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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Edward Ferris Charlesmore Partners Intern.

Ken Rayment — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Charlesmore Partners International is a rapidly growing management consulting firm.

We help CEOs and their top management teams develop the organizational strategy to convert strategic intent into sustainable and high performance business results.

We are skilled at devising organizational and talent management strategies that reduce systemic costs, drive performance and build value.

Charlesmore Partners International

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The Engaging Brand: Show #180 - Steps to Building a Personal Brand Pt2

Anna Farmery — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:17:34 -0400

Today is the second part of the interview with Sherri Thomas who is an international speaker and career coach, she has just written a book called Career Smart : 5 Steps to Powerful Personal Brands. If you haven't heard the first part of how to build a personal brand then here is the link. Also the first person who sends me a link to how they are building a powerful personal brand on line will win a copy of the book!

In this second part we talk about

Thoughts on the pitfalls of judging yourself against the strengths of other business people
What are your signature strengths and how to use them in coaching?
What is a personal brand dashboard?
How to gain a promotion
How to fill in the gaps to gain the career promotion you want.
Is there a danger of looking too much into the future and not enjoying who you are now and your career now
Are you working in the right kind of culture?
The importance of not fearing your gaps in experience instead to enjoy the challenge of closing the gaps

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Drake Patten The Steel Yard

Ken Rayment — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:00 -0400

The Steel Yard acts as a catalyst in the creative revitalization of the blighted Industrial Valley of Providence, RI. We work with area residents, businesses, and community groups in fostering the industrial arts and incubating small businesses, we seek to cultivate an environment of experimentation and a community strengthened by creative networks. As part of meeting this mission, the WVCB provides arts education, training, and other job force development resources in industrial and fine arts at its Steel Yard facility.

Located on the national historic register property that formerly housed Providence Steel and Iron, the Steel Yard's 9,000 square foot industrial shop features a ceramics cooperative, blacksmithing and welding shop, jewelry studio and glass fusing and slumping area as well as a full-equipped fabrication studio and extensive outdoor work and exhibition space. Since our incorporation in 2002, we have offered free industrial arts classes to low-income area students aged 13-18 and tuition-subsidized industrial arts community courses. Our Urban Furniture Department produces one-of-a-kind local-artist-produced street amenities for neighborhoods and communities across Rhode Island.

The Steel Yard also provides independent artists and trades people with access to workspace and specialized equipment through its Open Studios, the Ceramic Cooperative and low-cost studio rental opportunities. We foster micro-enterprise and small business incubation by providing entrepreneurs with the space and material resources needed to develop new products or commissions. We maintain an active jobs board that provides opportunities for private metalworkers to take on commissions that fall outside the scope of the Steel Yard’s Urban Furniture Program. Finally, the Steel Yard provides physical incubator space to a select number of paying and non-paying tenants including, among others, an architects’ collaborative focusing on green design, the non-profit Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council and volunteer-run Recycle a Bike.

The Steel Yard

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Mark Hoper FMA and Burke Doar Trumpf

Ken Rayment — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:00:00 -0400

FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show including Metalform

FMA

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Frank Pedeflous Omegasonics

Ken Rayment — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Omegasonics is a leading manufacturer of ultrasonic cleaning systems with a wide range of applications. Replacing the traditional methodology of hand scrubbing with toxic solvents, Omegasonics offers the most effective, economic, and ecologically safe method of cleaning and degreasing parts and products.

Omegasonics

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The Engaging Brand: Show #179 - Steps to Building a Personal Brand Pt1

Anna Farmery — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:11:50 -0400

Today I talk with Sherri Thomas who is an international speaker and career coach, she has just written a book called Career Smart : 5 Steps to Powerful Personal Brands. As the interview ran a little longer, I have split it into 2 shows. I will post the second part next week, once the second show goes up then the first person who sends me a link to how they are building a powerful personal brand on line will win a copy of the book! In this first part we talk about

Is personal branding about skills and knowledge or behaviours?
Are personal brands more successful when they are the true you?
A discussion around how celebrities manufacture their personal brands
Why do people say they are different at work than at home?
How do you build a personal brand and career whilst still staying likable!
What is the first step to building a personal brand?
Is personal branding about building on strengths or eliminating areas of development?

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Laurent Bernardin Maplesoft

Ken Rayment — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:00:00 -0400

Laurent is the Vice President of R&D at Maplesoft, the leading provider of high-performance software tools for engineering, science, and mathematics. He will talk about MapleSim, the next generation tool for modeling and simulation. It is a high-performance multi-domain modeling and simulation tool, which will dramatically reduce the time taken to bring products to market by using physical modeling techniques. Listen to Laurent to learn how engineers can achieve savings of weeks to months.

Maplesoft

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Bill Beyer

Ken Rayment — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:00:00 -0400

The Center for Professional Innovation & Education (CfPIE) is the global leader in accredited training for Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medical Device and Skin/Cosmetics personnel. Leading industry experts conduct over 270 public courses and an equal amount of customized on-site training programs annually. Class sizes are limited to ensure individual needs are fully addressed. From discovery through commercialization, CfPIE has the biotech and pharmaceutical training curriculum to advance your staff, keep your firm compliant and improve your bottom line.

