Restructuring

“In a progressive country, change is constant”. This quote by the historical British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli still applies today, and more than ever before. The average “life expectancy” of an S&P 500 company now lies at a mere 15 years. The length of time that companies remain in the S&P 500 index can be expected to decrease even further to an average of ten years by 2020. No single company in today’s economy can be expected to stay ahead of its competition in terms of its rate of return for more than ten years.

This means that companies need to be quicker, faster, and more consistent in adapting to their changing circumstances and moving away from old habits and customs, or they will find themselves unprepared in an unexpected fight for the survival of their business.

Kienbaum Management Consultants offers a number of different assistance programmes to boost the performance of your company, shaped specifically to the current state of your business and applying just the right leverage. In our eyes, there is a critical difference between a company that is already living with a desperate liquidity situation and one that has just encountered the first signs of diminishing returns. A review of past restructuring initiatives shows that the common “one size fits all” approach can only offer temporary reprieve. Soon, its impact has virtually disappeared – and the opportunity for sustained improvements has passed.