Category: Events

 Success Through Deployed Strategy:  Speaker:  Gary Peterson, EVP *O.C. Tanner *O.C. Tanner is a Shingo Award and AME Excellence Award winner, as well as International Biz “best place to work” gold winner      2.  Aligning to Strategies Through Cascading Challenges:  Facilitator:  Scott Simmons      3.  Stir-the-Paint Session:  Facilitator:  Scott Simmons ** Attendees who participate in all three sessions will gain the most from this series. Dates and Times:        Part 1:  Wednesday, October 25th:  8:00am – 10:00am                                                 Part 2:  Wednesday, November 15th:  8:00am – 5:00pm                                              Part 3:  Wednesday, December 13th:  8:00am – 12:00pm Costs:  Full Series:  $300 per person               Part 1:  $100 per person               Part 2:  $125 per person               Part 3:  $75 per person  Payment can be made via credit card or check made payable to NWHPEC.  Payment must…

Promo Video: https://youtu.be/kCYh9I1Zvxw Session Overview: Scott believes every person needs to be challenged, creative, and valued and once that is harnessed, amazing things start to happen.  In this session, Scott draws on 30 years of operations and leadership experience to share how he has developed a leadership approach to achieve world-class results. Key learnings shared in this session are: How a compelling vision focuses the organization Turning business needs into organizational challenges Harnessing the natural human need to create and innovate Changing an incremental organization into a high-energy breakthrough organization Developing people into creative team players Generating business results to dominate your competitors and market segments Creating the roadmap and structure to move into a top performing company Each of the key learnings, working together, are used to build the…

NWHPEC is holding its second Kata Practitioner Day! The purpose of a Kata Practitioner Day is to: *  Provide a forum to learn from your fellow NWHPEC Kata practitioners, *  Introduce the Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata to those new to this improvement and skill building approach, and *  Hear how the Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata is being applied in all aspects of an organization, such as administration, new product development, deploying Challenges, and etc. Here are the event details: Date:   Tuesday, March 2nd   Time:   8:00am – 11:30am Loc:     LAM Research, 11355 SW Leveton Dr., Tualatin, OR  97062  Cost:   $15.00 per person  Session Overview:  You will see four 25 minute presentations from your peers using a variety of mediums, such as walking through storyboards, observing a Coaching Cycle, and traditional PowerPoint, to show how…

Video Promo:  https://youtu.be/j2H18eRG9_w  Click on this link to view a short promotional ad featuring Bryan and Kyle discussing what they will share in this Leadership Session. Date:   Wednesday, September 28th Time:   8:00am – 9:30am (arrival and networking between 7:15 – 7:50am) Loc:     Montgomery Park, Banquet Room, 2701 NW Vaughn St, Portland, OR 97210 Cost:    $100 per person Intended Audience:  CEO’s, President’s, Vice President’s, Directors, Sr. Managers and those they invite to join them and/or represent them at this session. Other: Continental breakfast will be served.  Dress code is business casual. Session Discussion Points: Bryan Goodman, VP of Operations and President of the Contract Manufacturing Services Division at Columbia Machine and current NWHPEC Board President will discuss: How having an overall strategy of having executives engaged in improving their business in…

Date:   Wednesday, February 24th Time:   10:00am – 3:00pm Loc:     XPO (formerly Con-way Enterprise Services), Ballroom, 2055 NW Savier St., Portland, OR Cost:    $250 per person Other: Lunch will be served.  Dress code is business casual. Session Description:  Companies around the world boast about the results they have achieved from their lean programs. Yet despite all the lean projects that have been implemented over the past two decades, no company in any industry in the world has attained the same level of consistent operational excellence in its field as Toyota. What are these companies missing? The answer is leadership with the right skills and knowledge to teach and coach others to use a disciplined approach to process improvement. The disciplined approach is the scientific mindset based on Plan-Do-Check-Act. This Executive Forum overview…

Date:  Wednesday, November 18th Time:  8:00am - 12:00pm Cost:  $75 per person Facilitators:  Dan Miller & Sarah Peyton Agenda:  Click on the event title to view the link to the agenda.  NWHPEC-SpecialSession-Change&Transition_11 18 15 Event is Full

Date:  Tuesday, October 27th Time:  8:00am - 5:00pm Cost:  $75 per person Location:  Montgomery Park, Banquet Room:  2701 NW Vaughn St., Portland Agenda:  Click on the title, "Toyota Katya Overview Session" to go to the day's agenda link.  NWHPEC_TK_OS&Class_EventFlyer_10 27-29 15 Event is Full