The ASQ Statistics Division, some sharing on the ASQ Team Excellence Awards from the Quality Education Division, and a closing talk by Richard Kyte and Thomas Thibodeau of Viterbro Universities Servant Leadership Masters Program, made the conference amazing.

Here are some photos from the Conference.

The Demystification of Quality Leadership

In this highly interactive workshop we will demystify what is takes to be a Quality-Leader. You will leave with a clear and distinct understanding of what Quality-Leadership within your work and life is, and how to maximize the talent you already have to continually improve the quality of your organization, team and people.

Plus these Leadership skills;

• Create an Organization and Team that attracts trust and talent.
• Use the ‘Cascade-of-Leadership’ to increase the quality and throughput of your organizations work.
• Steps to develop high performance quality teams.
• Steps to lead high performance quality teams.
• A formula that can be used to match the right person to the right work. Ensuring the task is completed on time and within quality standards.
• Knowing your Quality-Leadership Strengths.
• How to determine strengths and constraints in other leaders and what to do about it.
• Improve the problem solving and decision making of yourself and others

If you are interested in learning more and offering this workshop to your team and leadership CONTACT MIKE

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If you can’t make it, and interested in learning more and offering this workshop to your team and leadership CONTACT MIKE

An interactive examination of what Quality-Leadership is and how you can leverage existing knowledge, competencies, Quality Practices, tools and initiatives to improve your organization, team and self.

Resulting in enhanced accomplishment of goals on-time within quality specifications and within budget, capitalizing upon the innovation and motivation of the people who work along with you to complete the work.

Overview:

Great leadership is one of the most valued of all human activities. Within every part of our lives from work to family to friends to be known as a good leader is a great accolade. It signifies the talent of bringing people together and getting them to effectively work towards a common goal, to co-operate with each other, to rely upon each other, to trust each other. It evokes the warm and gratifying prospect of being part of a successful team or organization. Everyone LOVES being on a Winning Quality team, they LOVE the leader who led them to winning even more!

But good leadership within quality teams is also seen as one of the most mysterious things to achieve.

In this highly interactive workshop we will demystify what is takes to be a Quality-Leader. You will leave with a clear and distinct understanding of what Quality-Leadership within your work and life is, and how to maximize the talent you already have to continually improve the quality of your organization, team and people.

Plus these Leadership skills;

• Create an Organization and Team that attracts trust and talent.
• Use the ‘Cascade-of-Leadership’ to increase the quality and throughput of your organizations work.
• Steps to develop high performance quality teams.
• Steps to lead high performance quality teams.
• A formula that can be used to match the right person to the right work. Ensuring the task is completed on time and within quality standards.
• Knowing your Quality-Leadership Strengths.
• How to determine strengths and constraints in other leaders and what to do about it.
• Improve the problem solving and decision making of yourself and others

If you are in Wisconsin area it would be great to meet you and learn with you. To register and learn more CLICK HERE

If you can’t make it, and interested in learning more and offering this workshop to your team and leadership CONTACT MIKE

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I was with a group of 8 managers. They hired me to coach and develop along with them what they called “techniques and systems to motivate their teams”.  What I called The productivity of our people is dropping and we have punished them, yelled at them, offered $$ incentives, and created a Thunderdome process. Holy shit more of the same is not working…we need help! And help is what I do.

The day was like like most, we opened with I2U2ME2WE, developed objectives, cleared up when the bathroom and snack breaks would be perhaps the most important part, and started.

What?

I shared with the group;

Adair’s Eight Rules in Motivating People

1. Be motivated yourself
2. Select people who are highly motivated
3. Treat each person as an individual
4. Set realistic and challenging targets
5. Remember that progress motivates
6. Create a motivating environment
7. Provide fair rewards
8. Give recognition

When I shared the above 8 rules, you would have thought that Jesus himself popped out of that screen. They reacted very positively to the 8 rules and quickly wrote them down.

It was as if they were looking for these 8 Rules their entire managerial careers, and I just showed them the light!

So What?

We were able to choose 2 that the team did really well.

• Give recognition
• Be motivated yourself

Armed with the above successes, and some time sharing examples of how those 2 are done well within their teams, we created some amazing steps for progress.

We finished with the team choosing JUST 1 area to focus on within their team over the next week, all the managers chose to focus on the same area – Treat each person as an individual.

The next 3 hours were spent discussing what that meant in their work and how to achieve the goal. I offered some coaching and understanding of self-directed behavior, treating people like adults, and managers responsibility for focus on the individual for team performance.

Now What?

