date |
meeting
topic |
speaker |
handouts |
| June 9, 2010 |
Minnesota Employment Outlook |
Linda Reber, Branch Manager, Jacqueline Carpenter, Branch Manager, Manpower |
EmploymentOutlook |
| June 3, 2010 |
The Shifting Paradigm of Entry-Level Talent: Managing the New Generation Y Workforce |
Terese Corey Blanck and Judy Anderson, founders, Emerging Advantage |
GenY |
| May 12, 2010 |
Getting Results Faster: 3M's Lean Six Sigma & Value Stream Mapping Effort |
Bob Mitchell, 3M Corporate Quality & Lean Six Sigma Operations, Deployment Manager |
3M LSS Value Stream |
| May 6, 2010 |
Strategic Imagination: From Imagination to Success |
John Persico, partner, MN Consulting Alliance and professor, Globe College
Peg Peck-Chapman, partner, MN Consulting Alliance |
Imagination |
Apr 1 and
Mar 10, 2010 |
How to Lead Engaged Workers |
Jack Mateffy, principal, PassionWerx |
EngagedPassion |
| Mar 4, 2010 |
Embodied Leadership: Lessons Learned from Ballroom Dance |
Julie Delene, founder, Move As One LLC |
None |
| Feb 10, 2010 |
Combining Lean Six Sigma Methods with OD for High Impact at Thomson Reuters |
Kevin Anderson, Director, Organizational Development and Process Improvement, Thomson Reuters |
LeanSixSigmaOD |
| Feb 4, 2010 |
Building a Strong Foundation for Your Company: Values in Action |
Diane Nettifee, president, Magis Ventures
Todd Voit, president, Immedia |
|
| Jan 13, 2010 |
The Tipping Point: Solving Complex Issues Like Healthcare |
Michael Zdychnec, CEO; RT Donahue, president, Collaboration Health Care, Inc. |
TippingPointHealthcare |
| Jan 7, 2010 |
Managing, Leading, and Coaching:
Can You Afford to be Ineffective with Your People? |
Sue Hawkes, founder/owner, YESS! |
Coaching |
| Dec 3, 2009 |
Striving for Excellence in a Non-Profit: the Holy Angels Journey |
Dr. Jill Reilly, president and Heidi Foley, principal, Academy of Holy Angels School |
|
| Nov 11, 2009 |
Leading for a Change: Do the Right Stuff |
Ralph Jacobson, principal, The Leader's Toolbox, Inc. |
LeadingChange |
| Nov 5, 2009 |
Courage to Lead: Sustaining Yourself in Times of Uncertainty |
Laura Kinkead, Laura A. Kinkead |
None |
| Oct 14, 2009 |
Blue Ocean Strategies |
Bill Mills, principle, Executive Group |
None |
| Oct 1, 2009 |
Advancing Excellence with Baldrige |
Dr. Mark Blazey, president, Quantum Performance Group |
None |
| Sept 9, 2009 |
Surviving and Thriving in Today’s Economy through Strength Based Leadership |
Michelle Bonahoom, president/CEO, VisionOne Consulting
Brett Reagan, EVP, Point Eight Power (New Orleans)
Tom Murphy, CEO, CARDSource
Kaye Cusick, Prof Development Coordinator, Bethel University
|
|
| Aug 12, 2009 |
Benefits of Applying SQC Principles to People Management |
John Shade, CEO, Certifi Corp |
SQC |
| Aug 6, 2009 |
S-T-R-E-T-C-H-I-N-G the Development $$$ You Do Have…Finding Sources for the $$$ You Don’t |
Bob Hanson, CEO (with Judy Hartley and Judy Berg), Hanson Performance Associates
|
Development |
| June 10, 2009 |
Using Baldrige to Drive Excellence at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center |
Steve Kleinglass, director (CEO), Minneapolis VA Medical Center |
MplsVA |
| June 4, 2009 |
Creating a Culture of Performance Improvement at Rochester Public Utilities |
Sue Parker, Rochester Public Utilities |
RPU |
| May 13, 2009 |
Leadership as a Stimulus Package: Investing in Your Leaders to Drive Business Results |
Maile Topliff, senior consultant, Seabury OCI |
