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Leonardo Caporarello
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1. What are the key challenges facing John Red as he
assumes the presidency of MCM Corporation?
Union-organized campaign
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2. How would you prioritize them?
Management communication
Employees
p y overall satisfaction
Union-organized
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3. What actions would you suggest he take in the first 90
days and how would you obtain buy-in from the
employees?
1. Spent
p time on the shop p floor to understand employee
p y issues,, seek
input, be visible, and share his views on the damage to
competitiveness that a union would cause:
1. Painted the factory floor because it was needed, but also used it
to symbolize that change would occur.
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3. What actions would you suggest he take in the first 90
days and how would you obtain buy-in from the
employees?
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2. Developed a statement of values for MCM MCM, focused on solicited
feedback, first from his senior team, and then from other employees.
3. It also ga
gavee meaning to everyone’s role and clarified
cla ified ho
how e
everyone’s
e one’s
actions at work would affect their future (if the company did not grow
profitability, future prospects would be uncertain).
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3. What actions would you suggest he take in the first 90
days and how would you obtain buy-in from the
employees?
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6. Conducted a series of regional “distributor
distributor summits”
summits aimed at
understanding the perspectives of MCM’s distributors and soliciting
their input.