Lean Leadership Skills to Engage the Heart, Head, and Hands – Sept thru Dec 2023 (5, 1-day sessions)

Lean Leadership Skills to Engage the Heart, Head, and Hands – Sept thru Dec 2023 (5, 1-day sessions)

Application~, Classes, Developing People~, Intermediate~, Leadership~
A day in the life of a Leader can be challenging.  Leaders are faced with pressures from the business (quality, delivery, productivity) along with the often highly emotional demands of managing people.  Our people are the foundation and critical link to the success of your business. To be an effective leader, one must first develop an understanding of and a system for building and maintaining relationships (engaging the heart 💜).  Culture begins with us.  If we are not primed to emulate the core values and culture of our organization, we can’t expect our team members to consistently perform and respond to situations and problems in ways we expect by engaging their critical thinking skills (using their head 😊). Unleashed potential is a hidden gem within your team/organization. The leading indicator for…
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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

Webinar
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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Building Team Trust – Aug 7th

Building Team Trust – Aug 7th

Classes, Developing People~, Leadership~
*This pilot workshop is being held primarily for members of the Training Special Interest Group and is targeted towards trainers who are willing to provide feedback for A-dec's new Trust workshop. Description: Trust is the foundation for any successful highly productive team. Many organizations don’t invest time in trust-building and assume that teams are figuring it out on their own. The results can be dwindling productivity, high turnover, and low morale. We will spend several hours doing team-building activities in an effort to be seen and known by each other and build a foundation of trust. Outcome: Create a high-trust environment in a short period of time. Gather feedback from experienced trainers. Date: August 7, 2023 Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm (lunch included - $10 donation suggested) Location: A-dec Campus in…
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Book Club: The Work of Management, weekly starting Feb 24th

Book Club: The Work of Management, weekly starting Feb 24th

Book Club
This Winter's book selection is The Work of Management by Jim Lancaster.  About the book: "The role of Daily Management - Gemba Walks, Leader Standard Work, and good Tiered Accountability is often undervalued when discussing business transformation. In Jim Lancaster's book, The Work of Management, the reality of applying daily management is explained in a very approachable way showing how to add value to the bottom line. This is a good book for anyone who is working on improving their daily management system or is trying to figure out why their improvements are not sustaining. Jim provides great examples from his own experiences as a CEO (both processes and visual boards) we can use as templates to try out." If you haven’t participated in one of our book clubs before, I…
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3H Leadership – Engaging the Heart, Head, & Hands

Application~, Developing People~, Intermediate~, Leadership~
3H Leadership is by far our most popular and impactful leadership course, offered each Fall. It is a series of five focused conversations for leaders ready to engage in the development of their leadership skills to connect with both the hearts and the heads of employees and, in doing so, create a truly high-performance organization. The series content focuses on the following: Personal Responsibility Personal Communication Leading People for Performance & Improvement Responding to Criticism and Constructive Confrontation Managing Change and Transition Each session builds on each other as we provide participants with the opportunity to learn and demonstrate valuable soft skills through interactions and simulations, teaching them how to become more effective leaders. Participants will gain a new perspective on how they show up and learn to use emotional…
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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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Book Club: The Kind Leader – Nov 1st – Dec 6th

Book Club: The Kind Leader – Nov 1st – Dec 6th

Book Club
This Fall’s book is The Kind Leader – A Practical Guide to Eliminating Fear, Creating Trust, and Leading with Kindness. If you haven’t participated in one of our book clubs before, I highly recommend signing up for this one.  This is a great opportunity to read a great book and dive into some great discussions with a fabulous group of people from throughout the HPEC community.  We have a lot of fun while increasing our perspective and holding each other accountable (for reading and practicing new habits).  It’s low-key, engaging, and enlightening.  We meet weekly to discuss the assigned chapters and even if you had a busy week and couldn’t complete the reading, we still encourage you to come and participate.  Written by a NWHPEC favorite, Karyn Ross, this book explores why…
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