The Center for Professional Innovation and Education

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Don Schmincke SAGA Institute

Ken Rayment — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:00:00 -0400

The only center in the world helping CEOs accelerate results in strategy, leadership, sales, and cultural alignment with guaranteed SAGA-based programs:

* Based on scientific research from Harvard, MIT, Johns Hopkins, and other leading universities.

* Profiled by CNN, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the American Management Association, and hundreds of radio and television programs, as well as endorsed by top industry experts.

* Implemented via a community of independent affiliates including former CEOS, educators, scientists, therapists, and other professionals.

SAGA Institute

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The Engaging Brand: Show #178 - How to add personality to your brand

Anna Farmery — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:00:00 -0400

Today I talk with Rohit Bhargava who has written Personality Not Included. Rohit is one of the leading marketing bloggers - you can check out his Influential Marketing blog here and also check out the Personality Not Included website for loads of resources. I ask Rohit

How do your reconcile a company of individual personalities with one corporate personality?
Do corporate personalities mirror humans and have both good and bad aspects to them?
Do you have to be attractive to show your personality or does your personality create the brand attraction?
Do small businesses have an advantage?
What are back stories and how can they help brand building?
How you can make customers feel special by providing special insights
In depth look at 3 different strategies - The UnWhatever Marketing strategy, The Fallibility Marketing concept and the Anti Marketer Marketing idea.
Do corporate personalities change over time as with human beings?
Was it an anti marketing technique to call the book Personality Not Included?

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Rob Meinhardt KACE

Ken Rayment — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:00:00 -0400

KACE™ is the leading systems management appliance company. The award winning KBOX™ family of appliances delivers easy-to-use, comprehensive systems management capabilities. KACE customers usually install in one day at one third the cost of software alternatives.

KACE is headquartered in Mountain View, California. To learn more about KACE and its product offerings, please visit http://www.kace.com or call 1-877-MGMT-DONE.

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Marcia Arndt Moraine Park Technical College

Ken Rayment — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:00:00 -0400

Dean, Manufacturing Technology at Moraine Park Technical College, West Bend, WI Moraine Park Technical College

Moraine Park Technical College

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The Engaging Brand: Show #177 - Execution of Brand Strategy

Anna Farmery — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:19:44 -0400

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Today I talk with successful serial entrepreneur Gary Harpst whose earlier book Six Disciplines for Excellence I used as a framework for strategic planning. But today I talk to him about his new book The Execution Revolution. An easy to read book - check out the website Six Disciplines for more information. We cover

How to balance strategy and execution

Can you say sales = strategy and profit = execution?

Is there a problem with the executing the strategy process?

The importance of looking at the outside world in forming your business strategy

Strategy for a small business

Why do people find strategy so difficult?

The role of methodology in strategic planning and execution

How to unlock creativity within your leadership team

How to set deliverable goals

How to recognise when you need to change your plans

Is the technological revolution a help or a hinder to strategy?

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Forrest W. Breyfogle III Smarter Solutions

Ken Rayment — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:00:00 -0400

New book-volumes describe a business system that show how organizations can go beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard.

Smarter Solutions, Inc.

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Mark Graban LeanHospitalsBook.com

Ken Rayment — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:00:00 -0400

Drawing on his years of working with hospitals, Mark Graban explains why and how lean can be used to improve safety, quality, and efficiency in a healthcare setting. Graban highlights the benefits of lean methods for patients, employees, physicians, and the hospital itself. The book explains how lean manufacturing staples such as Value Stream Mapping and process observation can help hospital personnel identify and eliminate waste from their own processes, effectively preventing delays for patients, reducing wasted motion for caregivers, and improving the quality of care. Graban also describes how Standardized Work and error-proofing can prevent common hospital errors. The book also describes root cause problem-solving and daily improvement processes that can engage everyone in systemic improvement. Intended as a guide for hospital administrators, the book elaborates the steps they can take to begin the process of lean implementation.

Lean Blog

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Bruce Anneaux and Josh Ridley Zeus Inc

Ken Rayment — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Zeus Contract R&D is dedicated to polymer research and collaborative developments in advanced technology. The contract research division focuses on prototype development, assembly solutions, research and analysis.

Zeus Inc

Polymathic Analytical Labs

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The Engaging Brand: Show #176 - The Authentic Brand

Anna Farmery — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:01:16 -0400

Authenticity is a word that is used a lot in marketing these days, but what do we really mean by "being authentic". Today I talk with Chris Rosica who has interviewed many successful entrepreneurs on this area for his new book called The Authentic Brand. We discuss

In an age of celebrity and pop culture do consumers really want authenticity?

The importance of speaking to your customers as real people

How an authentic brand is not a set of values but a passion for a larger societal passion

The power in the naming of your company

How authenticity is developed through the values of the leaders rather than as a marketing concept

How companies can use geo-branding

The importance of the search for perfection for their brands

How strategising your life works hand in hand with strategising your business

How leadership styles are different across entrepreneurs

How the authentic entrepreneurs are consumers first and leaders second

Does an authentic brand match consumers values to the service rather than brand values to the consumers?

