The funny thing is this guy said that they were going to demand more individual performance from their managers. In literally the next sentence he talks about removing layers of management so that every manager will have 15 direct reports.
15 direct reports is a LOT of people to manage (aside from a front line supervisor managing people in a contained business function.)
His whole presentation smelled of consultants trimming fat before a company is sold.
Best thing our power company (that I worked for) ever did was stripping layers so that an employee [who was also a customer] was only 2 steps from their VP.
I extended that to all our customers ... if they asked.