LeadershipOCI |
| May 7, 2009 |
Experiential Learning & Change |
Dr. Rama Hart, Asst. Professor, University of St. Thomas |
|
| April 8, 2009 |
A Technology for Collaborative Innovation: Jazz |
Michael Gold, founder/CEO, Jazz Impact |
No handouts available |
| April 2, 2009 |
The Power of Data in Decision Making |
Dennis Cheesebrow, founder, TeamWorks Intl
Ann McCully,
Executive Director of the Minnesota Child Care Resource and Referral Network |
DataTeamWorks |
| Mar 11, 2009 |
Leading with Energy, Passion, and Urgency |
Jeff Lavers, VP/GM, 3M
ESPE (Dental)
|
3MLeadershipPassion |
| Mar 5, 2009 |
Learning from Adversity: Unprecedented Times Mean Great Leadership Opportunities |
Dr. Sandra Davis, CEO, MDA Leadership |
Leadership |
| Feb 11, 2009 |
Introduction to Lean Six Sigma |
Rick Hardcopf, President, Acceleren Consulting |
Lean |
| Feb 5, 2009 |
Lean Approaches for Getting Good Things Done |
Dr. Art Hill, professor, operations and management science, Carlson School, University of Minnesota |
No handouts available |
| Jan 14, 2009 |
Sustaining Performance in Tough Times: A Panel Discussion |
Panel: Roy Bauer, former President of Pemstar; Jack Ditmore, director OMB, Dakota County; Scott Martens, director office of continuous improvement, U of M; Bob Mitchell, director quality, 3M; Tony Wagner, CEO, Pillsbury United Communities; and Lynn Willenbring, CIO, city of Minneapolis (moderator) |
No handouts |
| Jan 8, 2009 |
Linking Sustainability & Performance Excellence at UM-Morris |
Troy Goodnough,
sustainability coordinator, University of Minnesota-Morris |
UMM Sustainability |
| Dec 10, 2008 |
When Good Is Not Good Enough: Aligning Strategy & Measures at Benedictine Health System |
Jeri Reinhardt, director of quality, Benedictine Health System |
BHS |
| Dec 4, 2008 |
READY Thinking: Five Principles for Action in Times of Uncertainty |
John Baker, founder, READY Thinking |
Handouts not available |
| Nov 6, 2008 |
Communities of Hope: Using Strategic Management Tools to Break the Cycle of Poverty in Detroit |
Bill Barberg, CEO, insightformation |
CommunitiesHope |
| Oct 2, 2008 |
Improving Process Design at BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota |
Tom Bazzarre, Manager, Business Integration-Business Infrastructure Services, and Sands McAlees-Callanan, Senior Process Developer, both of BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota |
Process Design |
| Sept 17, 2008 |
Consensus Building: The Closest Thing to a Magic Pill for Performance Improvement |
Mirja Hanson, Managing Partner, Millennia Consulting Group |
|
| Sept 11, 2008 |
Playing to Win! Go as far as you can, given all you've been given |
Karen Ford, Partner, Pecos Consulting |
Playing to Win |
| August 13, 2008 |
Self-Defeating Habits of Otherwise Brilliant People |
Anna Maravelas, Founder, Thera Rising |
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution2 |
| August 7, 2008 |
Written & Directed: Using Cinematic Tools to Improve Communication & Leadership |
Bill True, Partner, SagePresence |
|
| June 11, 2008 |
Achieving Moment of Truth Customer (Patient) Satisfaction at Hudson Hospital |
Paul Sommers, Director of Quality and Mission Effectiveness, Hudson Hospital & Clinics |
Customer Sat |
| June 5, 2008 |
Learning Paths: Applying Quality Principles to Speed Up the Learning Process |
Steve Rosenbaum, President of Learning Paths
Ira Kasdan, President of Performance Builders