Every time you speak with, interact with, or intervene with someone you never know the possible outcomes of that interaction. The 8 managers develop their own action plans and methods for Treating each person as an individual. And with their thinking and knowledge, plus existing motivation some changes will occur.

What do you think?

Looking at the 8 rules in motivating people, which does your manager or you do really well? How do you know that it is done well? Ultimately who is responsible for motivating employees or you to do the work? Do you have any examples of what motivates you?

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Thunderdome image from Makes Me Smile

An interactive examination of what leadership is and how you can leverage your skills and competencies to improve your organization, team and self. To learn more Contact Mike today.

Overview:

Great leadership is one of the most valued of all human activities. Within every part of our lives from work to family to friends to be known as a great leader is a great accolade. It signifies the talent of bringing people together and getting them to effectively work towards a common goal, to co-operate with each other, to rely upon each other, to trust each other. It evokes the warm and gratifying prospect of being part of a successful team or organization. Everyone LOVES winners, they LOVE the leader who led them to winning even more!

But great leadership is also seen as one of the most mysterious things to achieve.

In this highly interactive workshop we will demystify what it takes to be a great leader. You will leave a clear and distinct understanding of what leadership within your work and life is.

Plus these Leadership skills;

• Create an Organization and Team that attracts trust and talent.
• Use the ‘Cascade-of-Planning Model’ to increase the quality and throughput of your organizations work.
• Steps to develop high performance teams.
• Steps to lead high performance teams.
• A formula that can be used to match the right person to the right work. Ensuring that the task is completed on time and within quality standards.
• Knowing your Managerial-Leadership Strengths.
• How to determine strengths and constraints in other leaders and what to do about it.
• Improve the problem solving and decision making of yourself and others

Who should attend and why?

If you are an Executive Leader, Manager, Team Leader, Team member and want to enhance your Leadership, Team Development, Facilitative Leadership, Project Management and people skills then this is where you should be. The material and learning simulations in this workshop are designed to make you a better leader and team member.

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Interested in Increasing the Leadership Capacities of your Organization and Team? Contact Mike today phone 1-716-629-3678.

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A brief look at the ‘Cascade-of-Planning’ in the Revitalizing Strategic Planning workshop. 

Outcomes of implementation

• Project & Goal Completion within or under budget
• Increased rate of on-time goal & project completion
• Improved quality of the work

Interested in Revitalizing the Strategic Planning of your Organization and Team? Contact Mike today phone 1-716-629-3678. 

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The need for short-, mid-, and long-term planning will always exist as a critical factor in successful business regardless of changes in technology. – Elliott Jaques

When your Organization does not effectively plan typical results are;

• Project(s) Comes in Over Budget – Because of inadequate planning and now everyone is scrambling, and creating emergencies in other departments and with vendors. Because NO-ONE Planned!
• Completion Times Need to be Continually Extended – Because of inadequate planning and Management Oversight NOTHING got done…Because NO-ONE Planned!
• If the project gets completed The Quality and Results SUCK! – Because of inadequate planning, panic from being over budget, and the need to hurry up because the completion date has been extended too many times – the results are poor…Because NO-ONE Planned!

THIS WILL FIX THAT

Strategic planning is necessary part of every Managers life. The proper formulation and execution of the company’s future and the plans to achieve that future lie in the ability of the Manager(s) to develop Strategic Plans.

Revitalizing Strategic Planning is a process that is established to;

• Achieve integration of the plan throughout the goals and objectives of the organization.
• Avoid the unnecessary expenditure of energy and capital. This is accomplished by limiting the field (methods) for working on a task.
• Reflect the operating values and culture of the organization.

Outcomes

• Learn and implement a method to develop and institute planning from the CEO to the front-line staff.
• Properly delegate goals that align with the Strategic Plan throughout the organization.
• Use the ‘Cascade-of-Planning’ model to visually illustrate how the organizations long-term future is impacted by the day-to-day work of employees.
• Discover how to set the proper context of the Strategic Plan to ensure that everyone knows how their work fits into the Larger Picture of the organization.

What other’s have said

“Our entire management team found Michael to be energizing, engaging and extremely astute. He helped our team to formulate realistic project plans to enhance our bottom line. Michael is very bright and brings out the best in people. His services were invaluable to our Agency.” - Tara Vogel Chief Operating Officer at Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Buffalo Inc.

“I learned so much more about my team and what we are capable of. We all leave this experience confident that we can accomplish anything we collectively set our minds to. I want to sincerely Thank You for all of your time, patience, direction, and teamwork.” – Abbott Laboratories Neuroscience Department.

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Interested in Revitalizing the Strategic Planning of your Organization and Team? Contact Mike today phone 1-716-629-3678. 

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