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You don’t need another initiative. You need a culture that knows how to make smart cost decisions — all year long.
By now, you’ve aligned your team. You’ve launched structured negotiations. You’ve secured early wins.
If the goal is long-term cost leadership, a few quick wins aren’t enough.
A well-packaged ask is powerful. But power without follow-through is just noise.
When it comes to cost reduction, most leaders think their biggest challenge is pricing.
The strategy was clear. The execution plan was sharp. Leadership was aligned.
In Part 3, we tackled task-level accountability—how leaders assign the “A” and the “R” so that follow-through actually...
This is Part 3 of our From Alignment to Action series:
The tension wasn’t obvious at first.
This is Part 3 of our leadership communication series, using the airline metaphor to explore how leaders guide teams...