Winning Workplaces' Webinar Series
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Featuring winners of the 2007 Top Small Workplaces Award, named in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal.
Hear insights from great bosses of small organizations, including Best Boss and Top Small Workplace award winners, at a discounted price.
LIVE SESSION: Maintaining Community in a Virtual Workplace Live Session Date: September 25, 2008 Standard Rate: $75.00 ORDER THIS WEBINAR |
In the current economy we are all looking for a productivity edge to differentiate our firms. You can look to many things, but none are more effective than the engaged employee.
In this one-hour session learn about some of the high-tech, low-tech and soft skill ways these inspiring leaders have managed to sustain a supportive, engaged community in their companies where many employees work virtually and are spread across the country or are just across town.
All participants receive a copy of the slides and an Executive Summary of our 2007 Top Small Workplaces Data Report.
Presenters:
Michael Lacey, CEO/President, Digineer
Michael is CEO/President of Digineer, Inc., an 89-employee technology consulting firm based in Plymouth, MN.
Because employees spend most of their time at the client's location, Michael realized he needed to build a sense of team, allegiance and belonging among his dispersed workforce. To achieve this, Digineer dedicates more than $100,000 a year for education, training and social events for its employees. For example, "Digi-U" is a virtual university providing computer training and technology certification as well as classes in time management, health and wellness and other non-tech topics.
Timothy P. Keenan, President & Founder, HPTi
Timothy is President & Founder of High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi), a 325-employee information technology firm based in Reston, VA.
Founded in 1991, HPTi provides a full range of information technology services, primarily for the federal government. In 2003, when a tragic plane crash killed HPTi's chief executive officer, its general counsel and its accountant, Tim Keenan – then chief operating officer – moved quickly to hold the firm together. With a workforce spread from California to New Jersey to Florida, HPTi utilizes many techniques to ensure the full engagement of its people. These techniques include a combination of process, technology and education to meet the needs of the HPTi people.
LIVE SESSION: Open Book Management is NOT Just About Financial Transparency Live Session Date: October 28, 2008 Early Bird Rate (through Sept. 27, 2008): $50.00 ORDER THIS WEBINAR Standard Rate (starting Sept. 28, 2008): $75.00 |
80% of the 2007 Top Small Workplace winners have successfully implemented open book management.
Opening up the books, teaching employees how the business makes money and offering them a financial stake can be powerful ways to ignite greater engagement from the workforce.
Join us to learn from the people that wrote the book on OBM:
All participants receive a copy of the slides and an Executive Summary of our 2007 Top Small Workplaces Data Report.
Presenter:
Richard Armstrong, President, The Great Game of Business, Inc.
Rich has over 18 years of experience in improving business performance through employee involvement, business literacy, open-book management and employee ownership. The Great Game of Business management practice is the most celebrated approach to Open-Book Management. The Great Game of Business has helped thousands of companies in a wide range of industries to achieve breakthrough growth and financial performance by coaching a simple, yet powerful belief: “When employees think, act & feel like owners… everybody wins”. Mr. Armstrong is also a member of the board of directors of the National Center for Employee Ownership.
The Great Game of Business, Inc. provides affordable training and coaching services on the best practices of High Involvement workplaces and Open-Book Management. They offer publications, products, tools, and sponsor a national conference and recognition program to identify and celebrate exceptional Open-Book organizations. The Great Game’s chief visionary, Jack Stack, is the coauthor of two best-selling books; The Great Game of Business (Currency/Doubleday, 1994) and A Stake in the Outcome (Doubleday, 2002). The Great Game of Business book is in its 23rd printing and has been cited in over 100 best-selling business books.
LIVE SESSION: Exemplary Practices of the 2008 Top Small Workplace Winners Live Session Date: November 12, 2008 Early Bird Rate (through October 11, 2008): $50.00 ORDER THIS WEBINAR Standard Rate (starting October 12, 2008): $75.00 |
These savvy business leaders understand that to compete with the industry giants they must maintain an engaged and committed workforce commitment and loyalty. In this webinar you will learn about the exemplary practices that distinguish the winners of the 2008 Top Small Workplaces, a project in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal.
All participants receive a copy of the slides and an Executive Summary of our 2007 Top Small Workplaces Data Report.
Presenter:
Diane Stoneman, Director of Consulting & Training, Winning Workplaces
Diane leads Winning Workplaces’ consulting and training practice and
has extensive experience in the fields of workforce and organizational development.
She is an experienced facilitator, marketer and consultant in human resource
strategies to increase workplace effectiveness. During her career, she has
worked as a workforce learning consultant at the Council for Adult and Experiential
Learning (CAEL), a program director at the Chicago Manufacturing Institute,
and a director of a major urban community development organization. Diane
has a bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University and holds
a master’s degree in social service administration from the University
of Chicago.
LIVE SESSION: Maintaining a Stable Workplace in an Unstable Economy Live Session Date: December 10, 2008 Early Bird Rate (through November 9, 2008): $50.00 ORDER THIS WEBINAR Standard Rate (starting November 10, 2008): $75.00 |
Some companies rely on short term relationships with repeat customers. Others strive to develop life-long, client relationships that which is especially challenging in firms where the employees most responsible for customer care are the sales and service field staff. When field staff leave the company, their accounts are placed in jeopardy in much the same way that patients often go elsewhere when their long term physician retires.
Building stable client relationships requires a stable workforce and workplace culture. Tune in to hear how one inspired leader and manager have successfully maintained this kind of culture in a 75- year old engineering firm.
All participants receive a copy of the slides and an Executive Summary of our 2007 Top Small Workplaces Data Report.
Presenter:
Bill Brett, President, Barclay Water Management
Bill is President of Barclay Water Management, an 89-employee water treatment firm based in Watertown, MA.
Barclay Water Management is the largest employee-owned firm in the water treatment industry, employing the single largest team of female engineers, boasting the lowest associate turnover rate among major firms, and maintaining a pool of clients which have stayed loyal for decades. Associates applaud Barclay's upbeat environment and family-firm tmosphere, where the phonebook is organized by first name and employees swear that the president knows every one of them. An old-line company with timeless values, Barclay continues to impress clients with their solid culture of involved employee-owners.
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