Mike Adams

Featured Keynote Programs

One of the top 5 CEO challenges listed in 2013 cited by The Conference Board, the term takes on many definition around Quality Management, Performance Excellence, Business Performance, etc.
The presentation customized to meet the clients' specific needs draws from general knowledge covering:
- Balanced Scorecard
- Leadership expectations
- Successful Practices
- Change Management
- Problem Solving Methodologies
- Employee Engagement
- Performance Management

One of the top 5 CEO challenges listed in 2013 cited by The Conference Board, the term takes on many definition around Quality Management, Performance Excellence, Business Performance, etc. Their strategies to accomplish this is grounded in changing the culture to be quicker, more customer oriented, more productive, innovative, etc.
The presentation customized to meet the clients' specific needs draws from general knowledge covering:
- Balanced Scorecard
- Leadership expectations
- Successful Practices
- Change Management
- Problem Solving Methodologies
- Employee Engagement
- Performance Management
- Business Planning
- Customer Engagement

Leadership and Employee Behavior is driven by the measurement system from the organization's balanced scorecard down to the specific individual measures of an employee or group.

This presentation shares successful practices that strengthen alignment, performance management, and associated change management tactics necessary to allow for actions to be properly reflected in the measurement system.

Conflicting goals is often a cause for inefficiencies, employee disengagement, slower than planned business results.

Strategic and Business Planning sets the direction and stage for resources, goals, and objectives.

This presentation shares a practical approach to business planning (Hoshin Planning/ Hoshin Kanri) that addresses the common weaknesses of project prioritization, proper resource allocation, business case and project management, timelines, and execution expectations across business units and the supply chain.

Performance Management and Reviews is not an annual check off the box item that a 30 minutes review took place with an employee with anecdotal information shared.

Leveraging and aligning employees not only more favorably influences business results, it also serves as a favorable practice for employee engagement.

This is not rocket science material but an acknowledgement that appropriate operating discipline and employee acknowledgement can translate in to quicker business results.

This presentation draws upon Business Planning and Measurements.

Most companies cite Safety and #1 yet their operating discipline does not match their intent for safety or secondary benefits.

This presentation shares the hierarchy of the safety pyramid from Loss of Life, to Injuries, to Minor Injuries, to Near Misses to Dangerous Behavior.

Direct benefits include reduction of Workers Compensation Costs, improvement employee engagement, increased productivity. Indirect benefits from this operating discipline is easily transferable to missed opportunities and observations with customers, new products and services, and fact-based decision making .

The quality movement of the 1980's and 1990's showcased methodologies and approaches to better serve the customer and impact business results quicker and sustainable.

There have been many practices and approaches that have been added to the business arsenal including Six Sigma, Lean, Reengineering, Process Management, and associated tools and techniques.

Good intentions do not always translate into appropriate, balanced actions resulting in over dominance and importance to # of projects, # of black belts certified, or absolute use of tools, versus meeting the business need in a timely manner.

This presentation provides a practical approach to leverage skills and competencies from quality practitioners for business results without the lingo and without dotting the "i's" and crossing the "t's".

Commencement address to graduates on preparing for new phase in life: Points include being global, social networking etiquette, guidance for successful careers.