Edward Robbins, Consultant |
Quality in the Learning Process |
| May 1, 2008 |
Self-Defeating Habits of Otherwise Brilliant People |
Anna Maravelas, Founder, Thera Rising |
Conflict Resolution
Conflict Resolution2 |
| April 9, 2008 |
Developing Human Capital in Your Organization |
Tom Huberty, Sr. Quality Engineer, BAE Systems |
Human Capital |
| April 3, 2008 |
Transforming Your University: Using Scorecard to Improve the U of M |
Scott Martens, Director, Office of Service & Continuous Improvement;
Steve Fitzgerald, Office of Classroom Management; and
Sean Schuller, Asst Dir, Process Development Facilities Mgmt, University of Minnesota |
Scorecard at the U of M |
| March 6 & 12, 2008 |
Using Voice of the Customer at Toro |
Deb Bly, Sr. Marketing Manager, Toro;
Jeri Meola, President, Satisfaction Management Systems |
|
| February 14, 2008 |
Confidence at the Speed of Laughter |
Kate McEwen, Brave New Workshop |
http://www.bravenewworkshop.com/bnc.php |
| February 13, 2008 |
Becoming a Breakthrough Innovator |
Rod Greder, founder, Breakthrough Forum |
Corporate Innovation |
| January 10, 2008 |
Strategy to Action and Back Again |
Gary Floss, director, Quality Assurance and Continual Improvement, Marvin Windows and Doors |
Strategy Deployment |
| December 12, 2007 |
Building High Performance Teams with Effective Leadership |
Peter Germann, Vice President of Organization Performance, MDA Leadership |
High Performance Teams MDA |
| December 6, 2007 |
2008 is the Year! Ideas for Actually Achieving Your Goals & Resolutions |
Jodee Bock, principal and founder, Bock's Office |
Achieve Goals |
| November 14, 2007 |
The Human Side of Lean Six Sigma |
Tom Humphries, president, Quality in Action |
Lean Humphries |
| November 1, 2007 |
Driving Innovation through Lean Enterprise |
Mike Hipsher, Director of Operations, Team Industries |
Lean TEAM Industries |
| October 10, 2007 |
Mayo Health System: Developing 65 Points of Excellence with Baldrige |
Deb Fischer, quality administrator, Mayo Health System |
MHS Baldrige |
| October 4, 2007 |
Strategic Workforce Planning: How Organizations Should Respond to Changes in the Workforce |
Tom Norman, director, University of MN College of Continuing Education |
|
| September 19, 2007 |
Quality at 3M |
HC Shin, EVP Industrial & Transportation; Brian Edwards, 3M UK
Bob Mitchell, Corporate Quality & Int'l LSS Deployment Mgr
|
3M I&TB Quality Revolution
3M Entitlement Quality
3M BringBack Quality UK |
| September 6, 2007 |
Carlson Companies Use of Balanced Scorecard |
Joe Dehler, VP Business Process Improvement, Carlson Companies |
PIN Sept Scorecard |
| August 15, 2007 |
Improving Your Organization's Use of the Internet |
Jon-Karl Klietsch, President, BullseyeMetrix |
|
| August 2, 2007 |
Open Book Management: Transforming a Mid-Sized Company through Improved Management and Employee Engagement |
Steve Sheppard, Chair & CEO (retired), Foldcraft Company |
PIN Aug 2007 Open Book |
| June 7, 2007 |
The Case for Business Ethics |
Ron James, President & CEO, Center for Ethical Business Cultures (CEBC); Cliff Goldberg, COO, ELCA Board of Pensions |
PIN June 2007 Ethics |
| May 3, 2007 |
Sharing Insights to Organizational Excellence: Facilitated Group Dialogue on What Works in Improvement |
No speaker (facilitated sessions) |
|
| April 12, 2007 |
A Journey to Excellence in Two Organizations |
E. David Spong, president (retired), Boeing Aerospace Support |
