2010 Manufacturers' Seminar

A Manufacturing Perspective: Building Cultures that Meet Our Customers

November 18, 2010  | 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM

Valuable assets of any business include its workforce and leadership that comprise the culture tasked with meeting its customers’ needs.  This seminar will focus on exploring the latest processes, thinking and techniques being employed by successful businesses.  Our select panel will present their views and information on managing risks, effective leadership in crisis and building effective customer focused cultures.

Agenda

7:00 AM	Registration/Breakfast
8:00 AM	Introductions
8:10 AM	Risk Management; Prevention vs. Inspection David Skinner Chairman of the Board, Decision Strategies
8:30 AM	Leading in Crisis/Change   Michael Grojean Professor in the Practice of Management, Rice University
8:50 AM	Effective Cultural Transformation Steve Palagyi Director & Partner, PRTM Management Consultants
9:10AM	Panel Q&A
9:30 AM	Adjourn

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Risk Management: A Focus on the Customer

• Chris Reinsvold, Chief Executive Officer, Decision Strategies
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Leadership Under Fire

Backstory provided by the book: Young Men and Fire, Norman Maclean

• Michael Grojean, Professor in the Practice of Management, Rice University
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A New Approach To Transforming Businesses

• Steve Palagyi, Director, PRTM
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