Webinar | The Leadership Odyssey: Transforming Cost Management Into Competitive Advantage
For decades, cost management has been fragmented across various frameworks, each focusing on a narrow aspect of business operations. Professional bodies such as AACE, PMI, and ICEC emphasize investment decisions, while methodologies like ABC, ZBB, and Lean Six Sigma drive operational efficiency. However, these approaches remain siloed, leaving executives without a comprehensive strategy to integrate cost management into overall business leadership.
This session introduces the Cost Management Excellence Framework (CMEF)—a transformational, leadership-driven model that unifies cost management as a strategic enabler of long-term resilience and competitive advantage. CMEF moves beyond traditional cost-cutting methods, positioning cost management as a proactive tool for financial agility, innovation, and sustainable shareholder returns.
Key takeaways:
- a new paradigm for cost management: moving beyond cost-cutting to strategic cost leadership
- business applications of CMEF: how companies can integrate cost management into strategic decision-making, enhance operational efficiency, foster innovation, and incorporate sustainability
- case studies and research evidence: lessons from corporate successes and failures
This session will be held through ON24.
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About the presenter
Gagandeep Issar, P.Eng., is a seasoned cost management and project controls professional with extensive leadership experience in major ($100M+) and mega($5B+) projects in project services, construction management, and cost engineering across major organizations like LNG Canada, Shell, and Jacobs Engineering.
Passionate about enhancing the competitiveness of capital projects in process industries, he applies rigorous research and structured methodologies to guide strategic investment and operational decisions. As a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, he contributes to business research and insights, with his work featured in international conferences and industry publications. He serves on the Board of Trustees for Sikh Society Calgary and is the founder of Gurnoor Inc., a boutique management consulting firm.
