2009-2010 Events
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
(Picture Courtesy of Indiana University)
Entrepreneur Jack Stack
"A Stake in the Outcome"
Jack Stack is the founder and CEO of SRC Holdings, a company comprising more than 35 separate companies. SRC's companies do everything from consulting to packaging to building high-performance engines. Stack went to SRC in 1979 as the Plant Manager of International Harvester after eleven years of direct management experience. In 1983, Stack and the SRC employees bought the company from IH.
Stack is a national and world judge for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Institute and has served as an advisor for the group since 1998. INC. Magazine has called him the “smartest strategist in America” and named him one of twenty-five entrepreneurs selected to represent the 25 years INC. has been published. Inc. Magazine dubbed him "The Father of Open-Book Management", a business practice of sharing financial and decision-making duties among all employees. Stack was also listed among the “top 10 minds in small business” in Fortune Small Business Magazine.
He has written two books, "The Great Game of Business" and "A Stake in the Outcome" and presents lectures on the subject. The Great Game of Business, was selected one of the thirty best business books of the year by Soundview Executive Book Summaries.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
CEO/President Arizona Diamondbacks- MLB
Derrick Hall
“On the Field and Off”
Mr. Hall is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and his powerful, straight-talk presentation as a Major League Baseball CEO — both on the field and off — will provide rare insights, ideas and techniques to create a game plan that produces uncommon results. In this idea-packed session, you’ll discover tools to equip you for today’s challenging market: The Circle of Success – a proven, results driven mission that focuses on performance, community, culture, financial efficiency and an unparalleled client experience. Find a Way to Say Yes – a challenge for each employee to maximize the customer experience. On the Field and Off – creating an environment and culture that attracts the highest performing employees and players.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Standard & Poors
James Wiemken
James Wiemken of “Standard & Poor’s” is a managing director in Corporate and Government Ratings and head of the State and Local Government Ratings Group. The Group is responsible for new issue rating assignment and ongoing surveillance on over 13,000 state and local government credits. Jim previously was a regional economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond specializing in state and local economic analysis. Specific research interests included estimating the effects of NAFTA and studying unintended incentives and consequences in banking legislation. He holds a M.B.A. from
Yale
University and a B.A. in Economics and French from
Millikin
University .
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
FranklinCovey
Haydn Shaw
Haydn Shaw is a leading expert on generations and turning around negative work environments and employees. For over twenty years Haydn Shaw has worked with FranklinCovey as a senior consultant for seventeen years specializing in their leadership, execution, and personal productivity methodologies.
Recently hailed as a "leadership guru" by the Washington Post, Haydn Shaw has delivered hundreds of convention keynotes or intimates off-sites. Known for taking groups from hilarity to deep reflection, he combines rich content with use-tomorrow tools. Having worked with hundreds of organizations, Haydn connects with virtually any group in any industry, and brings practical and inspiring examples from the boardroom and the front line.
"Leading at the Speed of Trust"
Trust-related problems like redundancy, bureaucracy, fraud, and turnover put the skids on productivity, divert resources, squander opportunities, and chip away at a company’s brand. On the other hand, leaders who make building trust an explicit goal of their jobs elevate trust to a strategic advantage - accelerating growth, enhancing innovation, improving collaboration and execution, and increasing shareholder value.
Instead of paying outageoius "Trust Taxes," your organization can begin to realize "Trust Dividends." Doing business at the "speed of trust" dramatically lowers costs, speeds up results, and increases profits and influence.
FranklinCovey Website
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Michael Lee Stallard
His topic will be: "Fired Up Leadership - Why Your Company Needs A Connection Culture to Thrive and the Best Practices of Companies that Have Them." This will be held at Tuscany Pasta and Steak Restaurant from 7:30 - 10:00 am.
Stallard is a leading authority on employee and customer engagement. He is the president, CEO and a co-founder of E Pluribus Partners, and author of Fired Up or Burned Out. Michael was chief marketing officer for businesses at Charles Schwab and Morgan Stanley. He was formerly an executive in investment banking, marketing and finance at Barclays PLC, Van Kampen Investments and Texas Instruments.
“I want to share something with you I’ve learned over the last decade of my life that I believe can be as helpful to you as it has been to me. In a nutshell, one of the most powerful and least understood aspects of business is how an emotional connection between management, employees and customers provides a competitive advantage. Unless the people who are part of a business feel a sense of connection –an emotional bond that promotes trust, cooperation and esprit de corps – they will never reach their potential as individuals, nor will the organization."