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Mike Fager - futureofmybusiness.com

Ken Rayment — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Succession Planning for the Family Owned Business! We at futureofmybusiness.com are committed to providing top tier solutions for business owners just like you. We have plenty more book projects in the works – look for specialized titles such as Succession Planning for the Manufacturing Business and Succession Planning for the Family Farm, as well as a few exclusive web-only strategies, in the near future.

FutureofMyBusiness.com

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Roger Kipp Mcclarin Plastics

Ken Rayment — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Forging sustainable relationships within a supply chain, along with the conservation of established partnerships, can produce a positive impact on a bottom line.
McClarin Plastics custom designs and manufactures Thermoformed and Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic products and components. For over 50 years, they have helped local, national and international companies find creative solutions using plastics applications.

Mcclarin Plastics

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The Engaging Brand: Show #175 - Talent as a Competitor Advantage

Anna Farmery — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:31:24 -0400

I talk with Ed Lawler who is a Director of the Center for Effective Organisations at the University of California. Ed was named as one of the country's leading management experts by Business Week magazine and we discuss

Human capital is not just a talent issue
What is talent?
How easy is it for a traditional company to start putting people at the core of their strategy?
How IBM changed their human capital strategy
Why does business put huge emphasis on design externally but not on designing their internal structure?
Leadership is an organisational capability not about gifted individuals
How to become a human capital centric organisation
What is the Star Model for Human Capital organisations?
The importance of identify
Why financial budgets should not be emphasised, that they should be used to give feedback on core competencies rather than running the business?
The importance of building the company on degrees of separation from the customer

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The Engaging Brand: Show #174 - Citizen Marketers

Anna Farmery — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:42:12 -0400

I am a member of the Society for Word of Mouth marketing social network and wanted to get Jackie Huba one of the founders onto the show to discuss how to engage with the citizen marketers. Jackie's magical blog Church of the Customer is one of the most respected marketing resources and well worth checking out. The interview covers

How Web 2.0 is an intersection of technology, pop culture and marketing

Do people engage with social media because they want a voice or because the technology is free and accessible?

Does social media reduce the risk of failure for business?

How to balance transparency with keeping the brand protected

Is citizen marketers a niche concept?

Is there a danger of listening to the 1% commenters and extrapolating that to change your business?

Are citizen marketers outsourcing the outsourcers?

What drives citizens marketers?

Why do people want to share and support online and yet it is difficult to get people to share inside a company?

Does the democratisation of the web threaten the fabric of our society?

How visibility is affecting public figures

How difficult is it for corporate brands to add community, word of mouth, engagement to an existing website?

Tips on how to engage customers in your community

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report David Banfield The Interface Financial Group

Ken Rayment — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:00:00 -0400

Interface provides short term working capital specifically for the small business marketplace. Clients are both manufacturing and service companies.

The Interface Financial Group

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Dennis Salazar - Salazar Packaging

Ken Rayment — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Distributor of packaging materials, equipment and ideas including our new Globe Guard eco friendly product line.

Salazar Packaging

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The Engaging Brand: Show #173 - How to be a Successful Failure

Anna Farmery — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:53:50 -0400

Today I am joined by Barry Moltz who talks to us about bouncing back from failure. Resilience at a leadership, business or even the brand level is so important and Barry manages to turn this negative into a huge positive. This interview is based on his book called Bounce - Failure, Resiliency, and Confidence to Achieve Your Next Great Success and cover

Is failure a good thing in business?

How we measure failure against archetypes

What is bounce?

Why do concentrate on our failures?

How failure is perceived differently across cultures

How Asia balance failure and risk

Why is humility important in leadership?

Can you fear success?

Why is choice a great antidote to fear?

How to decide when to give up

How to manage risk

Tips on how to comeback from failure

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The Engaging Brand: Show #172 - Rules of Engagement

Anna Farmery — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:26:49 -0400

Today I am joined by Geoff Livingston who writes the Buzz Bin blog and has also written a book called Now is Gone. Unfortunately Skype was playing up at my end...don't you just love technology! I have shortened my questions to get rid of as much of my tinny voice as possible and I hope it doesn't detract from the conversation as Geoff talks us through

What are the rules of engagement
How community has changed
Are companies entering social media for the right reasons
Where does social media belong ? Is it a communication tool or a customer service initiative?
Do you need a PR strategy?
How important is social media training within business?
Have we reached a plateau.....is there a trick to differentiating yourself from competitors?
The 3 aspects of branding

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Better Process Podcast: Industry Report Dave Boulos ComBrio

Ken Rayment — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:00:00 -0400

ComBrio provides Remote Product Services (RPS) software to Managed Services, Enterprise IT, and Industrial Automation organizations that creates a virtual, secure IP infrastructure used for the continuous transport of real-time remote device monitoring data, and on-demand access for remote device management.

ComBrio

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