, built on four stages: Anchor, Read, Counter, Sustain. Every module is summarised here; the working files are sent on request.
What is inside
Ten modules, in the order you would use them.
Each module is summarised below. The working version, the slides and the blank templates, is sent on request.
The modules
Orientation
What the toolkit is for, who it is written for, how to read it, and the fictional running case used throughout: a mid-sized European industrial company heading towards a covenant breach.
Why systemic crises need a distinct playbook
What makes a crisis systemic, a four-shock taxonomy, the five dimensions of resilience, and the dual-track principle: stabilise and transform at the same time.
The ARCS arc
The four stages, Anchor, Read, Counter and Sustain; where they depart from classical phase models, and the triggers for moving from one stage to the next.
Anchor, part 1: take control
The threshold decision, the blast radius diagnostic, strength and volatility positioning, a leadership credibility audit, and how to stand up a turnaround office.
Anchor, part 2: cash leads
The 13-week cash forecast, the liquidity levers and their sequence over the first 30 days, stakeholder communications, lender engagement and the daily cash stand-up.
Read: the diagnostic
Separating root causes from symptoms across five dimensions: financial, operational, digital, business model and organisational.
Counter, part 1: the plan
From diagnostic to plan: three-horizon initiative sequencing, the initiative scoping standard, the 100-day plan, and the check that the plan adds up in the financials.
Counter, part 2: execution
Why turnarounds fail in execution: the governance cadence, initiative one-pagers, KPI selection, the transformation dashboard, drift detection and the change management inflection in months four to six.
Sustain
Turning recovery into resilience: steady-state governance, the resilience scorecard, early-warning signals, pre-positioning, institutional memory and the board's role.
Appendix: tools and templates
Blank templates for the 13-week cash forecast, the initiative one-pager, the resilience scorecard, the stakeholder matrix and the 100-day plan, with a glossary, a decision rights map and references.
Get the working version
The slides and the blank templates are sent on request. Write to us and say which modules you need.