Lean Thought Leader To Present Leadership Training Across Montana, Late Summer 2011

A rare opportunity for Leadership Excellence training from one of the leading Lean thinkers in the USA, Mr. Bill Waddell, will be offered in five cities across Montana in late summer. The six-hour event is intended to improve business health using simple, straight-forward principles.

The Montana Manufacturing Extension Center (MMEC), Montana Department of Commerce Business Resource Division and Montana Small Business Development Center (SBDC) are hosting Waddell's appearance. As a speaker, he has addressed professional, academic and military groups on five continents and has spoken and taught in virtually every leading manufacturing forum in the United States. He is considered a global supply chain expert, one of the original Lean Accounting 'thought leaders' and is regarded as a leading expert in lean manufacturing.

Waddell recently co-authored Simple Excellence, a book about organizing and aligning the management team in a company for effective Lean transformation. Ten free copies of his book will be available to early registrants (limit two per company) at each location, courtesy of the Montana Department of Commerce. Waddell also authored Rebirth of American Industry, has published numerous articles, and is the most widely read manufacturing blogger on the Internet.

Provocative and humorous, Waddell will provide the key elements for business owners, managers and their teams to begin creating a culture of excellence. The role of leadership and its impact on employees will be clearly defined. Each class starts at 9:30 a.m. and runs to 3:30 p.m., and includes lunch. The fee is $195 for each person with discounts for teams of 4 or more.

The course will be offered on a different day in each of five Montana cities: the first will be in Billings on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011 at the Big Sky EDA Yellowstone meeting room, 222 North 32nd Street; next in Bozeman on Wednesday, August 31 at the MMEC conference room, 2310 University Way, Bldg 2; then in Helena on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at the Montana Department of Commerce, 301 South Park Ave., rooms 226-228; next in Missoula on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the MonTEC meeting room, 1121 East Broadway; and then in Kalispell on Thursday, Sept. 8 at the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce meeting room, 15 Depot Park.

For more information and secure registration go to
http://www.eiseverywhere.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=25581