A turnaround is not about saving the business you have.
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It's about creating the business that deserves to survive.
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A turnaround is not about saving the business you have. --- It's about creating the business that deserves to survive. ---
Turnaround Framework for Executive Leaders
Learn how to recognise problems early and lead organisations through uncertainty with confidence.
Executive Education
This practical two-day executive education programme provides experienced leaders with a structured framework for diagnosing problems, protecting cash, developing recovery plans and making confident commercial decisions during periods of pressurised change.
Level:
Executive Education
CPD Certification
Duration:
2 Days
9 am to 5 pm each day
Next Dates:
2nd to 3rd December 2026
14th to 15th April 2027
Location:
Dundee, Scotland
Investment:
£1,275 plus VAT
Every business faces challenges.
Business challenges rarely appear overnight. Declining profitability, cash-flow pressure, operational inefficiencies, and changing markets often develop gradually before becoming business-threatening.
The difference between successful organisations and those that fail is rarely luck. It's the quality and speed of the decisions made when circumstances change.
Business turnarounds are not simply about reducing costs.
They're about understanding what is really happening, protecting cash, rebuilding confidence and making commercially sound decisions that give the organisation the greatest opportunity to succeed.
Sometimes that means returning the business to growth. Sometimes it means recognising that another path is the better commercial decision.
The hardest business decisions are rarely financial.
They are usually leadership decisions.
Why is this programme different?
Many turnaround programmes focus on crisis management.
This programme focuses on strategic leadership.
Built on real-world turnaround experience, you'll learn how experienced executives assess struggling businesses, separate symptoms from root causes, prioritise actions, and make difficult commercial decisions with confidence.
This programme is not about theory.
It's about developing the confidence and judgement needed to lead organisations through uncertainty.
Executive education should change the way you think.
Business recovery isn't about reacting faster. It's about understanding problems more clearly.
This programme combines cash-focused finance, operational thinking, and executive leadership to provide a practical framework applicable to organisations of all sizes.
What you'll learn
This programme provides a practical framework for leading organisations through challenge, change and recovery.
Together we'll explore:
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Identify the early indicators of commercial, operational and financial decline before they become business-threatening.
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Separate symptoms from root causes and understand what is really preventing the business from performing. Assess internal versus external factors, what can be controlled and what cannot.
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Protect liquidity, preserve working capital and create the financial breathing space needed to make good decisions.
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Develop a practical recovery plan that focuses resources where they will have the greatest commercial impact.
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Identify the actions that will deliver the fastest improvements in performance, profitability and cash generation.
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Lead with clarity, resilience and confidence while maintaining trust during periods of uncertainty and change.
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Communicate effectively with employees, customers, suppliers, lenders, investors and shareholders throughout the turnaround process. Know your
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Understand the legal responsibilities that arise during periods of business difficulty, including employment law, directors' duties, contracts and insolvency considerations. Learn when specialist legal, financial and professional advice should be sought to protect both the business and those responsible for leading it.
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Control the cash, restructure, strengthen commercial performance, rebuild organisational capability and create the foundations for long-term success.
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Understand how experienced leaders assess whether a turnaround remains commercially viable, explore the available options and make difficult decisions with confidence when recovery is no longer the right path.
Who should attend?
This programme is designed for senior leaders responsible for improving business performance, leading organisational change and making difficult commercial decisions.
It is particularly valuable for:
Business Owners
Managing Directors
Chief Executive Officers
Finance Directors
Commercial Directors
Operations Directors
General Managers
Board Members
Investors
Business Advisors
Future Executive Leaders
No specialist turnaround experience is required.
By the end of the programme you'll be able to...
✔ Recognise the early warning signs of business decline.
✔ Diagnose commercial, financial and operational problems more effectively.
✔ Prioritise actions during periods of uncertainty.
✔ Protect cash and improve business resilience.
✔ Build practical turnaround strategies.
✔ Lead organisations confidently through change.
✔ Communicate effectively with key stakeholders.
✔ Make difficult commercial decisions with greater confidence.
✔ Understand when recovery remains viable—and when a different course of action is in the best interests of the business.
Meet your programme leader
Heather Ogilvie
Heather Ogilvie is a former Group Strategist, Chief Financial Officer, and Chartered Accountant, an International Turnaround Specialist and Executive Advisor with more than thirty years' experience helping organisations transform, grow, and improve commercial performance.
A Financial Times Women in Business Mentor and founder of the charity MoneyMinds Scotland SCIO, Heather is passionate about helping people build confidence with money and understand how businesses really work. She has taught hundreds of people about business, finance and commercial decision-making, and is known for explaining complex concepts in simple, practical and memorable ways.
Heather believes finance shouldn't be intimidating. It should give people the confidence to ask better questions, make better decisions, and contribute more effectively to both their organisation's and their own personal success.
Why Ogilvie Business School?
At Ogilvie Business School, all education is delivered by experienced practitioners who have led organisations, solved real business challenges and understand what it takes to create lasting commercial success.
Our programmes combine practical experience with structured learning, giving participants knowledge they can apply immediately within their own organisations.
We believe great executive education doesn't simply increase knowledge.
It changes the way you think.
Why Choose This Programme
Learn from a former Group CFO, Chartered Accountant, and international turnaround specialist who has successfully led business recoveries, restructuring programmes, and organisational transformations across multi-international businesses.
✓ Practical turnaround frameworks built on real executive experience.
✓ Develop commercial judgement during periods of uncertainty.
✓ Learn how successful leaders diagnose problems and prioritise action.
✓ Immediate workplace application.
✓ Small executive cohort.
✓ CPD Certificate on successful completion.
✓ Membership of the Ogilvie Business School Alumni Network.
Programme Fee
£1,275 plus VAT
Your programme fee includes:
Two full days of expert teaching
Course materials
Refreshments and lunch
Certificate of Completion
Membership of the Ogilvie Business Alumni Network, with access to networking opportunities, programme updates and exclusive alumni offers
Ready to lead with confidence through uncertainty?
Whether you're leading a struggling organisation, supporting transformation or simply want to strengthen your ability to manage uncertainty, this programme will change how you think about business recovery.
Join us in Dundee for two practical days that will change how you approach business turnaround and organisational recovery.