AME people-centric leadership

Overview

Begin a journey of discovery into leadership behaviors and the skills needed for success. Designed to develop critical thinking in leadership, this course will explore leading research to drive introspection and personal development. Build a foundation for a culture that abounds in the expression of different perspectives, is fearless in challenging ideas and assumptions, and promotes collaboration and learning across the organization. Take away practical tips and techniques that you can apply immediately in your life and organization in this immersive learning experience.

Key learning objectives

1. Learn how to strengthen relationships every day
2. Discover how to promote critical thinking in every interaction
3. Learn how to confront biases and embrace other perspectives

Interactive components

This workshop is an immersive learning experience. Through socratic questioning, reflection, exercises and class discussion, participants will leave with a deeper understanding of what people-centric leadership is and the impact it can have on their lives and their organization.

Company

Engage Excellence, LLC is committed to helping organizations improve their organizational performance, achieve their vision or mission and create a high-performing engaged culture. EngageExcelllence, LLC brings together lean techniques and thinking with a deeper understanding of respect for people to achieve excellence. The focus is on making it simple, understandable and relatable to everyone in the organization.

The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) is the premier organization for the exchange of knowledge in enterprise excellence. Members come together to explore lean thinking and other enterprise improvement methods, exchange best practices and network in order to advance their careers and improve the competitiveness and overall value of their organizations. www.ame.org

Presenter

Lisa Weis is a people-centric, lean and continuous improvement expert with over 25 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. Weis was part of the core team that developed the national lean initiative to help small to medium-sized manufacturers become more globally competitive as part of the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP). She is currently the president of EngageExcellence, LLC. Weis began her career with a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware, setting a solid foundation for problem-solving and critical thinking. She is the PCL management team lead for the Association of Manufacturing Excellence people-centric leadership initiative. Weis is a member of the AME Mid-Atlantic Board and an AME Excellence award assessor.