PIN April 2007.ppt
Executive Leadership Luncheon.ppt |
| March 1, 2007 |
(Cancelled due to weather) |
|
|
| February 1, 2007 |
The Challenge of Employee Engagement |
Barb Krantz Taylor, Associate, The Bailey Consulting Group
Angie Howard, Cargill Human Resources |
PIN Feb 2007.ppt |
| January 11, 2007 |
Courageous Leadership |
Michael LaBrosse, president, Leadership Solutions |
PIN January 2007.ppt |
| December 7, 2006 |
Clockwise Patterns of Innovation: The Tools of an Innovative Leader |
Dennis Stauffer, Founder, Insight Fusion |
120706 PIN Innovation.doc |
| November 2, 2006 |
Improving Business & Healthcare |
Gary Floss, Director, Quality Assurance and Continual Improvement
for Marvin Windows and Doors |
No materials available;
special workshop. |
| October 5, 2006 |
Using the Balanced Scorecard to Align Strategy and Resources at
SMDC |
Barbara Possin, VP of System Quality and Strategic Alignment,
St. Mary's Duluth Clinic Health System |
100506
PIN Scorecard Possin Handouts.ppt
IFI
Solution Overview Final.doc |
| September 2, 2006 |
Seven Tips for Shaping a Great Career |
Linda Hoeschler, SVP Dayton Hudson (retired) |
Seven Tips Sept 2006.doc |
| August 3, 2006 |
Leveraging Performance Management to Become World-Class |
Dave Aasen, CEO, Visuel, LLC |
council for
quality website 8.3.06.doc |
| June 1, 2006 |
Using Baldrige to Improve the MN Army National Guard |
Col. April M. Corniea (Retired), Chief, Organization Development
Office |
coming soon |
| May 4, 2006 |
Closing the Gap Between Strategy and Execution |
Mike Braun, Managing Partner of Logic Opera, LLC |
5/4/06 Powerpoint
Presentation (.pdf) |
| April 6, 2006 |
How to Create and Sustain Organizational Alignment to Improve Results:
Mate Precision Tooling's Experience |
Kevin Nicholson, President, Mate Precision Tooling |
Council for Quality
alignment.ppt |
| March 2, 2006 |
Implementing Non-Manufacturing Lean: One Company's Experience |
Tim Bloudek, Quality Manager, Braas Company |
PIN
Presentation 3-2-06 reva handout version.ppt |
| February 2, 2006 |
Think On Your Feet |
Merrill Ronning, President, Ronning Leadership Seminars |
No slides used |
| January 5, 2006 |
The Business Case for Ethics and Social Responsibility |
Stephen Young, Global Executive Director, Caux Roundtable |
No slides used |
| December 1, 2005 |
What Minnesota
Needs to do to Remain Competitive
|
Dr. Fred Zimmerman, Professor of Engineering
& Technology Management, University of St.
Thomas |
MnCouncilQuality2005.ppt |
| October 6, 2005 |
Leadership, Succession Planning, Innovation, and Organizational
Sustainability |
Mr. Bill McCarthy, SVP, LeaderSource |
MN Council 10-6-05.ppt |
| September 1, 2005 |
It's not Lean or Six Sigma - It's Both: Medtronic's Improvement
Strategy |
Dr. John Fechter, Master Black Belt, Medtronic |
FechterLSReview-PIM-01Sept2005GScale.pdf |
| August 4, 2005 |
Improving Your Organization's Use of the Internet |
Jon-Karl Klietsch, President of Bullseye Metrix |
presentation080405.ppt |
| June 2, 2005 |
Using
Baldrige to Drive Excellence: Perspectives from Across Sectors
|
Brian
Lassiter , MN Council for Quality
Ann
Burns, Sunny Fresh Foods (Cargill)
April
Corniea, MN Army National Guard
Dick
Poole, Dunwoody Institute
Angie
Theisen , Central MN Jobs & Training Services |
060205 PIN Baldrigev2.ppt |
| May 5, 2005 |
Coaching: A
Way to Improve as a Manager and Leader |
Sue Lindgren, President of YESS!
