Webinar: Leading with Humility – Nov 7th

Webinar: Leading with Humility – Nov 7th

Developing People~, Leadership~, Webinar
An Essential Quality for Today’s Leaders How might you respond to the following statement: The Lack of Support for Leaders Today Makes People Not Want to Lead Tomorrow? The lack of support, burnout and hyper individualistic feelings our leaders are experiencing begs the question: Considering today’s context, do we need to redefine Humility? What does it look like to understand ourselves more without becoming egotistical? How can I hold my strengths and weaknesses in my mind without becoming hypersensitive? How might we teach what it looks like to learn from others? Please join us for a 45 minute webinar with doctoral student Pamela Lau, who is currently researching what kind of support can be given and received that encourages humility, courage and discernment for leaders? During this interactive webinar, Pamela…
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Webinar: Enterprise Excellence is Inclusive Excellence – Oct 9th

Webinar: Enterprise Excellence is Inclusive Excellence – Oct 9th

Developing People~, Leadership~, Webinar
Join our DEIA focus group as we hear from a guest speaker, William Harvey, on the topic of inclusion. Enterprise excellence and inclusive excellence are closely linked, and real-world challenges have shown that both are essential to the success of any organization. To achieve enterprise excellence, organizations must focus on improving their operations and processes while creating an inclusive environment that engages everyone. In this interactive session, the facilitator will invite participants to explore inclusive excellence at their organization. Join William Harvey in a discussion on the following topics: • The business case for DEIA and why a business case is a bad idea• Lessons from the United States Military• How certification systems and CI teams can destroy inclusive practices• Leadership is language and how language invites everyone to the…
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Webinar: Lean Leadership Skills That Transformed How I Lead – Aug 15th

Webinar: Lean Leadership Skills That Transformed How I Lead – Aug 15th

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Are you curious about the value of attending our annual fall lean leadership series? Join us for this engaging webinar on Aug 15th @11am where we'll explore some of the most impactful and "sticky" principles from our annual leadership series: Lean Leadership - Skills to engage the Heart, Head, and Hands (3H). Three amazing individuals – Kelly DePaolo, Doug Strickland, and Andres Alamillo will be joining us to share their personal stories of transformation through the application of 3H Lean Leadership skills. These individuals have experienced firsthand how setting intention, stating clear expectations, active listening, being fully present, and making one-degree shifts have profoundly impacted their leadership journey. Their stories will provide real-life examples of how these skills have brought about positive changes in their leadership styles and enriched their relationships with…
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Webinar: Creating a Lean Product & Process Development Ecosystem – July 12th

Webinar: Creating a Lean Product & Process Development Ecosystem – July 12th

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Pella Corporation started on a lean manufacturing journey in 1993, transforming into a world-class manufacturing organization. Recognizing that the development cycle locks-in much of the quality, delivery and cost potential of the product, over the last decade Pella has built a Lean Product and Process Development system that is delivering exceptional results and building culture. The Lean Enterprise Institute has been a key partner in coaching and supporting Pella in building a successful LPPD ecosystem. Come learn about key steps in a lean transformation journey and how to navigate the wins and struggles along the way.  With your engagement in this learning session, you will be able to:  Understand why lean process and product development create organizational value. Learn key LPPD social and technical tools that enable success. Understand and learn…
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Best Practice Sharing: Order Fulfillment – Preparing to Hyper-scale – Jan 19th

Best Practice Sharing: Order Fulfillment – Preparing to Hyper-scale – Jan 19th

Member Sharing, Webinar
Curious about how to utilize Value Stream Mapping in your organization? Join us online on Jan 19th @10am to hear how RealWear value stream mapped their order to invoice process and is using that to create a strategic plan for their order fulfillment growth. In early December, the NWHPEC community came together to learn and apply Value Stream Mapping (VSM) to RealWear’s ‘Order to Invoice’ process. This report out is an opportunity for you to see how the process unfolded, the direction they are heading, and how they are approaching the implementation of improvement ideas generated during the event. The RealWear supply chain team shares why an improvement was needed, the process used to understand the current state, what they learned by mapping the process, and how they intend to…
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Webinar: Developing Lean Line Leaders – Nov 15th @10am

Webinar: Developing Lean Line Leaders – Nov 15th @10am

Member Sharing, Webinar
If you’re looking for new ways to engage and develop leaders in your organization, you won’t want to miss this practitioner best practice sharing presentation. Learn how to use lean tools to develop production leaders to see and solve issues quickly. Milgard began by developing leads, supervisors, and other production leadership in lean basics. Centered around a daily focus on accountability, 5S, and problem solving opportunities within agreed upon KPI’s. Learn how the company transformed from a state of high staffing turnover, where leaders saw problems as something to hide and the number of units produced was the only metric that mattered, to a state of daily coaching to developing line leaders as first-tier problem solvers. Our presenters, Mark Waggoner and Brittney Webber presented this to a crowd of over…
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Lean IT Panel Discussion – Nov 17th @11am

Lean IT Panel Discussion – Nov 17th @11am

Member Sharing, Webinar
Harmonizing Lean and Agile to drive value in IT Do your IT-enabled processes work to create and flow customer value? Is information and technology enabling your people’s success? Are you grappling with scoping and delivering projects on time, testing new technology, and working more closely with business units to understand their needs?   At their core, Lean and Agile are both about leveraging technology to deliver customer value with the least effort required. In order to achieve this, we remove all unnecessary effort – ambiguity of process, avoidable mistakes, self-in­flicted variation, corrections, rework, delays, and extra steps. As the world evolves, success is becoming increasingly driven by technology and the speed at which we can deliver a product or service.  The formula for success includes focusing on process and working together…
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