Benchmarking Partnerships
Benchmarking Partnerships

 

LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS EXCELLENCE TRAINING- 2 Day intensive workshop

LEADING BUSINESS EXCELLENCE FOR RESULTS

Date:
Wednesday 21  & Thursday 22  January 2009

Venue:
Melbourne. Host TBA on registration. If you’d like to host this please let us know – 2 of your people can come for free.

Time:
9am-5PM, Day 2 finishing at 4.30PM

Investment:
$895 inc GST per day person

Early Bird Registration:
If you register before 24 December 2008 you will receive a 10% discount, in addition to other discounts noted below.

Workshop discount:
5% discount for the 2nd person, 10% for the 3rd person, 15% for the 4th person & 20% for the 5th & subsequent persons who register together at the same time from the same organisation

Presenters/facilitators:
This course is co-facilitated by Bruce Searles and Anton Benc, the two Managing Partners and Co-Directors of Benchmarking Partnerships, bringing together their joint detailed experience from both the service and the manufacturing sectors. We have also just completed a world wide search and compendium of Leadership Framework Best Practices. A FREE copy of this extensive compendium will be issued to you at the training course!

What's included:

  • Certificate of participation
  • A FREE copy of our extensive world wide compendium of Leadership Framework Best practices
  • Simulated benchmarking against real topics/ projects that will be facilitated to prioritise for action planning
  • Practical adaptation into your workplace when you return
  • Interactive sharing with other participants in an action packed comprehensive training course
  • Harvesting BEST PRACTICES and 'Think-tank' discussion
  • 'Hands-on' learning.
  • A comprehensive activity and reference workbook manual  issued for all training delegates
  • Content experts – Anton Benc & Bruce Searles sharing real case studies, exercises across their vast experience(refer to CV’s on our website)
  • Delegate and content expert contact list provided
  • Share the lessons learned, and experience through benchmarking knowledge exchange
  • Competency feedback evaluation
Note: Full program will be developed especially to meet the needs of participants. We will contact you on your registration to identify your specific needs.

 

This outline document describes the scope options for Business Excellence Leadership training  that could also be customised to the needs of YOUR  organisation for an alternative in-house course. Training can be done in 2 days consecutively or phased and delivered to build Business Excellence Leadership capacity with executive teams, corporate service groups, functional and line managers. The training is hands-on, interactive and experiential and draws on real experience in your organisation.

Why you want to participate:
  1. What is Business Excellence (BE) Leadership. A taste of what  ‘Good Practice’ BE Leadership looks like for your organisation drawing from our global benchmarking experience
  2. The BE Journey. Historical journey of BE and contemporary BE and BE Leadership today.
  3. What is our BE Purpose & Vision. Strategic planning of the vision will lead us to workshop the purpose and ’where are we heading’. The various BE frameworks around the world and case studies of excellence will lead discussion for the BE purpose/vision.
  4. Foundation BE principles. BE Principles- bringing these to life through application in your workplace, role modeling.
  5. How do we connect BE to our people/processes. Systems Thinking - this will define ‘who we are’ and ‘how we fit in’
  6. Strategic alignment & measurement. Strategy Mapping – will teach how to build key outcomes from the high level Organisational Plan. This will provide the BE focus for ‘ Doing what really matters for our business’
  7. The Customised BE Framework and mini Maturity Assessment for YOUR organisation. BE Framework considerations for operational and strategic sustainable business outcomes. Includes the Plan or approach (What and How), How Well (for widespread deployment), How we Know (the KPIs) and the Improvement cycle for business needs, linked to YOUR business plan and vision. This will provide the BE ‘Getting business done through BE’
  8. BE Skilling & Continuous Improvement Tools. Provide specific skilling through experiential learning on the key competency gaps. This will provide the ‘skills and tools’ for ongoing BE and continuous improvement
  9. Sustaining Excellence. How does the organisation foster and grow BE to sustain excellence in a changing and ‘time poor’ environment.
  10. Benchmarking. This will provide the ‘ Where else and how can I make a big contribution to the organisation and its success through the business plan and the long term vision’
  11. Engaging People to deliver on the Vision and Mission
  12. The Leaders Role in the All Categories of YOUR BE Framework
  13. What do Best Practice leaders do?
  • Draw on our experience across 5,000 organisations in many countries to learn how to improve your Leadership. Also drawing on our own detailed experience in working within and assisting Business Excellence Award winners such as NRMA Limited, BHP Billiton, South East Water etc.
  • You will save yourself from doing the extensive research and benchmarking that we have facilitated over two decades now and also involving our overseas partners like APQC in the USA, Asian Productivity Organisation across 20 Asian Countries including Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan and Thailand, the Global Benchmarking Network (GBN) covering for example Europe, UK, Canada and the Middle East and the New Zealand Business Excellence Foundation (NZBEF) and some Pacific Islands where we have worked with multi nationals like Sheraton, Coca Cola et
  • The best practices you will learn are drawn (“blind” of identity) from many organisations including NRMA, South East Water, University of Wollongong, BHP Billiton, HP, Pepsi, Caterpillar, Cisco Systems etc.

Registration Form

Training Course: Leadership of Business Excellence for Results – Melbourne

Training Course Date: Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 January 2009

Investment per person each days: $895 inc GST (Early Bird 10% discount until 24 December $805.50 inc GST). A further 5% discount for the 2nd person, 10% for the 3rd person, 15% for the 4th person & 20% for the 5th & subsequent persons who register together at the same time from the same organisation for this training course (indicate additional names and roles where indicated below). Additional credit card charges of 3% for Visa, Mastercard and Bankcard, and 5% for AMEX and Diners will be passed on to you.

Please fill out the form below to register for the Workshop, or, alternatively
FAX TO: Bruce searles:  (02) 9482 4093
Phone: 0418 267794

 

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Cancellations must be received in writing. Full refund for 14 days prior to event. 50% refund for between 7-14 days prior. No refund for less than 7 days prior. * * Accommodation, travel, etc not included. Lunch, morning and afternoon teas included. Please notify us if you have specific dietary requirements.

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