Impact Workshops

The Business Impact of Social Media for Supply Chain Practitioners
How to Strategically Connect with Prospects, Clients & Partners through Emerging Technology
Examine the social media revolution and how supply chain practitioners can leverage its tools for marketing, sales, customer service and brand advantage. This half-day workshop from Impact Insights analyzes the techniques supply chain practitioners can use to engage customers, prospects and partners. Participants will review several business cases in social media success and failure in order to understand what works and what doesn’t in this rapidly evolving marketplace of information and ideas.

The workshop is designed for supply chain and logistics leaders, managers and technology practitioners who are working to build successful social media strategies that deliver ROI and business impact.

Learn the secrets to building dynamic, high-performing IT organizations in this dynamic half-day business workshop from Impact Insights. Focusing on POWERSHIP®, the proprietary business management methodology developed to rigorously align technology processes, initiatives and teams with business performance, the presentation will explore how the very best IT organizations involve every team member—from admin to senior-most executives—in business strategy and execution.

The workshop teaches IT and business leaders concrete techniques for advancing and evolving IT contributions to ensure they are aligned with business goals, such as profitability, growth, innovation, brand reach, customer retention and market position.

Have you been puzzled by why individuals will not bring ideas forward even when you know they could provide a wealth of knowledge? Have you created a vision for your company and no one seems to understand what to do to make progress toward its achievement? Have you experienced what seems to be a lack of ability in individuals to be able to take a larger goal and break it down for achievement? Why are these things happening when the company seems to be communicating and supporting their employees each and every day?

Developing a company vision and a single plan for execution is critical to a company’s  success. They get everyone from the receptionist to the CEO engaged and marching in the same direction. The POWERSHIP Culturescape™ model paints a picture of the company and how it operates in an easy to understand fashion. It delivers a vision and single plan for execution that can be used as a focal point for centralized communication. It identifies the work that must occur on each individual’s part to become engaged in the goal of attaining the company’s vision.

This workshop is designed to provide the participant with:

• An overview of the elements of POWERSHIP® and how they build a company’s culture
• Exercises used to solidify the key concepts of POWERSHIP® and build the mission, vision, and strategic plan
• A work plan to start the creation of your own POWERSHIP Culturescape™ environment

Gallup poll statistics show that only 30% of the employees in businesses are actively engaged in their work. Actively Engaged is defined as performing at 100% of the employee’s capability and capacity. With that information as fact, many business owners are asking themselves…

“What can be done to increase the engagement level of the other 70% of the company for maximized productivity?”

This session outlines 3 key steps and describes techniques to utilize in each one to get started right away. The steps are:

Step 1 – Learn how your employees work
Step 2 – Work for your employees
Step 3 – Watch your employees work for you

This workshop is designed to provide the participant with:

• The knowledge of how much the lack of people engagement can be affecting the bottom line in dollars and cents
• Techniques on how to implement ideas in each of the three steps
• The desire to make a difference in the engagement level of each and every employee in the company

Leadership is not only for executives. Each of us can exhibit leadership skills not only in our job but more importantly in our day-to-day life including family, friends and in our community.  This session brings together in one easy acronym what others have taken publication after publication to discuss. The acronym is:

R espect
E nergy
S upport
P atience
E thics
C ourage
T rust

Learn it, live it, and teach it and see the success you can have not only within your business, but also within your daily life. Start practicing RESPECT today and challenge yourself to make it a habit for future success.

This workshop is designed to provide the participant with:

• The understanding of how the term leadership can apply no matter what walk of life you come from
• The excitement to challenge ones self each and every day to exhibit the characteristics depicted in RESPECT
• The motivation to tell others about RESPECT when they arrive back at the office and when participating in the community around them

Achieving the Ultimate work/life dynamic!

FACT: A record number of women have opted out of jobs as they struggle to achieve their ideal “work/life balance”, as we’ve come to know it.

FACT: At the same time, a record number of women are starting their own businesses – defining their own vision, empowering their own people and in doing so, redefining what it means to be successful in business and in life!

POWERSHIP® - The 9 Part Proven Process Guaranteed to Engage Your People, Execute the Impossible and Get You Results You Can Take to the Bank. (And time you can take to your personal life.)

This insider’s acronym is revolutionizing the way companies are doing business. Now everyone from the receptionist to the CEO can be effortlessly in sync for unbelievable levels of performance. Come and hear from the author of this exciting book, and see for yourself how this system can help you smartly define/execute your business goals that can lead you to the ultimate work/life dynamic!

Deliverables:

• How to get 25% more productivity from your team
• 3 ways to get your people fully engaged for incredible results
• How to enhance flexibility for process changes in days instead of months

This workshop is designed to provide the participant with:

• A quick survey guaranteed to uncover secrets your employees will never tell you
• A work plan you can implement for immediate results

Work the POWERSHIP® model into your plan and watch your employees work for you. This program is a must see for those serious about learning how getting your business in order can free you to experience a more sane existence overall!

Process mapping is the cornerstone to company improvement in the areas of: Productivity, Quality, Delivery, and People Engagement. It is an area that people in companies tend to shy away from because they believe:

• The initial development of the maps takes a lot of time and effort
• The documented processes limit employee creativity
• The maps are obsolete before they are complete

This workshop deals with the truths behind what can be done to put together efficient and effective process maps that drive productivity and savings to the bottom line. It will show how to facilitate a process mapping session for a level of documentation that will yield unprecedented success. Everyone gets involved for ownership and accountability.

This workshop is designed to provide the participant with:

• A detailed road map of how to facilitate a process mapping session for their company
• Techniques on how to get everyone involved for maximum ownership
• Knowledge of how to implement the changes needed to make efficiencies happen

Have you heard the status of the financial measures of your company until you can hardly listen any more? Are you compensated by how well the company does financially, but you don’t know how you can make a difference? Do individuals who work hard but don’t directly affect the bottom line frequently feel as if they are overlooked? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions you are not alone. Financial measures are the most common to communicate and easiest to track, but do not maximize results. Peak performance is driven when measures are looked at across the entire company.

The concept of equalized measures refers to creating an awareness of company results in multiple areas such as structure, customers, employee values, and culture. The equalization allows measurement by targets that individuals can control. It increases productivity by giving visibility into enhancements that need to be made for continuous improvement. This method puts true accountability and empowerment into the hands of the individuals who can make a difference.

This workshop is designed to provide the participant with:

• The understanding of how to look at measures for any process in an equalized manner
• The excitement to challenge procedures for constant improvement through target management
• The motivation and drive to increase their own individual productivity for expanded success

Contact Impact Insights today to request a customized workshop for your organization or to participate in an already scheduled event.