The EO Women Summit 2025 was a showcase of bold ideas and practical strategies for leaders who don’t just want to grow—they want to transform. Powered by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), the summit drew founders, builders, and C-suite decision-makers who are scaling companies with heart and purpose.
Among the most impactful sessions at the EO Women Summit was led by Anthony Rice, Co-Founder and CGO of PeoplePartners. His keynote, “What If You Could Re-Imagine Your Workforce?” urged business leaders to rethink the very structure of their teams—and how they define success.
It wasn’t just another talk on offshoring or cost reduction. It was a call to restructure with intention and humanity. And for many in the room, it delivered clarity that had long been missing.
The Big Idea: Re-Engineer, Don’t Just Add Headcount
Anthony began with a simple but profound question:
“Can a mature business restructure its way to profit?”
The answer? Yes, and the path is through efficiency, clarity, and purpose-driven role design.
Many businesses chase growth by hiring more people. But Anthony’s insight was clear: more people does not equal more progress. It often equals more complexity.
The true opportunity lies in identifying inefficiencies, realigning roles, and using global talent not just to save costs but to free your core team to do what they do best.
That’s the core of Workforce Re-Engineering.
Key Takeaways from Anthony Rice’s Keynote at EO Women Summit
1. Offshoring Isn’t the Goal, Clarity Is
Too often, businesses fall into the trap of “just get help.” They hire offshore support without a clear structure, and the result is frustration, rework, or turnover.
Anthony’s framework flips that.
Before even considering offshore solutions, you must define:
- • What are the repeatable, operational tasks dragging your leaders down?
- • Where is the business bleeding time?
- • Which functions can be elevated and which can be reassigned?
Only once those questions are answered does strategic offshoring become a lever for scale, not a risk.
At PeoplePartners, we guide clients through that very process: mapping their org, spotting inefficiencies, and ensuring global talent fits naturally into their team’s rhythm.
2. Efficiency Is the Multiplier Most Leaders Overlook
While revenue growth is the usual metric, Anthony reframed the conversation around efficiency as profit leverage.
At the EO Women Summit, he presented a hypothetical yet familiar scenario: a company generating $700K in revenue with a $500K labor bill. That’s 71% labor cost. Through re-engineering alone, labor drops to $250K (36%). With offshore support, it can drop as low as $75K (11%).
That shift doesn’t just improve margins. It transforms the way the business operates—creating more capacity, clarity, and consistency across functions.
Efficiency isn’t just cleaner; it’s smarter, faster, and more sustainable.
3. Re-Engineering + Offshoring = Exponential Growth
Anthony introduced the idea of the Exponential Effect, a compounding result of two forces working in harmony:
- • Strategic role design
- • Global staffing at the right touchpoints
This isn’t about cutting corners. It’s about eliminating drag.
When you do Workforce Re-Engineering, you stop asking “Who else can do this?” and start asking “Why are we doing it this way at all?” That shift unlocks exponential time, energy, and output and creates a team culture where every person operates in their zone of genius.
EO Women Summit Case Studies That Hit Home
To show how this plays out beyond theory, Anthony shared three real-world transformations led by PeoplePartners.
Veterinary Group: From Top-Heavy to Tailored
A national vet group was struggling under the weight of its own structure. Practice leaders were bogged down with admin, scheduling, reporting, and operations. Clinical outcomes and morale were suffering.
Through re-engineering, PeoplePartners helped:
- • Redesign job scopes
- • Shift operational tasks to offshore Executive Assistants
- • Refocus leaders on patient care and culture
The result? Better service, higher staff satisfaction, and lower burnout across the board.
Allied Health Provider: Freeing the Front Line
An NDIS healthcare business had 1,300+ field staff but poor efficiency. Care managers spent over 70% of their time on logistics instead of client care.
PeoplePartners embedded:
- • Client Scheduling Coordinators
- • Case Manager Assistants
- • Third-Party Liaisons in the Philippines
This allowed onshore teams to be present, responsive, and effective with clients. The ripple effect: happier clients, lower turnover, and significantly improved billing efficiency.
RTO & Sales Function: $1.14M to $230K Team Redesign
An education provider had five Australian-based BDMs and three admins costing over $1M annually. The business was struggling to maintain quality leads and outcomes.
PeoplePartners re-engineered the structure to:
- • Move marketing, admin, and lead coordination offshore
- • Hire two BDMs in South Africa at one-third the cost
- • Align functions to goals, not just positions
The business kept its performance while slashing cost, and built a structure that could scale with confidence.
Want to Exit? Structure Matters More Than Sales
For founders thinking about a future sale, Anthony’s advice was clear: your valuation is tied to your structure.
He illustrated that transitioning just 10 roles offshore can save $700K annually. With a modest 5x EBITDA multiplier, that single change adds $3.5M in value to the business.
At PeoplePartners, we’ve helped businesses unlock exactly this kind of lift by unpacking a $2M opportunity. It is not by cutting people, but by restructuring with purpose.
When you can show that your business operates efficiently, with lean overhead and scalable systems, investors pay attention.
Why This Resonated with Every Leader at the EO Women Summit
The power of Anthony’s presentation at the EO Women Summit wasn’t just in the models or numbers. It was in the emotional clarity it gave to leaders feeling stuck.
Whether they were founders of 5-person startups or executives at established firms, many attendees admitted to feeling overworked and under-supported. They had built teams that were big—but not necessarily effective.
What Anthony offered was permission and a playbook to build differently:
- • To stop hiring out of panic
- • To slow down and design roles intentionally
- • To build teams that elevate, not exhaust
That kind of message hits home no matter your gender, industry, or company size. It’s about creating the space to lead, think, and thrive, not just survive.
This Isn’t Just About Profit, It’s About People
Everything Anthony shared came back to one core truth: business is personal.
Beneath every org chart is a human story, of leaders stretched thin, teams unclear on their purpose, and businesses growing in size but not in alignment. That’s why the conversation around Workforce Re-Engineering isn’t just about higher margins. It’s about clarity, focus, time, and trust.
At PeoplePartners, we’ve seen it time and time again: when leaders shift from reactive hiring to intentional design, something powerful happens. Work becomes more meaningful. Communication improves. Decision-making speeds up. Morale rises. The culture stabilizes. That’s not an HR perk,it’s a business advantage.
We believe that people-first businesses are more profitable, not in spite of that belief, but because of it. When you put the right people in the right seats, whether onshore or offshore, you reduce friction. You elevate performance. You create space for leaders to actually lead.
That’s what we do.
Because when your team is built with intention, your business becomes unstoppable. And when your business runs smoothly, you get your life back as a founder, a partner, a parent, or a visionary who finally has room to breathe.
Ready to Lead with More Clarity and Less Complexity?
If your team feels busy but not effective, or if growth is pulling you in too many directions, then it’s time to rethink the way your workforce is designed.
At PeoplePartners, we help founders and leaders like you reengineer their teams with intention, precision, and care. Not just to save costs, but to create the space you need to scale, lead, and breathe.
Let’s explore what’s possible together.
Book your no-pressure discovery call today.
***
Photo credit: Courtesy of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO)
