Registration Link: https://asq.webex.com/weblink/register/r7d4931b723737821b144cc55af97be99
Abstract:
Improvement would be easy if it weren't for the people. Change leadership is often the missing variable in the equation to drive effective, efficient and long-sustaining change. In this session, we will unpack the tools of change leadership and explore what you as a leader can do to help make improvement easier and more successful.
Chad Smith Bio:
Chad Smith applies continuous improvement methodologies to help organizations leverage their scarce human and material resources through breakthrough improvements.
Chad has 26 years of Continuous Improvement experience in healthcare, retail, manufacturing, refining, high-tech and food having served many clients including Tyson, Ernst & Young, Anheuser Busch In-Bev, ASQ, St. Jude and SpaceX.
As a seasoned Continuous Improvement practitioner, Chad has helped many companies drive breakthroughs by helping organizations find their TruNorth through strategy deployment, uncover the major constraints through Value Stream Mapping and focus on the vital few improvements needed.
Chad continues to leverage his passion for helping people through adult facilitation and executive coaching through his business. Chad utilizes the adult learning model and works to maintain fun and energetic sessions that keeps participants in the training moment, eliminating their potential to be distracted. In the same way, Chad makes project work with teams engaging and interesting. Above all, Chad sees he and the team’s work each day as an opportunity to give doses of hope. Through the premise of (GI)^2 (that is Give it and You will get it), servant leadership is the cornerstone of leading culture change.
Chad is an ASQ Certified Master Black Belt (#8) and an ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (# 4615) as well as being named an ASQ Fellow in 2015. Chad has been associated with the Lean Six Sigma curriculum for over 10 years, and led 30 MBB's to complete a wholesale upgrade project in 2013, continuing his contribution through the years.
Chad is a past-chair of the ASQ Six Sigma Forum.