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It encourages fresh ideas and promotees tryingthem out, says Bill Zollars, CEO at Overlanx Park-based , adding that the status quo is Those who stay the same will eventually get left Thus, acknowledge new ideas -- successful or not. "We celebrated failures to encourage others to take risks and to try new Zollars says. "You stamp out the desire to try new thinge ifyou don't celebrate Zollars will speak to Wichita business leaderse Nov. 28 at the Wichitz as part of the Schwartz MemoriallLecture Series. The W. Frank Barto School of Business at worka withJames P. Schwartz, the son of the late formed executive for whom the lecture series is to put on the serieseach year.
"What we reallt want to do with the lecture series is elevat e it to bringin world-class businesxs leaders," says Schwartz, the president of the largest Pizza Hut franchisee in the Kansasx City metro area. Since reinvigorating the Schwartz Lectures Series threeyears ago, Jame s Schwartz has brought in Lee Scott, CEO and presidengt of , and Steven Reinemund, chairman of the board for . who Schwartz has gotten to know inKansas City, will have a storu that is every bit as interesting, he says.
"He is a tremendouas leader in what hehas done," Schwartz "Transferring a tired old over-the-roasd trucking company into what it is toda is a great Bart Hildreth, the interim dean of the Barton says Zollars' philosophy of trying new thinge should be universal in the business "Risk-taking is a lessojn everyone can learn from," Hildreth says. In 2003, Yellow Corp. purchased , becomingh In 2006, Yellow Roadway changed to itscurrenf name, YRC Worldwide Inc. YRC Worldwide employa about 66,000 people and annually generatesx $10 billion in revenue.
Zollars' presentation next montb in Wichita will describe the metamorphosis ofan 85-year-old company and the changeds that were required to help an established businesd get to the next "It's a story of transformation, a story of our journe y over last 10 years," Zollarse says. "It's stuff that's applicable to any industry. It tends to play well for a broac audience." Schwartz Lecture Series Bill Zollars, CEO, YRC Worldwidde Inc. When: 11:45 a.m., Nov. 28, Wichitas Marriott. Cost: $50. Phone: (316) 978-6403.