EnClean: The Story of Malcolm Waddell (A) The end of this case is very interesting. A secret meeting and a council decision against the person I thought they were going to get rid of. Getting rid of Tim doesn't really solve the problem, in fact I think it weakens the company. Malcolm's strength isn't running the day-to-day business, and that's what Tim was quite good at. Malcolm creating this new operational plan will be a struggle for him and perhaps won't solve any of the problems the company currently faces, and he will most likely find himself out of a job, just like his friend Tim. But his biggest mistake probably wasn't abandoning Tim. Sometimes things just don't work out and it's time to move on to greener pastures. In this case, Malcolm worked well with Tim, because there was a level of trust, there was a level of dedication. Without Tim, I don't think Malcolm can get the company out of the current downturn. The operational plan will have to involve a massive change of direction, with many changes to the current structure of the operating divisions, the current sales departments and the integration of all acquisitions over time. Of course, developing such a document is not an easy task; Let's see if I can put something together, as well as point out some missteps the company has made. I find the acquisitions to have been good buys in all respects, broadening the overall scope of the company's services, into new technologies and what not. But their lack of integration and the push to convince them to adhere to the EnClean ideal has not been very positive; they simply focused too much on the short-term gains of the current people running the acquired companies instead of bringing in management that would do the job properly. What they ended up with was a waste of time and money, which would have been better spent making the acquired company better fit the look and feel of the service EnClean had set up. I also think they've started to accelerate on some purchases, like the acquisition of AlphaChem. Why they didn't realize or at least consider that they are not a distribution company and that AlphaChem doesn't have a clear strategy is beyond me.