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Chris Scherer

Chris Scherer

Chris is a transformation leader with over 25 years of experience driving significant value and mitigating risks across a broad range of industries and functions. With a track record of generating more than $450 million in savings, he has excelled in both challenging and thriving environments within small businesses, mid-market firms, and Fortune 500 companies. A dual-degree graduate of Thunderbird and ESADE, Chris started his career at Arthur Andersen and progressed through roles from Corporate Audit to Global Human Resources at various Fortune 500 firms. He played a pivotal role in growing AArete, a global management consultancy, where he led initiatives that significantly reduced non-labor costs and improved compliance processes. An advocate for sustainable community initiatives, Chris was a founding member of a nonprofit focused on creating bicycle-friendly communities in New Jersey.

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Profitless Prosperity (part 5): When Cost Pressure Breaks Relationships

Economic pressure doesn’t usually destroy organizations overnight.

Profitless Prosperity (part 4): Becoming Non-Discretionary in a Discretionary World

Every recession reshuffles the same deck.

Profitless Prosperity (part 2): Why Cost Vigilance Is a Leadership Discipline - Not a Finance Exercise

When margins start to erode, the reflexive response is predictable.

Profitless Prosperity (part 1): Why Growth Alone Won’t Save Your Business

Most business leaders are conditioned to watch one number first: revenue.

Beyond the Blueprint (Part 5): Why Leadership Capacity Determines Execution - and Cost

By the time organizations reach a certain level of maturity, most of the obvious problems have been addressed.

Beyond the Blueprint (Part 4): Building a Leadership Bench Before You Need It

Most leadership teams don’t realize they have a leadership bench problem until growth starts to hurt.

Beyond the Blueprint (Part 3): Why Adding People Doesn’t Fix a Leadership Bottleneck

When growth stalls, the most common response is simple:

Beyond the Blueprint (Part 2): When the Real Bottleneck Is Leadership Capacity

Most leadership teams don’t think they have a leadership bench problem.

Beyond the Blueprint (Part 1): Leadership Bench or Leadership Bottleneck?

Most leadership teams don’t think they have a leadership bench problem.

Part 7: What If It Doesn't Work

This is the question most leaders don’t ask out loud.