Pre-Conference Workshop Day
9:00 am Registration & Coffee
10:00 – 12:00 WORKSHOP A
Developing a Robust Operational Excellence Strategy & Resource to Build a More Resilient, Profitable Organization
Synopsis
• Crafting a long-term Operational Excellence strategy that aligns with overall business goals, enhances agility, and drives sustainable growth
• Understanding what a successful Operational Excellence team consists of, it’s organization, and integration with the wider business: Is it more beneficial to have staff dedicated to certain business areas or take on a more generalized approach?
• Strategizing how to address the plethora of business improvement requirements, while working with limited resourcesÂ
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 WORKSHOP B
Aligning Your Resource Behind the Initiatives That Will Support Business Strategy & Maximum Growth
Synopsis
• Approaching strategic planning with all executive leaders in the room to build your Operational Excellence strategy and goals
• Developing KPIs to monitor the health and impact of your Operational Excellence program to know you are positively influencing change in line with business goals
• Utilizing metrics and data to demonstrate ROI of specific initiatives and secure further support from leaders regarding the value of the Operational Excellence to their business and its bottom line
3:00 pm Afternoon Refreshments
3:30 pm
3:30 – 5:30 WORKSHOP C
3:35 pm Scaling Your Program to Sustain Impact & Efficiency Amid Rapid Organizational Growth
Synopsis
• Discussing the challenges with maintaining Excellence through period of rapid growth, both in terms of your Operational Excellence program as well as wider business challenges
• Building an onboarding program that quickly and efficiently instils the values and priorities of your business into new hires
• Mitigating the risks of premature job title escalation by providing targeted training and mentorship for employees transitioning into roles before they are fully prepared
• Balancing the time taken to implement change and improvement with rapid growth: How do you make sure you build a change management approach that accounts for flexibility through growth, but is efficient in rolling out system improvement?