|
Managing
Leading and Coaching participant.ppt |
| April 7, 2005 |
New Product Development: Core Concepts and Case Studies |
Vince Farace, Satisfaction Management Systems |
NPD Present v2.ppt |
| February 3, 2005 |
Internal Communication and Employee
Engagement: Key to Organizational Change |
Kelly Groehler, Account Supervisor
with Padilla Speer Beardsley Public Relations (PSBPR) |
MCQ 2-4-05 kjg.ppt |
| January 6, 2005 |
Using the Balanced Scorecard in Government/Non-Profits |
Jeff Leland, Administrative Services
Manager, Rochester
Fire Department |
BCS_MCQ.PresentationJan.2005.ppt |
| December 2, 2004 |
Quality is Power: The Benefits of a
Systematic Approach to Continuous Process Improvement |
Craig Robinson ,
Marketing Consultant, Kopp Financial Advisors |
|
| November 4, 2004 |
Imation's Continuous Improvement Journey |
Colleen Wilhite, VP and General Manager, Imation |
Imation Presentation.pdf |
| October 7, 2004 |
Trimming Down Up Front: Save Time & Money by Applying Lean
Enterprise in the Office |
David Ahlquist , Field Specialist and Lean Enterprise Team Leader
with Minnesota Technology, Inc. |
PIN Network 10-7
Handouts.pdf |
| September 2, 2004 |
It's Never Over
Until. No, Wait, It's Just Never Over! |
Mr. Gary Floss, Managing
Director of BlueFire Partners; Director, Quality Assurance and Continual
Improvement for Marvin Windows and Doors |
PIN Sept 2004.ppt |
| August 5, 2004 |
Six Sigma: What is Required to Make It Successful |
Mr. Scott Martens, Office of Service and Continuous Improvement,
University of Minnesota |
PIN August 2004.ppt |
| August 4, 2004 |
Excellence in Education: Baldrige Winning District
15 ( Paletine IL ) Visits Minnesota
|
Karen Hindman,
Executive Director for School Improvement and Toni Kappel, Principal
of Willow Bend Elementary |
MN_Council_for_Quality_V2.pdf |
| June 3, 2004 |
Creating Successful Change in Organizations: The Role of Leaders |
Mr. Paul Batz, Executive Vice President and Principal with MDA Leadership
Consulting |
|
| May 6, 2004 |
Achieving Performance Excellence with Baldrige: UW-Stout's Story |
Dr. Julie Furst-Bowe, Assistant Chancellor of Assessment and Continuous
Improvement |
|
| April 1, 2004 |
Toro's Problem Solving Process: Closed Loop Failure Analysis |
Ms. Wanda Vorters, Business Process Managerment Office, Toro Company |
|
| March 4, 2004 |
Using Value Stream Mapping to Eliminate Waste and Improve Processes |
Mr. Kim Korn, founder of Business Architects Inc. |
|
| February 5, 2004 |
Building Smart Partnerships to Improve Organizational Information
Flow |
Mr. Stephen M. Dent, Partnering Continuum, Inc. |
|
| January 8, 2004 |
Fast-Track Methods for Baldrige-Based Organizational Assessments |
Dr. Karen Hawley, Hillswick Group, and Brian Lassiter, Minnesota
Council for Quality |
PIN 010804 Baldrige
v2.ppt |
| December 4, 2003 |
Improving Decision Making and Negotiations: Imation's Use of Interest-Based
Analysis |
Mr. John Shulman, Alignor LLC, and Mr. Frank Russomanno, Imation
Corporation |
|
| November 6, 2003 |
Integrating ISO, Six Sigma, and Baldrige at Seagate Technology |
Ms. Mary Paneno, Seagate Technology |
|
| October 2, 2003 |
Six Sigma at Carlson Companies |
Mr. Eric Anderson, Quality Leader, Carlson Companies |
|
| September 4, 2003 |
Using the Balanced Scorecard to Measure, Manage, and Improve |
Mr. Reid Zimmerman, VP - Development, Hazelden Foundation |
|
| August 7, 2003 |
Mastering Project Work: Where's the Juice? |
Mr. David Schmalz, True North pgs |
|
| June 5, 2003 |
Using Lean Methods to Drive Organizational Improvement |
Mr. Phil Jacobson, Hearth and Home Technologies |
|
| May 1, 2003 |
