Culture Change Can Drive Growth, Profit Gains Daily Herald Article Features Paul Vragel of 4aBetterBusiness

Evanston, IL, September 18, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Evanston, IL-based 4aBetterBusiness, a leading consultant that helps clients cut core costs, improve productivity, raise market share and increase profits and growth, is profiled through an interview with Paul Vragel, President, in a September 8, 2014 Daily Herald (Chicago) newspaper article “Culture Change Can Drive Growth, Profit Gains.” The article highlights 4aBetterBusiness’s use of a collaborative, process approach to rapidly implement improvements, develop immediate, enthusiastic engagement, increase execution and change capabilities, and rapidly create an improvement-seeking culture to increase profits and growth. Article link: http://tinyurl.com/mb83gom

“Start with the employees closest to the work,” says Vragel. “Sustainable change can begin to happen in 30-60 days.” Results with 4aBetterBusiness clients (privately held companies and units of Fortune 500 companies including Goodrich, Dover, Magna and Itochu) include:
· 30% increase in earnings within 6 months, without layoffs or capital expenditure
· Developed operating capabilities that opened new markets, increasing sales 20-200%
· Implemented flexible/scalable processes that supported doubling of sales and tripling of profit in 18 months, without additions to management and support staff
· Reduced product development and introduction time by months
· Used "Lean Everywhere" systems to achieve, within 1 year, first business with Toyota
· Record numbers of employee “Perfect Attendance” awards
· Increased company valuation 75% within 18 months in sale of company to Fortune 500 buyer