Topic(s)
- People-centric leadership
Begin a journey of discovery into leadership behaviors and the skills needed for success. An engaged and thriving culture is a key differentiator for success in today's globally competitive marketplace. The question is: How does leadership curate this culture? This workshop will challenge current leadership beliefs and will equip your leaders to stand out from the competition.
Leaders in your organization are the key to attracting and retaining great people. Leaders inspire and engage individuals to utilize their talents and skills to grow themselves and the organization and to achieve operational excellence. Front line leaders are probably the most critical. Leadership is not an innate skill, it is developed through learning, experience and practice. So, what are you doing to develop your leaders and to distinguish them from the rest of the competition?
Most organizations struggle to find great (or even just average) talent and then only use a fraction of the brilliant abilities and brainpower that exists in their organizations. This workshop will explore leadership behaviors and management systems that support a thriving engaged culture to tap into this underutilized resource and attract and maintain great talent. Interactive exercises, discussions, and reflection will provide participants with an immersive learning experience to help them build strong relationships, develop capability, and drive continuous improvement to achieve the value driven purpose of the organization.
How to simply and easily:
- Build strong relationships founded on trust and humility
- Utilize the practice of reflection to lead more effectively
- Build a culture of gratitude
- Improve your listening skills
- Give and get more infromative feedback
- Coach to promote reflection and growth and to drive continuous improvement
- Build critical thinking skills in yourself and others
- Coach instead of using effective confrontation to achieve life changing outcomes
- Utilize Lean/CI skills to build leadership skills and vice versa
Participants will leave with practical tips and exercises that they can utilize immediately in their organizations and personal lives.
This workship is 90% interactive. Exercises and discussion form the foundation of this immersive learning experience, that will drive critical thinking and the leadership behaviors necessary for success. Embracing the values of the AME, participants are encouraged to share their knowledge and experience as it relates to 'respect for people' to enhance overall learning and growth. The exercises and discussions begin immediately with introductions and are integrated continuously thru the workshop until the final wrap-up and conclusion.
The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) is the premier not-for-profit organization dedicated to the journey of continuous improvement and enterprise excellence. AME’s membership is composed of a trusted network of volunteers who are committed to leveraging the practitioner-to-practitioner and company-to-company shared-learning experience. Through engaging workshops, plant tours, webinars, summits and industry-leading conferences, AME members are continually discovering and implementing new continuous improvement strategies and best practices. AME offers its members a multitude of valuable resources to help them stay abreast of current industry developments and improve the skills, competitiveness and overall success of their organizations. www.ame.org
EngageExcellence LLC provides consulting, coaching and training services to organizations in order to help them improve their organizational performance, achieve their mission/vision and create a high performing engaged culture. EngageExcellence LLC brings together the tactical/technical Lean/Continuous Improvement skills with ‘respect for people’ skills to achieve excellence. The focus is on making it simple, easy, understandable and relatable to everyone in the organization.
Lisa Weis is a people centric, Lean/Continuous Improvement expert, with over 28 years of demonstrated success in helping hundreds of public and private organizations achieve their vision and meet their strategic goals by engaging people, implementing enterprise excellence and inspiring innovation. Lisa is currently the founder and president of EngageExcellence, LLC, providing consulting, coaching, and educational services to support organizations in achieving sustained success through the integration of continuous improvement and respect for people. Prior to establishing EngageExcellence, LLC, Lisa was the Director of the Enterprise Excellence program for the Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership, DEMEP. She was part of the core team that developed the US national lean initiative to help small to medium-sized manufacturers become more globally competitive as part of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology, (NIST), Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program. Lisa has a Bachelor of Science degree, Cum Laude, in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware. She is the Director of People-Centric Leadership for the Association of Manufacturing Excellence (AME) Management team, a member of the AME Mid-Atlantic Regional Board and an AME Excellence Award Assessor. 
