minneapolis
topic:
Creating a High Performing Team
speaker:
Karen Black, Insight Edge
date:
Thursday, February 2
time:
7:30-9:00 AM (networking 7:30; program 8:00-9:00)
location:
Minneapolis Community & Technical College (MCTC)
1501 Hennepin Avenue
Wheelock Whitney Library, Room L-3000
Minneapolis, MN 55403-1779
cost:
$30 for non-members
$15 for members of partner organizations
FREE for Council members
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here to register.
sponsors:
topic overview:
Does your team experience the following:
- A high level of trust among individuals.
- Conflict is managed openly and honestly.
- A strong commitment by all team members.
- Accountability as a key component of the success of the team.
- Consistently achieving the results you want.
If you answered "no" to any of these, this interactive session is for you.
The Minnesota Council for Quality is pleased to welcome Karen Black, founder of Insight Edge, to our February 2 PIN: "Creating a High Performing Team."
Karen will share information to help your team, department, or unit become higher performing. Her insights are based on the work of Patrick Lencioni and his Five Dysfunctions of a Team. She will share the five areas on which teams need to focus to ensure effective performance, and she will provide techniques and ideas to help move your team forward.
The discussion is from 7:30-9:00 a.m. on Feb 2 (networking and continental breakfast begin at 7:00 a.m.) at MCTC, 1501 Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis (near the Basilica).
We thank our sponsor, University of Phoenix and ASQ Minnesota Section 1203, for their support of this session, helping us to keep it complimentary for members.
Admission to PIN is FREE for Council members; $15 for partner organizations; $30 for the public.
Space is limited so register today by emailing brian.lassiter@councilforquality.org.
speaker bio:
Karen Black has over 20 years experience both internal and external to organizations, in the fields of assessment, facilitation, leadership development, coaching and conflict Resolution. She has extensive experience in both business and industry with local, national and international companies.
In 1991, Karen founded Karen D. Black & Associates, later renamed Insight Edge. Her philosophy is that individuals and organizations hold the key to their own solutions.
Karen specializes in the custom design of processes to facilitate discovery of those solutions.
In collaboration with clients, the situation is assessed, challenges and opportunities identified, and a course of action designed and initiated. The end result maximizes the talent, skills and abilities of individuals, and enhances the effectiveness of organizations.
Karen holds a Bachelor of Science in Special Education from St. Cloud State University and a Master of Science in Management and Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution from Baker University. She is certified as a Coach by Learning Journeys, the International Center of Coaching in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Karen enjoys spending time with friends and family, exercising, movies, reading and “putzing”.
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st. paul
topic:
Continuous Improvement in Public Education:
A Highly Variable and Relational System
speaker:
Dr. Rick Spicuzza, Assistant Superintendant of Curriculum and Assessment of South Washington County Schools, and
Dennis Cheesebrow, Founder of Teamworks International
date:
Wednesday, February 8
time:
7:30-9:00 AM (networking 7:30; program 8:00-9:00)
location:
Metro State University
700 E. 7th Street, Great Hall (New Main Bldg)
St. Paul, MN
cost:
$30 for non-members
$15 for members of partner organizations
FREE for Council members
Click here to register.
sponsors:
topic overview:
Is your organization experiencing high variability due to changes in the marketplace and/or the multiple demands placed on your systems? How do you, your team, your department or unit deliver consistency in processes and services in spite of this variability?
The Minnesota Council for Quality is pleased to welcome Dr. Rick Spicuzza, Assistant Superintendant of Curriculum and Assessment of South Washington County Schools, and Dennis Cheesebrow, Founder of Teamworks International, to our February 8 PIN: "Continuous Improvement in Public Education:
A Highly Variable and Relational System."
Public Education, with public expectations of consistent performance and accountability, has experienced seismic shifts in fundamental assumptions, expectations, practices, and structure -- largely driven by NCLB amid tightening budgets. Changes in focus include: a shift from a class of students to individual students, from self-referencing benchmarks and quality to external standards, from largely qualitative and infrequent quantitative data to frequent quantitative data. In all of these changes, a key development is the development of learning process measures and metrics.
Rick and Dennis will share information and tell the South Washington County Schools story to help you understand how the district is creating more stable systems (despite high levels of variability) with the input from key stakeholders. This insights could apply to any organization that is in a changing environment (and who isn't these days?!).
The discussion is from 8:00-9:00 a.m. on Feb 8 (networking and continental breakfast begin at 7:30 a.m.) at Metro State University, 700 E 7th Street, downtown St. Paul.
We thank our sponsor, Metropolitan State University, for their support of this session, helping us to keep it complimentary for members.
Admission to PIN is FREE for Council members; $15 for partner organizations; $30 for the public.
Space is limited so register today by emailing brian.lassiter@councilforquality.org.
speaker bio:
Dr. Rick Spicuzza has worked in the field of education since his arrival to the twin cities in 1987. He completed his doctoral work at the University of MN earning a Master’s and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology. He has worked for both urban districts --St. Paul and Minneapolis—as well as, Mounds View, and currently South Washington County as Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Assessment.
Rick has three children and is enjoying coaching his son’s sixth grade basketball team during his free time. Dennis Cheesebrow -- forthcoming
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