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Decision Making for Leaders: Managing Change

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Ray Harkins, The Manufacturing Academy,Michael J. Vella

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  • 1. Introduction.mp4
    12:32
  • 2.1 Decision Making for Vigilant Leaders Slides.pdf
  • 2.2 Decision Making in Building Winning Teams Slides.pdf
  • 2.3 Making the Decisions Needed to Lead Change Slides.pdf
  • 2.4 Problem Solving and Decision Making, 8D, Slides.pdf
  • 2. Slides for the Class.mp4
    01:22
  • 1. Thoughts on Vigilant Leadership.mp4
    06:55
  • 2. Agenda for the Lesson.mp4
    01:23
  • 3. Vigilance and Vigilant Leadership.mp4
    03:52
  • 4. Examples of Vigilance and Nondiligence.mp4
    09:07
  • 5. How to Proceed.mp4
    02:04
  • 6. 10 Strategies, Pt 1.mp4
    07:03
  • 7. Four Talents.mp4
    03:52
  • 8. 10 Strategies, Pt 2.mp4
    06:22
  • 9. 10 Strategies, Pt 3.mp4
    05:40
  • 10. Summary and References.mp4
    00:56
  • 1. Introduction to Managing Change.mp4
    02:32
  • 2. The Problem of Cultural Change.mp4
    06:11
  • 3. The Problem of Change.mp4
    03:43
  • 4. Factors Predicting the Acceptance of Change.mp4
    06:23
  • 5. Innovators to Laggards.mp4
    05:22
  • 6. Leadership Decisions for Cultural Change.mp4
    08:09
  • 7. Summarizing the 8 Decisions for Cultural Change.mp4
    01:50
  • 8. Examples of Leadership Decisions.mp4
    04:02
  • 9. Closing Comments and References.mp4
    00:41
  • 1. Decision Making and Team Building.mp4
    04:58
  • 2. Agenda for Team Building.mp4
    01:09
  • 3. Traditional Screening Steps.mp4
    04:10
  • 4. Hiring for Talent.mp4
    05:19
  • 5. Key Organizational Elements.mp4
    02:49
  • 6. Talents in the Hiring Process.mp4
    01:52
  • 7. Evaluating Talent, Pt 1.mp4
    07:01
  • 8. Evaluating Talent, Pt 2.mp4
    04:47
  • 9. Summary and References.mp4
    01:02
  • 1. Problems with Unknown Causes.mp4
    03:55
  • 2. A Frightful Time.mp4
    04:43
  • 3. Structured Problem Solving Methods.mp4
    04:58
  • 4. The Problem with Problem Solving.mp4
    02:07
  • 5. The 8D Methodology.mp4
    02:15
  • 6. The Eight Disciplines.mp4
    03:07
  • 7. D1 and D2.mp4
    08:01
  • 8. D3 and D4.mp4
    07:35
  • 9. D5 and D6.mp4
    03:13
  • 10. D7 and D8.mp4
    04:07
  • 11. Concluding Thoughts and References.mp4
    02:27
  • 1. Conclusion to the Course.mp4
    03:21
  • 2.1 Additional Course Links, 063023.docx
  • 2.2 Additional Course Links, 063023.pdf
  • 2. Bonus Lecture.mp4
    08:37
  • Description


    Leading with Vigilance, Innovation, Talent, and Precision

    What You'll Learn?


    • The importance of vigilance in business and how to practice it
    • Examples of vigilance and non-vigilance in the news
    • Ten strategies for improving your own vigilance
    • How change is diffused in a culture
    • The five factor influencing the rate of change
    • Using the diffusion model to improve the results of your project
    • The pitfalls of the traditional hiring model
    • Why hire for talent
    • How to uncover the talents in your prospective team members
    • The 8D model as a structured problem-solving approach
    • What are each of the 8D's
    • How to apply the 8D approach in practice

    Who is this for?


  • Current, Future, Potential and Aspiring Leaders and Managers
  • Professionals who want to grow in their decision-making and leadership skills
  • Engineers, Technicians, Analysts
  • What You Need to Know?


  • Basic understanding of business and organizational structure
  • More details


    Description

    If you are working in a leadership role, or are aiming your career in the direction of leadership and management, then this course, Decision Making for Leaders: Managing Change will provide keys ideas to propel your career forward.

    So much has been said and written about leadership. But where do you start??

