Cost reduction workshop for leadership teams
Cost reduction workshop: savings your teams find, own and deliver
Our cost reduction workshop creates room to invest without damaging what drives growth. Leadership sets a clear savings target and the guardrails. Cross-functional teams then find, size and commit to the savings, so the numbers show up in the P&L and stay there.
What your team leaves with
How it works
How the cost reduction workshop works
Three phases: a short preparation, two days in the room and 90 days of guided delivery. The plan is a proposal – in the briefing we adapt it to your situation and agree how you will measure success after the cost reduction workshop.
Phase 1 · Prepare
Target, baseline and guardrails
A prep session with the CEO and CFO: savings target, timeframe and the costs that protect growth. Finance prepares a simple baseline by cost pool.
Phase 2 · Workshop
Two days that end in commitments
The leadership team aligns on target and guardrails. Selected people from all functions and levels find the savings where the costs actually arise.
Phase 3 · Deliver
90 days until it shows in the numbers
Savings owners work against milestones and OKRs. A monthly steering meeting tracks the pipeline and removes blockers; the quarterly review closes the loop.
In the room
Two days in the cost reduction workshop
Day one creates a shared view of the costs and a long list of ideas. Day two turns the best ideas into savings with owners. Good costs stay protected throughout.
Is this the right format?
When a cost reduction workshop pays off
- Margins are under pressure and the board expects a credible savings plan.
- Earlier savings rounds cut evenly everywhere and hurt the wrong things.
- You want to free budget for growth, AI or transformation projects.
- Savings ideas exist, but nobody owns them and they do not reach the P&L.
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Who you work with
Two senior partners: strategy and execution in one team
Oliver leads efficiency and change initiatives with analytical clarity; Joern designs the process that brings people from every level into the work. Your team finds the savings, which is why it also delivers them.
Oliver Pasdzior
Partner · Strategy, growth and transformation
Over 15 years in corporate development and strategy execution, formerly an executive at major corporations. Leads growth, efficiency and change initiatives with analytical clarity and a pragmatic feel for the people side.
Joern Steinz
Partner · Facilitation, execution and OKRs
Facilitating leadership teams since 2014, more than 60 OKR engagements and over 1.000 workshops. Formerly a consultant at Accenture and in corporate development at XING. MBA, EADA Business School Barcelona.
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Questions
Questions about the cost reduction workshop
What is a cost reduction workshop?
A cost reduction workshop is a facilitated session in which leadership sets a savings target and guardrails, and cross-functional teams find, size and commit to savings. With us it takes two days, framed by a short preparation and 90 days of guided delivery with owners, milestones and OKRs.
How much can we save?
We do not promise a figure before we have seen your numbers. Leadership sets the target in the preparation phase; the cost reduction workshop builds a sized pipeline of savings to reach it, with one-off costs and risks made visible.
Is this about job cuts?
It is about every cost pool – processes, suppliers, projects, structures. Headcount can be one lever, and if it is, leadership decides it openly. The workshop makes sure good costs that drive growth stay protected.
Who should take part?
The leadership team and selected people from different functions, levels and locations. They know where costs arise and which savings will work in practice – and they help carry the change.
What happens after the two days?
Savings owners start right away. On request we facilitate the monthly steering, track the pipeline with you and run the quarterly review until the savings show in the numbers.
Where does the workshop take place?
At a venue of your choice. We are based in Hamburg and come to wherever your team meets, in English or German.
Next step
Let’s plan your cost reduction workshop
In 30 minutes we find out whether the format fits your situation, who should be in the room, and which dates work.
Write to ushello@stryke-consulting.com · 0049 175 566 4329 · Hamburg
Strategy development and execution · Hamburg