Turned Around!® by Excelliance

Where the proof is in the execution!

We see ourselves as an alliance of top industrial executives with the objective of delivering excellence for our clients – both in the development of strategies and in the implementation of measures for turnaround situations, transformations, and performance improvement programs.

Experts for Transformation & Turnaround Management

CONTEXT

Transformations and turnarounds today rarely fail due to a lack of insight.
They fail due to execution under pressure.

In large industrial organizations, strategy, operational reality, capital structure, stakeholder interests, and governance collide simultaneously. Traditional consulting models, fragmented interim solutions, or purely financial restructurings fall short in these situations—not because of a lack of intelligence, but because of a lack of orchestration and accountability.

Turned Around!® by Excelliance was created precisely to close this gap.
Not as a new offering, but as a system developed from nearly 25 years of hands-on transformation and turnaround work in industrial and automotive environments—across publicly listed industrial corporations and mid-sized manufacturing companies, and over more than 180 international projects.

The development of this system is closely tied to the operational work of Rüdiger Tibbe.
Historically, mandates and revenues were managed across multiple brands and entities, including TibbePartners, Rüdiger Tibbe Unternehmensberatung, Tibbe & Partners, and Excelliance Management Partners GmbH.

With the deliberate addition of new partners and the build-out of a scalable leadership system, all mandates are now being consistently consolidated under the Excelliance umbrella. The objective is clear operational accountability, unified governance, and full transparency regarding responsibility and execution.

The logic is straightforward and uncompromising:
When time, cash, and trust become scarce, what is required is seniority, clear leadership, decision-making authority—and, in certain situations, the willingness to assume responsibility extending into ownership and capital matters.
Turned Around!® by Excelliance brings this understanding together for the first time in an integrated leadership and execution system.
Not to explain transformation—but to master it.

SERVICE OFFERING

Turned Around!® by Excelliance is a leadership operating system for transformation and turnaround in large industrial organizations and mid-sized, family-owned companies.

The system integrates five elements that do not operate sequentially, but are led end-to-end under unified leadership:

  • Turned Around!®  Taskforces
     Operational execution by hand-selected, interdisciplinary top managers from industry.

  • Turned Around!® Executives on Demand
    Temporary line responsibility in situations where leadership gaps are blocking execution.

  • Turned Around!® Academy
    Building decision-making and execution capabilities for companies and entrepreneurs in transformation and turnaround management.

  • Turned Around!® Insights You Can Act On
    Continuous peer-level exchange on transformation and turnaround topics through curated formats such as podcasts, newsletters, events, and invitation-only C-level roundtables.

  • Turned Around!® Enduring Industrial Investments
    Selective capital or ownership involvement when governance or financing becomes a prerequisite for execution.

The difference lies not in ambition, but in the mechanics:
Strategy, stakeholder dialogue, financial viability, operational performance, and governance are steered in parallel. Accountability is clearly assigned. Impact is measurable.

The result:
Speed, control, and execution certainty—even under extreme time and cash pressure.

Turned Around!® Taskforces

Taskforces are interdisciplinary teams deliberately assembled from proven industry experts.

They are typically CRO- or CTO-led units with clear accountability for results.

Turned Around!® Taskforces are deployed when transformation or turnaround initiatives must be actively led and decisively executed. They consist of interdisciplinary industry experts from strategy, stakeholder alignment, operations, and finance, working together as a tightly coordinated team.

The focus is on transformation and turnaround management: stabilization, operational realignment, performance improvement, and governance under pressure.
Taskforces do not replace the organization—they lead it through critical phases.

 

Turned Around!® Executives on Demand

Executives on Demand are deployed where targeted leadership or negotiation expertise is required.

This segment addresses special cases and exceptional situations in which individual, highly specialized executives are needed—on a temporary basis and with a clearly defined mandate.

Typical areas of engagement include:

  • Refinancing processes and financing negotiatio
  • Negotiations with banks, customers, suppliers, or employee representatives
  • Stalled or critical supply chain situations
  • Escalated claims, as well as contract and liability matters

Executives on Demand operate either in support of Taskforces or as focused, stand-alone interventions—always embedded within the overall logic of Turned Around!®.

Turned Around!® Engine Room Academy – Workshops, Coaching & Sparring

The Engine Room Academy for organizations.

It is deployed:

  • post-project, to stabilize achieved progress and embed results sustainably
  • alongside ongoing projects, to deliberately strengthen leadership, methodology, and execution capabilities

The Academy supports companies in systematically building transformation and turnaround capabilities—not as isolated interventions, but in a structured and scalable way.

Turned Around!® Engine Room Academy – Masterclasses & Almuni

The Engine Room Academy for the next Gen CROs/CTOs, experienced industrial executives, and entrepreneurs.

The programs are designed for leaders who assume responsibility in transformation or turnaround situations—or who are preparing deliberately for such roles.

Die Masterclasses are designed at Business-School-Level and combine:

  • In-person classroom formats
  • Online modules
  • A structured knowledge repository
  • Mentoring by experienced industry and turnaround experts

In addition, the Academy establishes a dedicated alumni structure, including:

  • Regular alumni gatherings for professional exchange
  • Ongoing participation in selected Academy events
  • Access to new content, formats, and curated discussion forums

The objective is not certification, but sustained decision-making and execution capability under pressure.

Turned Around!® Insights You Can Act On

Insights You Can Act On consolidates decision-relevant knowledge on transformation and turnaround management.

This segments includes:

  • The Turned Around!® Podcast
  • A newsletter featuring focused, practice-relevant topics
  • Regular regional gatherings for exchange with industry and subject-matter experts

These are complemented by closed formats, including:

  • Small-group events
  • Invitation-only sessions
  • Confidential exchanges at decision-maker level

The focus is not on opinions or trends, but on context, experience, and consequence.

Turned Around!® Enduring Industrial Investments

Enduring Industrial Investments enable targeted equity or capital participation in special industrial situations.

Through the structure of Turned Around!®, we are able to combine operational expertise, leadership, and capital when companies have entered distress while still offering genuine growth potential.

The investment focus includes:

  • Near-insolvency and insolvent companies
  • Succession situations
  • Industrial carve-outs

Investments are made selectively, with a long-term horizon and clear governance structures.
Operational responsibility and investment logic are strictly separated to avoid conflicts of interest.