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Conference

Thursday, September 25, 2008
9:00am - 12:00pm

Session 403 - Think Differently About Lean Leadership and Cultural Change

Dan Ruedinger, Julie Cosich and Mark Collins, HUI

This session will cover:

  • Cultural Change: The Foundation of Lean
  • Office Cell Development Elimination of Functional Silos
  • Management truly "letting go"
  • Requirement to Build Office Teams
  • Group dynamics education - trust within the team
  • Benefits and Returns

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Abstract:

This 3 hour interactive workshop is designed to provide you with the knowledge and tools to make your organization's processes and culture more effective and aligned with business goals. Participants will spend three hours discussing the integral part cultural change plays in the advancement of lean within an organization. It is the intention of the workshop to provide each attendee with the techniques and steps they may immediately apply in their office environment.

YOU WILL LEARN:

  • Management's role in lean cultural change
  • Organizational structure (society vs. HUI)
  • Key ingredients to cultural change
  • Empowerment of teams
  • Successes and failures of cultural change
  • Group dynamics - the trust factor

About the Speakers:

Dan Ruedinger
Information to be updated shortly

Julie Cosich
Julie has been at HUI for over 7 years and currently is the New Business Development/Marketing Director. With over 14 years of manufacturing experience, she has held a variety of positions that include Quality and Human Resource Management. Julie is business graduate of UW-Whitewater. She serves on the WI board for the Association of Manufacturing Excellence and has served on the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce Business Performance Network.

Mark Collins
Information to be updated shortly