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PMAWNE MEMBERS ATTEND FREE
GUESTS WELCOME
JOINT DINNER MEETING WITH APICS
Lean
manufacturing has transformed our factory
floors. Supply chain management and
electronic data interchange have
fundamentally changed order processing,
inventory management, and collaboration with
suppliers. Big data makes twentieth century
market segmentation look like child’s play.
And e-commerce has totally changed the way
we shop and sell. While these major advances
continue to bring tremendous change,
efficiencies, and value to the businesses
that employ them, none have touched the c onfusion
and chaos that smothers employees and
inflates tasks at every level of the
organization, but particularly among
executives, managers, and knowledge workers.
None of these have done anything to diminish
the perennial waste and frustration of
wavering decisions, shifting priorities,
inadequate communication, unproductive
meetings, confusion over expectations and
responsibilities, no accountability, lack of
commitment, and “solutions” that solve
nothing. The next great wave of productivity
improvement will come from creating the
clarity that simplifies, that improves and
speeds decisions, and that allows employees
to work together smoothly, quickly, and
confidently without backtracking or wheel
spinning.
What exactly is
clarity? Why is it so clear so many are
unclear? How can you increase clarity? Ann
Latham, a leading expert in creating the
clarity that produces twice the results in
half the time and founder of Uncommon
Clarity, Inc., the key to these questions
and more at our meeting on January 15, 2013
Typical Results of
Uncommon Clarity
1.
Strategy formulated and executed with discipline, confidence, and
appropriate engagement
2. Consensus, commitment, and alignment with speed despite complexity
and sensitivity of issues
3. Efficient, sustainable, results-focused processes that save time
and money, and work in your environment and
culture
4.
Meetings halved while achieving twice the results
5.
Identification and replication of internal best practices
6. Conflicts resolved, shared goals established, and silos and
internal competition diminished
7.
Improved clarity, focus, and productivity
for individuals and organizations
8.
Accountability and management systems that turn goals into results
9.
Top talent developed effectively with
maximum speed and minimal disruption
10.
The process of clarity as a mindset, skill
set, and sustainable practice
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Biographical Notes on
ANN Latham
Ann graduated magna
cum laude from Tufts University with a
degree in mathematics. Her work and travels
have taken her to 36 countries and 48
states. She is a board approved Master
Facilitator, an honor bestowed upon an elite
group of global consultants by the Society
for Advancement of Consulting®. Ann is a
guest lecturer for the Isenberg School of
Management MBA program at the University of
Massachusetts, a blogger for ASTD, serves on
the Board of Directors for the Greater
Northampton Chamber of Commerce, and belongs
to The Society for the Advancement of
Consulting and the Human Service Forum.
As a speaker, Ann
creates clarity for audiences who want
clear, pragmatic, immediately applicable
ideas that will help them speed and improve
results. Her value-packed and entertaining
presentations inevitably garner enthusiastic
reviews.
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