Graeme Deans

Renowned Expert on Strategy, and Mergers and Acquisitions

Execution - Turning Strategy Into Tangible Results

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When it comes to business strategy, there are few consultants with the same vision and world-spanning experience (North America, Europe, Asia) as Graeme Deans. An expert on the effects of mergers on your business, Deans helps take much of the uncertainty out of the changing business climate. His consulting specialties include business and marketing strategy, organizational design and effectiveness, and, especially, mergers and acquisitions.

In his talks, Deans shows you that in business, success is 90% execution and 10% strategy, not vice-versa. For leaders, developing a strategy or making an acquisition is the easy part; realizing tangible business results is the real challenge. Why is turning strategy into reality so hard? Because, Deans says, most business leaders underestimate how difficult it is to get their organization and their people to implement and execute successfully. He draws from his experience advising senior executives at companies all over the world -- North America, Asia and Europe -- to describe implementation challenges facing companies today, and offers down-to-earth, pragmatic advice about how to break through them to achieve the results you are striving for.

Deans is the co-author of the award-winning business book Winning The Merger Endgame and STRETCH! How Great Companies Grow In Good Times And Bad. He is a vice president of A.T. Kearney, the global management consulting firm. He also leads their North American Strategy management consulting practice, serves as Chairman of their Canadian office, and was formerly the Managing Director of operations across Southeast Asia and India.

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No Excuses Growth

Graeme K. Deans has heard every excuse possible to explain why a company is not able to grow. But in Graeme's experience as a top consultant for AT Kearney, there are few excuses that hold true: external contingencies are not what limit growth -- internal attitude is. How can your company get the right mindset? It's time to listen to what Graeme has to say. Using a speech peppered with anecdotal evidence from real companies, Graeme will show you which strategies worked and which didn't. His consulting work has allowed him to evaluate companies of every shape and size and to extrapolate the method that works for everyone from the smallest local business to the leading multinationals. Growth leaders have one thing in common and Graeme can tell you what that is. Bring Graeme Deans in today to find out how you can achieve the growth that will allow you to thrive in any economic climate.

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