Program content
The stark reality of modern business is that the average corporation has a short life expectancy. Even today’s most recognizable and successful corporations are likely to face organizational challenges that will threaten their survival at some point in the future. Based on firsthand experience and supported by detailed case studies, Robert Rudzki’s Beat the Odds principles can help you avoid slipping from leader to follower to roadkill in today’s tangled and volatile business environment. Notes Lee Iacocca: "Beat the Odds is the playbook every manager should read to be sure of winning beyond the next few quarters."
Learning Objectives
Rudzki, author of Beat the Odds, presents a nine-part, integrated framework for long-term business success. The framework places as much emphasis on little-discussed qualitative elements such as purpose and a get-it-done bias for action as it does on quantitative metrics. Fundamentally a leadership framework, this seminar challenges participants to consider the strengths and weaknesses of their own organizations.
In this Web seminar, Rudzki will discuss principles for organizational survival:
- A nine-element framework for organizational survival and long-term success.
- Examination of the natural shift to managing complexity.
- Discussion of the need to focus on leading for the future.
- Case studies of companies that have succeeded and those that have failed.
- How to respond to the classic “yes, but …” pushback that resonates throughout most organizations.
Participant level of understanding
This seminar is for business executives who understand that the long-term viability of an organization is more than just about strategy and metrics – it’s about core business principles and looking beyond the next few quarters. This seminar will benefit leaders tasked with developing company strategy and ensuring tactical execution.
Who Should Attend?
Senior executives responsible for making strategic decisions. CFOs, Controllers Managers or Directors accountable for both operational performance and achieving strategic objectives Coordinator of a project-based improvement program such as MBO or TQM.
About Robert A. Rudzki
Robert A. Rudzki is President of Greybeard Advisors LLC, an advisory firm. Rudzki also serves on the board of directors of a privacy-software company and is a member of the advisory boards of several companies. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and management meetings.
Rudzki has more than 25 years of leadership experience across several industries. He has personally led several business transformation efforts that resulted in significant enhancements in corporate performance.
Prior to founding Greybeard Advisors in 2004, Rudzki served as Senior Vice President of Materials Management and Chief Procurement Officer for Bayer Corp. At Bayer, he led a nationally recognized transformation that generated significant improvements in costs and working capital. Prior to Bayer, he was an executive at Bethlehem Steel Corp., where he oversaw Bethlehem's global procurement and transportation activities, which were recognized as "top quartile" in a global benchmarking study conducted by A.T. Kearney. His group was recognized by Purchasing magazine as a "Best Place to Work."
In the course of his career, he has held various executive management positions, which included finance, accounting, procurement and logistics, business development, and P&L responsibility – and has interacted with hundreds of companies. He is co-author of the book Straight to the Bottom Line® and author of the business best-seller Beat the Odds: Avoid Corporate Death and Build a Resilient Enterprise.
