Be sure to get registered for our next section meeting - April 28 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. This will be a Pacific Region event, hosted by our section.
Following the presentation a brief Spokane section meeting will be held to discuss section news and obtain member input for future activities.
"Thoughts on Successful Volunteer Organizational Leadership"
Presenter: Barry Craner, FASQ, CQE, CQE, CQA, CMDA, RAC(US), MS+, MBA
Quality Champion and past ASQ Regional Director
One of the greatest challenges facing contemporary organizations that rely on volunteers is the successful recruitment and retention of capable, committed volunteer leaders. If you’ve been recruited into such a role, you are already capable and committed. And possibly feeling a bit overwhelmed.
Volunteer roles can be time consuming and challenging. As unpaid leaders/team members, we may often feel on our own and become discouraged to the point of wanting to quit. Instead, it may help to better understand some of the challenges.
Barry will discuss various factors in organizational leadership, with concepts that apply not only to industrial careers, but also in volunteer organizations. His goal is to encourage fellow volunteers and help them to better understand several major concepts that lead to success in volunteer situations.
Insights will be shared on how to:
· Drive continuous improvements when an organization is in a stable mode to contribute and manage activities when little change is evident
· Address and manage issues when change is needed and to overcome resistance
· Manage/lead up, across, and down
Change is never easy. An exercise will demonstrate how to expect and handle difficulties in negotiations and how to overcome resistance.
About the speaker: Barry Craner is a Certified Quality Engineer, Certified Reliability Engineer, Certified Quality Auditor, and Certified Biomedical Auditor. With over 40 years of experience in quality and related fields, an MBA with emphasis on Computer Information Systems and MS+ in Biology (Cardiac Physiology), Barry has consulted in medical device quality assurance and regulatory affairs and taught risk management and other courses at the collegiate level and to Fortune 500 companies. He has published numerous papers and is well-known as a U.S. and international speaker. He is on the Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry list of “100 Notable People in the Medical Device Industry.”
In 2008, Barry was awarded the Simon Collier Quality Award by the ASQ Los Angeles Section. He is an ASQ Fellow and has been active in ASQ for several decades at both the local/section and national/division levels.