Strategic Planning,
Innovation, and Marketing
- Strategic development of
long-term strategies, innovations, short-term tactics
- Definition of policies,
objectives, and goals
- Strategy and marketing
planning
- Evaluation of available
options, such as acquisitions or divestitures
- Market and competitive
assessment
- Assessment of resources
(staffing, capital, facilities, etc.) and competencies to achieve desired
strategic directions
- Market research and opinion
surveys
- Marketing strategies and
management
- Mergers and acquisitions
Organizational Planning and
Development
- Definition of basic mission
and major functions
- Organizational planning and
design
- Delineation of
decision-making and accountability responsibilities
- Role and composition of
Boards of Directors/Trustees
- Analysis of multiple tiers
of an organization or specific functions within it by:
- Appraising existing
organizational arrangements
- Evaluating alternatives,
including decentralization or
centralization of key services
- Proposing the most
effective structure and staffing
requirements
- Management
audits
- Efficiency reviews and
operations studies to improve productivity and expedite administrative
processes
- Activity analysis, using the
proprietary VAL-ACT software
- Implementation of
organizational change, including mergers
- Assessment of employee
attitudes (work climate profile or corporate culture)
Human Resources
- Salary administration
studies:
- Compensation
surveys
- Innovative compensation
plans
- Incentive strategies and
plans
- New classification
structures
- Salary administration
studies:
- Staff planning, forecasting,
and relevant implementation strategies
- Management succession plans
that tie to new organizational
structures
- Performance appraisal
systems
- Training and
development
- Benefit claim audits to
contain health care costs
- Employee communication
programs
- Team building and executive
coaching
- Recruitment
strategies
- Career planning
Business Reorganization
and Financial Restructuring
Outside Chapter 11
- Debtor
- Development of
restructuring alternatives
- Staff realignment,
streamlining, and cost reduction
- Formation of unofficial
creditors' committee to focus on workout activities during a negotiated
"breathing spell"
- Management of on-going
operations as CEO and COO with other supporting professional staff as
required
- Creditor
- Consultant to the
creditors' committee to oversee, control, and monitor operations
- Chairperson of
creditors' committee
- Foreclosure and
liquidation of assets held by secured lender
Inside Chapter
11
- Debtor
- Management of debtors in
Chapter 11 proceedings
- Coordination with U.S.
Trustee's Office and Rule 341
participation
- Preparation of
"Statements and Schedules" required by the
U.S. Trustee's Office during
post-petition period
- Development of
prospectus for sale under Rule 363
- Assistance in the
development with counsel of Disclosure
Statements and Plans of
Reorganization
- Creditor
- Chairperson of
creditors' committee
- Claims analysis,
reconciliation, and preference analysis, using KH proprietary
software
- Disbursing
agents
- On-going monitoring of
debtor in the post-confirmation period
Information Systems
(I/S)
- Strategic I/S planning and
preparation of I/S policies
- Hardware and software
evaluation and vendor selection
- Analysis of outsourcing
options, time sharing, etc.
- I/S project planning,
management, and control
- Applications development
and maintenance projects
- Network consulting and
systems programming
- I/S productivity
improvement, quality enhancements, and cost control
- Contingency and disaster
recovery plans
- Implementation
support
- Data and database
administration
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