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Business Turnaround podcast

Business Turnaround

Welcome to ”Business Turnaround,” your go-to podcast for insightful strategies on managing companies in decline or distress. Hosted by Marek Niedzwiedz, a leading hands-on turnaround investor in SMEs, this podcast delves into the critical aspects of business recovery. Tailored for blue-collar industries, this podcast is ideal for business owners, consultants, and aspiring entrepreneurs. ”Business Turnaround” provides the knowledge and tools you need to navigate challenging times and drive your

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03:37

Too Close to See the Bleeding

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/08/14

It’s something I see in almost every struggling blue-collar business I walk into. The owner is usually hard-working. Loyal. Respected by the team. But they’re also too close – emotionally and operationally – to see where the real problems lie. It’s like living next to a slow gas leak. You stop noticing the smell, until the spark comes.

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03:08

When Loyalty Becomes a Liability

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2025/08/07

Loyalty is a value we’re taught to respect. Be loyal to your staff. Your customers. Your suppliers. Your old ways of working. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: In turnaround situations, loyalty can kill you.

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03:30

The Real Reason Your Staff Don’t Care And What to Do...

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/07/31

If you’ve been in business long enough, you’ve had that moment. You walk through the workshop, or the warehouse, or the site, and you think, “Where’s the fire in people’s eyes? Where’s the pride? Why am I the only one who seems to give a damn about this company?”

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03:21

Your Profit Isn’t Missing — It’s Bleeding Out

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/07/24

One of the most dangerous things in business isn’t a big crisis. It’s the quiet, creeping loss of margin that looks small on paper — but adds up to disaster. And if you run a blue-collar business, where cost control and delivery are everything, this should keep you up at night.

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03:04

Slow Down to Speed Up: Why Chaos Is Costing You Profit

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/07/17

If you're running a blue-collar business, you know the drill. The phone won’t stop ringing, deadlines are brutal, and you’re always three hires short. But here’s the truth: chaos is expensive. And worse, it’s invisible until it's too late. Most distressed businesses I step into have one thing in common: they’re addicted to speed. Rushing to quote. Rushing to deliver. That’s not momentum. That’s mismanagement in disguise.

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03:15

When Growth Becomes a Trap: Rebuilding Smarter, Not...

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/07/10

Growth can be a gift. But it can also be a trap, especially for blue-collar businesses where the pressure to take on every job, say yes to every opportunity, or underbid to win market share can break the very core of the company.

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03:48

The Ego Trap: How Pride Kills Turnarounds

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/07/03

In nearly every business turnaround I’ve led, ego has been one of the biggest barriers to success. Not market conditions. Not lack of funding. Not even competition. It’s leaders who can’t get out of their own way. When your company is in decline, your ego is not your friend. In fact, it’s probably your biggest liability.

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03:58

Burning Platform: Why Rock Bottom Can Be Your Launchpad

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2025/06/26

In the world of turnarounds, nothing drives action like pain. And I don’t mean minor discomfort—I’m talking about real, undeniable, existential threat. The burning platform. That moment when staying where you are is no longer an option. Most businesses drift into trouble. Slowly. Soft decline. A missed target here. A cash flow squeeze there. Blame gets passed around. Excuses are made. And by the time leadership realises the real danger, the fire’s already licking the floorboards.

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03:11

Stop Firefighting, Start Leading

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/06/19

Every struggling business I walk into has one thing in common: everyone’s busy. Phones ringing, machines breaking, orders running late, customers shouting. The MD is running from one fire to the next - plugging holes, fixing chaos, answering questions they shouldn’t even be involved in. But here’s the real problem: when you’re always fighting fires, you never get to build the fireproof system. And that’s where leadership comes in.

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03:42

Fire Yourself First: The Real Start of a Business...

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/06/12

When your business is in trouble — cash is tight, team morale is low, clients are slipping away — your first instinct might be to blame external forces. The economy. The market. Your staff. Maybe even luck. But the real turnaround starts inside the mind of the leader. That’s where the bleeding either stops or continues.

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04:20

Why More Sales Won’t Save You. The Profitability...

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/06/05

In a struggling business, chasing more revenue without fixing your margins is like pouring water into a bucket full of holes. You’ll work harder, sell more, stress more — and still sink. Sales feel like momentum. Sales keep the machines running, the phones ringing, the invoices flowing.But here’s the hard truth — revenue without profit is just busy work.

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05:01

How to Align Your Team in a Turnaround

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2025/05/29

In nearly every turnaround I’ve led, there’s one consistent truth — the old rules no longer work.But the team? They’re often still playing by them. When your company enters a downturn, everything shifts — cash is tighter, priorities change, and urgency goes up tenfold. But if your people are still operating like it’s business as usual, you’ve got a serious disconnect. And that’s dangerous.

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04:26

Firing Clients to Save Your Business

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/05/22

If you reviewed all your clients today—every contract, every recurring order, every long-standing relationship—how many of them are truly helping you move forward? And how many are quietly dragging you down? This is one of the hardest but most critical truths in turnaround work: not all revenue is good revenue.

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04:27

Speed Over Perfection. How Quick Action Saves Companies

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/05/15

If there’s one thing I’ve learned after years of turning around businesses—from logistics to retail to homecare—it’s this: speed beats strategy when you’re in trouble. In normal times, it’s okay to debate. To polish the PowerPoint. To wait until you have 90% of the data. But in a turnaround? That luxury is gone. Delay is the enemy. If you wait for the perfect plan, you’ll miss the window for any plan to work...

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04:08

Why Stakeholder Trust Is Your Most Valuable...

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/05/08

When your business is in trouble—sales dropping, costs rising, cash getting tight—your first instinct might be to cut, freeze, or fight. But here’s a turnaround truth most leaders miss: your biggest asset isn’t what’s on your balance sheet. It’s the trust of your stakeholders.

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04:41

How Refocusing Can Save Your Business

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/05/01

In a turnaround, it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking the answer is just more effort. Work harder. Push sales more. Squeeze costs harder. But in reality, when a business starts slipping, it’s often because the very strategy it's built on no longer fits the market. The world has moved. Customer needs have shifted. Competitors have evolved. And you? You might be selling the right product… to the wrong customer… or delivering it in a way that doesn’t make sense anymore. That’s where Strategic

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03:46

Leading Through the Storm

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/04/24

In the early stages of decline, most leaders freeze. They wait, they hope, they delay hard decisions. And in doing so, they surrender the steering wheel. But a business in trouble needs the exact opposite—it needs someone who grabs the wheel, decides the destination, and gets everyone on board with urgency and clarity.

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03:06

Reviving Cash Flow

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/04/17

When a business is struggling, cash flow is often the first alarm bell that rings. It’s not just a number on a spreadsheet—it’s the oxygen your company needs to survive and thrive. Without a stable flow of cash, even the best products, the strongest customer relationships, and the most innovative ideas can’t keep your business afloat.

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04:29

Changing from Within: Culture and Process in a...

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/04/10

I’ve worked with plenty of struggling companies—some in manufacturing, others in care, retail, logistics—you name it. And one truth always shows up: turning around a business isn’t just about fixing the numbers. It’s about shifting the culture and the internal systems that allowed the decline to happen in the first place.

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04:39

The Answers Are Already in Your Business

Business Turnaround podcast ·

2025/04/03

When a business starts struggling, there’s often a rush to hire consultants, spend money on reports, or brainstorm high-level strategies in a room full of executives. And don’t get me wrong - those things can help. But too often, the people who really know what’s going wrong are the ones who are never invited to those meetings - the forklift driver, the machine operator, the warehouse supervisor, the customer service rep who deals with client complaints all day long.

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