While some companies seek answers from external sources, try and fail to adopt another company’s’ successful strategy, world-leading companies work to understand the how and the why, then look inward and carefully adapt best practices to extend an existing or create a new competitive advantage.

By digging deeper, they discover no company’s success is the result of a single best practice strategy, no matter how impactful. Rather world-leading companies—and even just very successful companies—combine a host of complementary strategies uniquely intertwined to become a one-of-a-kind.

Patricia Panchak brings 25 years of researching world-class leadership strategies to help executives translate the power of strategies created at the intersection of three powerful forces--digital technologies, lean management principles, and engaged employees. While each approach can be leveraged individually to create a disruptive competitive advantage, together, they become an unbeatable force.

As the former editor-in-chief of IndustryWeek, Panchak is a widely recognized authority on business management and leadership issues. Through extensive research, she provides a window into the best practices of world-class organizations and provides the knowledge companies need to put the challenge of global competition in perspective. An accomplished storyteller and an animated, articulate speaker, Patricia inspires optimism in her audiences by filling her presentations with an abundance of valuable data and successful case studies. Her recent work focuses on the following critical factors that drive innovation and competitiveness:

• Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies
• Embedding Lean into Your Cultural DNA
• Leveraging Lean and Engaged Employees to Power Your Digital Transformation

Patricia is also often called upon to deliver her one-of-a-kind take on the state of U.S., North American, and/or global manufacturing, a thought-provoking review of current economic data, plus a challenge of the manufacturing myths that impede the growth of companies and countries. Patricia’s talks on global strategy explain how successful U.S. companies are surviving—even thriving—in today’s hyper-competitive, fast-changing, low-cost economy.

An engaging and insightful speaker, Panchak draws upon 20+ years of research, interviews and reporting that reveals the innovative strategies and best practices of the world’s top companies. These strategies and best practices will make an immediate impact on any organization--by cutting costs, boosting productivity and increasing profits—and will set your company on a path to strong sustainable growth.

She can customize any presentation to your organization’s needs – even engaging in sit-down seminars and break-off sessions. Read Less ^