Andrew Rush
Vistage Speaker | Executive Vice President – Carpedia International | TEC Canada Speaker
Andrew has delivered hundreds of speaking and training engagements across North America and has been featured in Forbes, webinars, and podcasts for both North American and European audiences. With a track record of improving financial results through team collaboration, KPI optimization, and leadership development, Andrew has worked in turnaround situations and led companies recognized as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Privately Owned Companies. His career spans roles such as Vice President of Operations, Sales, General Manager, and President in industries like building materials, aluminum, and construction. Returning to Carpedia in 2017, Andrew also dedicates time to coaching life skills to his three children, his most challenging audience.
Andrew Rush
Vistage Speaker | Executive Vice President – Carpedia International | TEC Canada Speaker
Andrew has delivered hundreds of speaking and training engagements across North America and has been featured in Forbes, webinars, and podcasts for both North American and European audiences. With a track record of improving financial results through team collaboration, KPI optimization, and leadership development, Andrew has worked in turnaround situations and led companies recognized as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Privately Owned Companies. His career spans roles such as Vice President of Operations, Sales, General Manager, and President in industries like building materials, aluminum, and construction. Returning to Carpedia in 2017, Andrew also dedicates time to coaching life skills to his three children, his most challenging audience.
Andrew’s Topics
Business plans often fail because they are unrealistic, created in isolation, or lack communication about how each person contributes to the overall goals. Even well-built plans struggle with execution, contributing to the fact that 70% of businesses fail to meet their annual operating plans. To achieve your business plan, you must focus on three concepts: creating a realistic plan by identifying areas for improvement, gaining employee buy-in and alignment to ensure organizational support, and instilling accountability and a culture of execution through intentional leadership actions, effective communication, and improved management tools.
Getting the right Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and displaying them in a simple, impactful way can significantly improve a company’s bottom-line results. However, many companies struggle with having too many or too few KPIs, questionable accuracy, or ineffective display and frequency. To create effective KPIs and use them in a world-class dashboard, you need to understand where organizations commonly fail, what to measure to drive performance while aligning with business goals, and how to display the KPIs in a way that ensures adoption and effectiveness. We’ll share a model for selecting the right KPIs and best practices for creating impactful dashboards, backed by examples from world-class companies.
Business leaders understand that achieving predictable results is challenging due to alignment issues in performance management, leadership behaviors, and conflicting value systems. Organizational alignment is the leader’s ability to optimize team performance, increase profitability, and improve execution. To align your team, you must focus on three key concepts: Numbers, which involves setting a singular business goal and aligning individual goals through KPIs; Behaviors, which emphasizes training managers in active problem-solving and accountability; and Beliefs, which ensures core values are visible and integrated into business meetings to strengthen alignment and reinforce company culture.