    This course, Decision Making for Leaders: Managing Change is not just based on time-tested business research, but also on the hands-on application by its instructor, Mike Vella. Mike served as the heads of operations for both a major tier 1 automotive supplier and a major commercial food processor. And this course offers some of the priceless concepts that steered him toward success as an industry leader.

    This class is divided into four major sections, each connected to a critical aspect of managing organizational change: Vigilant Leadership, Cultural Change, Hiring for Talent, and Structured Problem Solving. Each section is about 40 minutes long ... easily watched or listened to during an evening or lunch break.

    In Vigilant Leadership, you will learn the importance of vigilance in the workplace, not just for the top-level executive, but for every person who wants to grow with the organization. You will hear several examples of both vigilance and non-vigilance within major corporations. And you will hear 10 useful strategies for improving you vigilance and acting on trends within your industry.

    In Cultural Change, you will understand how innovations are diffused, or spread throughout an organization or within society at large. And using this innovation diffusion modal, Mike will share with you practical tips for getting your improvement project or new business system accepted by your organization.

    In Hiring for Talent, Mike explains the traditional approach for hiring new employees and why it so often fails. Using a different approach of hiring for talent, leaders can select candidates based on their natural propensities, not just their knowledge and experience. Mike also offers a collection of questions that can help you identify the talents of your potential team members.

    And lastly, in Structured Problem Solving, Mike explains the "8D Methodology", a universal problem solving method originally developed at the Ford Motor Company in the 1980's for use by their engineering teams. You will learn about each of the 8 "D's" or disciplines required to solve complex problems with unknown causes.


    When you purchase this course, you not only gain LIFETIME ACCESS to its materials at a very low cost and the entire slide deck as a downloadable resource, but you also gain access to us, your instructors, through the Udemy platform, with your comments or questions.

    So if you are an aspiring leader, lifelong leaner, or a true professional trying to sharpen your skills, then THIS IS THE CLASS FOR YOU. Take your leadership skills to the next level by signing up for Decision Making for Leaders: Managing Change today!!

    Who this course is for:

    • Current, Future, Potential and Aspiring Leaders and Managers
    • Professionals who want to grow in their decision-making and leadership skills
    • Engineers, Technicians, Analysts

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    Ray Harkins, The Manufacturing Academy
    Ray Harkins, The Manufacturing Academy
    Instructor's Courses
    Ray Harkins is a senior manufacturing professional with 30 years experience in manufacturing engineering, quality management, and business analysis. During his career, he has toured hundreds of manufacturing facilities and worked with leading industry professionals throughout North America and Japan. He earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Akron where he majored in Engineering Technology, his Master of Science from Rochester Institute of Technology where he majored in Manufacturing Leadership and Project Management, and his Master of Business Administration from Youngstown State University. He is a senior member of the American Society of Quality, and holds their Quality Engineering (CQE), Quality Technician (CQT), Quality Auditing (CQA) and Calibration Technician (CCT) certifications. Ray has written extensively for national trade publications on the topics of quality engineering and career management, and has taught over 32,000 students through the Udemy platform on a range of manufacturing-related topics.
    Michael J. Vella
    Michael J. Vella
    Instructor's Courses
    Mike Vella has joined the Udemy Instructors team on the Manufacturing Academy site following a 42-year career in Quality and Operations in the Automotive and Food Manufacturing industries. Most recently, Mike retired in 2021 as Senior VP Operations at the Suter Company an employee-owned food producer located in Sycamore, Illinois. Prior to joining Suter, Mike was the Vice President and General Manager of TI Automotive’s Brake and Fuel Group in North America before retiring in 2006. Mike was with TI Automotive for 30 years. Mike received his MBA from Wayne State University and his BS from Western Michigan University.Mike believes that a leader’s legacy is partially formed by sharing what you know they know and what they have experienced to develop others along their own path in life. Mike was a frequent speaker and trainer at TI Automotive and with The Suter Company along with his support of education within the American Society for Quality, Greater Detroit section and the Automotive Division. A Senior Member and Fellow of the ASQ, Mike retains his certification as a Quality Engineer and Reliability Engineer. Mike has been honored as Greater Detroit Section Man of the Year. Mike resides in Aurora, Illinois with his wife Lynne.
    Students take courses primarily to improve job-related skills.Some courses generate credit toward technical certification. Udemy has made a special effort to attract corporate trainers seeking to create coursework for employees of their company.
    • language english
    • Training sessions 43
    • duration 3:11:34
    • Release Date 2023/10/12