Turnaround is the process of initiating and delivering transformational changes that significantly improve an organisation’s future and simultaneously reduce risk to ensure future sustained improvements are delivered.

Tom Sneddon has acquired particular expertise in effecting business turnaround assignments. These have varied from major international manufacturing operations to historical loss-making organisations  to small charities. While varying in size from£400M+ to £200,000 the projects have emergent common threads like the need for vision creation and communication, valuing people, particularly their skills and contributions then ensuring everyone is committed to the new future and sees their valid and valuable part in it.

Key to his success in this area is Tom’s focus on the strategic direction of the client, identifying and articulating a clear and consistent vision in communication with all stakeholders, engaging well with all stakeholders in a truthful and transparent way and building on past successes with these contributing to a sustainable and different future. Never shying away from the difficult conversation but always conducting these with sensitivity and respect.

Projects have included

• Changing the culture across a European manufacturing organisation
• ‘Freeing up’ a subsidiary to turn around profits using management buy-out techniques
• Focusing a manufacturing operation on added value products and improved quality and export potential
• Refocusing a charity on meeting its beneficiary and commissioner needs by restructuring and introducing effective leadership and resource management
• Addressing the short-comings and financial problems of a charity by refocusing on its core purpose and removing lossmaking operations
• Numerous organisational restructures which ensure they are fit to face their challenging future

Having a deep understanding of the psychology and practicalities of change management gained through his professional post-graduate qualifications in Change Management and Project Management enables him to maintain integrity and appropriate professional behaviour when supporting situations that can be emotionally charged for all parties.