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"Energizing People to Release Hidden Potential"

Robert (Bob) Petruska delivers measurable results to clients in Office, Manufacturing and Operations. With hands on team facilitation experience in Finance, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Aerospace, Automotive, Food, Healthcare arenas, Bob knows how to bring out the best in your people. Team-building is not the objective - it is the outcome of high performing teams.

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March 24, 2015

“Corporate Innovation” Highlights

Just one day after Charlotte’s big ice storm, a group of 24 professionals from Charlotte area Businesses actively participated an…

by Bob Petruska
November 19, 2014

Simon Sinek

Simon delivered an absolutely fabulous keynote speech at the AME Conference. From an anthropological point of view we…

by Bob Petruska
November 18, 2014

How fast can you get out of the way?

“BOOM!” From the very first opening comment, Billy Ray Taylor captivated our complete attention. His stories were riveting as they…

by Bob Petruska
November 18, 2014

Creative Disruption with Erik Wahl

“Creativity is the new corporate capital”, Erik Wahl delivered an awesome Keynote at AME Conference in Jacksonville.  He started by…

by Bob Petruska

Presentations

Lean Agile Open Reflections "Lean Agile Open was an amazing…January 22, 2015

Pizza Game Value Stream WorkshopLooking forward to presenting at AME Annual Conference in Jacksonville on November 14, 2014.  Here…September 27, 2014

ASQ Spring ConferenceHonored to present at ASQ Spring Conference with Mick Wilz, Kevin Divine, August 6, 2014

AME Jacksonville November 10-14, 2014HUGE honor! AME Jacksonville 2014 just accepted my workshop!!! Thank you all for helping me…August 6, 2014

Business Performance

“Corporate Innovation” Highlights

by Bob Petruska

Just one day after Charlotte’s big ice storm, a group of 24 professionals from Charlotte area Businesses actively participated an hour-long hands-on experiment on Innovation. The atmosphere could be described as fun, engaging and thought-provoking. By having such a diverse group of people in one room with the objective to come up with creative solutions to design challenges, we noticed two major themes emerge. The first big surprise came from a very simple exercise called the “tower game”. Groups of four to six people were simply instructed to use three sheets of paper to create a tower, and the tallest freestanding tower would win. It required people to think outside the box and the learning moment was that we may be unnecessarily constraining our thinking. While some teams were way ahead of the challenge; and solutions such as writing the “tallest tower” on a piece of paper, and even Peter holding his paper above his head while standing on a chair, most people focused on folding the paper so it would stand in columns without…

March 24, 2015
Business Performance, Latest

How to get a “Seat at the Table”

by Bob Petruska

Recently I attended an ISPI event with an awesome panel in Charlotte including thought leaders: Michael Bland, Greg Flickinger, Phil Everhardt, and John Heun. Let’s start by asking questions and then offer a few suggestions: Who is your competition?  Yes, even though you are working full time as an employee in an organization, who is out there that could replace you in a minute?  To be recession proof, you must be seen as an investment to be leveraged, not a cost to be avoided. Here are some questions to ask yourself: Are you serving your organization like it is your biggest and best customer? How well are you following up with your internal customers? Whatever you do, does it build results (ROI)? What is the real business problem or goal?  What do your internal stakeholders want to accomplish, and how can you assist? What is your own value?  Your unique strength (superpower)? Which behavior changes are needed? How do you expect those behavior changes will lead to business results? How will you measure yourself? Did…

January 11, 2015
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The Lean Handbook

Published by Bob Petruska

This comprehensive handbook covers all the topics included such as cultural enablers, continuous process improvement, consistent lean enterprise culture, and business results. Written by a team of lean experts…

August 6, 2014
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Gemba Walk for Service Excellence

Published by Bob Petruska

A step-by-step Guide for Identifying Service Delighters guides readers on a journey towards organizational effectiveness that supports a culture of service excellence. It provides a fresh perspective on how…

August 6, 2014
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