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Michael Schatzki
His topic will be the "Art of Negotiating". This will be held at Tuscany Pasta and Steak Restaurant from 7:30 - 10:00 am.
Schatzki is an experienced professional negotiator. His firm Negotiation Dynamics conducts seminars and workshops for businesses, nonprofit organizations and professional groups throughout the country and provides consulting services to organizations on specific negotiating problems. He is the author of Negotiation: The Art of Getting What You Want. Mr. Schatzki delivers powerful negotiation training with REAL results - Mr. Schatzki designs and conducts every Negotiation Dynamics training. He has directly trained thousands of participants in seminars worldwide. His real-world expertise translates into real results for your business.
Negotiation Dynamics’ clients call again and again. Why? Because Mr. Schatzki’s powerful training course, in-depth research, and interactive exercises produce extraordinary results that can immediately improve your profitability.
Michael Received his B.A., Magna Cum Laude, from Haverford College, and an M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Dr. Daniel McQuiston
Dan has been fascinated with all aspects of sales and marketing since his days in sales in the 1970s. This fascination led him to first complete his MBA and then his Ph.D. in marketing from The Ohio State University. As a marketing professor first at Indiana University and now at Butler University, he has won teaching awards at all three institutions as well as similar awards from a number of executive development programs.
“…Dr. McQuiston had a tremendous impact on our management team. He got them interested in looking at our products and services in a way that would satisfy our customers’ secondary demands. Our managers started to recognize how possible changes in processes could benefit both customer and company bottom lines. Dan’s message was clear: increase customer loyalties by improving their processes to make them more profitable…”
— LandAmerica Financial Group
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Robert Wendover
His topic will be "Been There, Done That! Best Practices in Managing Age Diversity". This will be held at Tuscany Pasta and Steak Restaurant from 7:30 - 10:00 am.
Robert W. Wendover has been researching and writing about workforce trends for more than 20 years. He currently serves as Managing Director of the Center for Generational Studies. Mr. Wendover has authored the Center’s training curriculum, Generations: Understanding Age Diversity in Today’s Workplace. His nine books include Crossing the Generational Divide, On Cloud Nine: Weathering the Challenge of Many Generations in the Workplace and Two Minute Motivation: How to Inspire Superior Performance. His first book, Smart Hiring, first published in 1988, has just been released in its sixth edition.
Mr. Wendover is regular guest on radio & TV across the U.S. His credits include CNN, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal’s National Business Employment Weekly,
Supervisory Management, Human Resources Professional, Women’s
Wear Daily, Entrepreneur and Money magazine. In addition, he has
written monthly columns for both retailers and Realtors.
2007-2008 Events
September 12, 2007 - Breakfast Meeting with speaker Nancye M. Combs, AEP-SPHR her topic "Errors and Ommissions in Managing People."
September 27, 2007 - Building a Better Board - The first session of the 2-part series discussed policy development, governing the executive board, board responsibilities, and executive director responsibilities.
October 04, 2007 - Building a Better Board - The second session of the 2-part series discussed how the board operates: meetings, board leadership, committees, and the administration of board; and how to be an outstanding director.
October 11, 2007 - Social "Spotlight Millikin"- Celebrating 12 years of MDEA with Millikin Tabor School of Business, President Doug Zemke spoke and the founding members of MDEA were recognized. This Social event hosted by MDEA shined a "Spotlight" the Arts & Entrepreneurship of Millikin University.
December 6, 2007 - Breakfast Meeting with speaker Kelly Lyons, his topic "The 1% Difference, Small Change - Big Impact!"
February 12, 2008 - Breakfast Meeting with speaker Bryan Arzani, his topic "Hiring Producers - Not Pretenders".
May 6, 2008 - Breakfast Meeting with speakers Marc Compeau and Dan Davis, and the topic "Gaining an Affordable Competitive Edge that every Leader can use to Build a Culture around Customer Service."
May 22, 2008 - Social "Creating Leadership"- This Social was a means for you to say thanks to your key executives. MDEA's mission is to build entrepreneurship within the business community and we realize that your Key Executives play a vital role within your Companies and that this would be a great venue for you to say thanks, and to also allow them to network with other key executives with high growth tendencies.
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