Integrating Improvement Frameworks: How Six Sigma, Lean, Baldrige,
and Balanced Scorecard Can Work Together |
Mr. Gary Floss, Business Partner, BlueFire Partners |
|
| April 3, 2003 |
Innovation for Breakthrough New Business Growth |
Ron Kubinski, Managing
Principal, Strategic Innovation Partnerships LLC |
|
| March 13, 2003 |
Quality Improvement Payback: Why Is It So Hard to Make the Case? |
Ron Bardal, Senior Quality Consultant at Medtronic, Inc., and Paul
Grizzell, Business Excellence Manager, Medtronic Cardiac Surgery |
|
| February 6, 2003 |
Selling Organizational Improvement and Change |
April Corniea, Director, MN Army National Guard, Larry Hagen, CEO,
MicroTech, Craig Siiro, Partner, Virchow Krause, Greg Voeller, Director
- Employee Communications, Padilla Speer Beardsley, Tony Wagner, CEO,
Pillsbury United Communities |
|
| January 9, 2003 |
The Innovation Equation: Using Innovation and Creativity to Improve
Organization Performance |
Paul Brown, Director of Organization Development (OD) at Kern, DeWenter,
Viere, Ltd., and Jacqueline Byrd, President of the Richard Byrd Company |
|
| November 7, 2002 |
Using Baldrige to Improve Organizational Performance |
Ann Burns, Continuous Improvement Facilitator, Sunny Fresh Foods |
|
| October 3, 2002 |
The Balanced Scorecard: An Executive's Perspective |
Jon Thompson, CEO, Opportunity Partners |
|
| September 5, 2002 |
Ethics & Leadership |
Ron James, CEO, Center for Ethical Business Cultures |
|
| August 1, 2002 |
ISO 9000:2000 - How Datacard is Beating the 2003 Deadline |
Al Alwin, ISO 9000 Leader, Datacard Group |
|
| June 6, 2002 |
Six Sigma: How Seagate Technology Uses the Tool to Drive Results |
Steve Gunther, VP - Six Sigma Deployment (Retired), Seagate Technology |
|
| May 2, 2002 |
The Give & Take of Corporate Citizenship |
Doris Rubenstein, Principal, PDP Services |
|
| February 7, 2002 |
Business Planning for Twin Cities Organizations: How the Economic,
Labor, and Political Climate Impact Business Strategies |
Denise Stephens, Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce &
Chris Patrick, Functional Excellence, Inc. |
|
| December 6, 2001 |
Managing Supplier Relationships for Improved Results |
Ann Papenfuss, INNOVIZE |
|
| October 4, 2001 |
Corporate Coaching: Improving the Effectiveness of Your Resources |
Annie Bullert, Mark Dyslin, Mike Kulczyk, Cari Vollmer, Beth Woodward |
|
| September 6, 2001 |
The Balanced Scorecard: How It Really Works |
A panel of 6 experts and practitioners |
|
| August 2, 2001 |
Improving Website Performance to Improve Your Bottom Line |
Louis Hill, CEO of Rockwood Capital Management |
|
| June 5, 2001 |
Leadership: How to Use Power and Values to Improve Decision Making |
Rita Webster, CEO of WiseLeader and Amy Sayre, former Boeing executive
and founder of Life Worth Living |
|
| May 4, 2001 |
Bridging the Communications Gap Between Business and Technology |
Al Strauss, Independent Consultant |
|
| April 5, 2001 |
Managing Customer Value |
Vince Farace, CEO of Satisfaction Management Systems, Inc. |
|
| February 1, 2001 |
Organizational Culture |
Barbara Luke, Cargill, Inc. |
|
| December 7, 2000 |
Making Strategic Plans Happen: Hoshin Planning |
Pete Hovde, President, The Possibilities Co. |
|
| October 5, 2000 |
Mentoring as a Tool for Workforce Development |
Betsy Grewe, Program Manager, Global Leadership and Learning, Seagate
Technology |
|
| September 7, 2000 |
Six Sigma: Another Fad or a Legitimate Tool? |
Rip Stauffer, Senior Consultant, Process Management International
(now BlueFire Partners) |
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