Webcast: Creating the Pull for Continuous Improvement

Dale Gibbons, Vice President, Chief Operations Officer - Farm Credit Mid-America

Question: If you were opening a hot dog stand and were granted one wish, what would it be?

Answer: A starving crowd

If you don't have a 'starving crowd' asking for continuous improvement, then you have to create one. It's the proverbial debate between push vs. pull. Pushing programs may get you compliance, but it won't get you commitment.

However, getting the kind of commitment to continuous improvement that translates into initiating projects can be a herculean task in most organizations. Many employees are still trying to find their equilibrium after corporate restructurings, staff downsizings, or strategic shifts which have taken place in recent years. The last thing most employees want is to create more churn and change, and the executives that need to lead the effort may be experiencing some of the same heartburn. So where to start? The Board Room.

Learn how to gain executive buy-in to create a culture hungry for change.

In this session, the following key points will be covered:

• How to sell, even become the Pied Piper, of continuous improvement
• Become an indispensable Lynchpin in your company
• Understand The Gap Nobody Knows and how to help your leaders close it
• Become more influential in your team and your company
• The law of the hotdog stand and how to use it to get better results