New Product Innovation
April 14th 2010, 11:30 AM - 1 PM
Understand why certain methods are effective within the manufacturing subset of a business so that you can apply them to other places where the same conditions are present OR recognize that reliance on a fundamentally different body of methods is needed. This question of context is a topic every manager should consider before making process-related decision... a remarkably simple tool to add to your professional skill set! More »
Appreciative Inquiry: Generating Positive Change
April 28th 2010, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Appreciative Inquiry (AI) is helping organizations throughout the world get clear about their shared vision, engage stakeholders, improve quality, and achieve breakthrough results. While problems can’t be erased magically, the chokehold of the deficit mindset diminishes when you focus on what you want more of and core strengths you can leverage. Want to try on a whole new mindset? More »
Change Management: Managing Large Scale Change in Your Organization
May 5th 2010, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
In this hands-on, interactive session, Dan Loichinger and Walter Jankowski will review the theory and foundation of managing change, how people react and changing behaviors. They will also provide tools, techniques and best practices of managing large-scale change efforts. You'll walk away with actual tools and templates that you can implement immediately. More »
Project Facilitation Skills
May 19th 2010, 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
This program will equip project managers and facilitators with the facilitation tools and techniques needed to improve their ability to engage, involve, and influence project team members and stakeholders who are crucial to project success. With this Program, you will receive an ongoing resource for effective meeting management in THE NEW COMPLETE FACILITATOR GUIDE, a practical job-aid with meeting agenda templates, application tips, do's and don'ts and answers to "what if?" More »
Value Stream Mapping - a Short Course
May 26th 2010, 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
You know you can do better. You know there are hundreds of ways to improve your overall business or individual department workflow. How do you know where to start? Value Stream Mapping (VSM) could be your answer. More »
