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September 9th Meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
at Fujifilm USA in Valhalla, New York
*Noted: date changed
RSVP:
Please contact Rick Sawyer (rsawyer@fujifilm.com)
for seating reservation
Program:Transforming the
Leadership Development function into a Profit
Center: Building Leadership Capability and
Results
It is widely agreed that adult learning is most
effective when instruction is integrated with
practice. However, most leadership development
programs face practical challenges in making the
link between instruction and on-the-job
application.
In this session, Patrice Murphy will talk about
results-fueled approaches to management
development. She will describe Siemens' global
leadership development program which, over a
decade, required 14,000 participants to hone their
leadership skills in the crucible of "business
improvement projects" designed to achieve some
tough business goals. When the first 30-40
projects delivered about $11M in savings, Business
Week cited Siemens' management development program
as one of the few that "not only pays for itself,
but saves money". One of the program's architects
asked point blank: "Why should management
development be a cost center? Why shouldn't it be
a profit center?" More than 10 years and 3,000
business improvement projects later, the program
had certainly earned that title.
In this time of cost pressure, a development
program that can deliver tangible benefits to the
organization will be a winner. Even more
importantly, such programs can provide leaders
with the opportunity to experience a challenging
project assignment that goes well beyond their
day-to-day experience, but that addresses today
the real needs of their organization.
After outlining the approach exemplified in the
Siemens program, Patrice will lead a discussion of
ways to integrate challenge, action, struggle and
real achievement into leadership development. She
will help participants consider and compare
program elements that could be combined in this
way and will provide practical advice on how to
shift from a 'cost center' to a 'profit center'
mindset in L&D.
Speaker:
Patrice Murphy, Senior Consultant, Robert H.
Schaffer & Associates, Stamford CT
Patrice Murphy is a senior consultant with Robert
H. Schaffer & Associates (RHS&A), a global
consulting firm that helps organizations set and
achieve stretch goals in brutally short time
frames.
Her firm’s clients include GE, 3M, Cisco,
Citigroup, ConAgra, Johnson & Johnson,
Schering-Plough, the World Bank and Zurich
Financial Services. RHS&A partnered with Siemens
to design and help run a global leadership program
in which global management teams used their
developing skills to tackle significant
performance improvement projects. delivered so
much value it was dubbed a profit center.
Patrice was born in the red-dust country of
outback Australia. To further her education she
moved south and attended the University of
Melbourne where she graduated with Honors in
Political Science. She went on to earn Masters
Degrees in Business and Labor Law, both with
distinction.
It was while finishing her graduate studies that
Patrice began to work full time as a management
consultant. Her specialty: helping managers and
front line employees reach consensus and increase
productivity in beleaguered situations.
In 1995 Patrice came to America to study and work.
At New York University, she completed a PhD in
Management and Organizational Behavior. Her
dissertation studied how local units in a global
business adjusted their goals in response to
performance feedback.
In 1999, she joined RHS&A as a consultant and
later partner. Patrice says: “I was attracted by
the firm’s unique approach, which breaks every
challenge down into bite-size chunks. RHS&A does
this better than any other firm I’ve seen. It’s
simple, it’s bold, and it works.”
Patrice's practice focuses on helping clients
execute strategy using rapid-cycle projects. She
is an expert in WorkOut and was a contributing
author of
The GE WorkOut
[McGraw-Hill, 2002]. She has also authored
chapters in
The Change Handbook
[Berrett-Koehler 2007] and other articles on
performance improvement.
Patrice lives with her husband and two children in
Darien, CT. She can be reached at pmurphy@rhsa.com.
Location:
Fujifilm U.S.A., Inc.
200 Summit Lake Drive, Valhalla, NY
10595-1356
Direct Line: 914-789-8100
Toll Free:
800-755-3854
FROM MANHATTAN:
Take the FDR Drive to the Willis Avenue Bridge to
the Major Deegan Expressway North. Follow
signs for 287 East. Stay in the right lane
and get off Exit 1 - Saw Mill River Parkway North.
Exit at Marble Avenue, Thornwood - turn right onto
Marble Avenue, continue straight staying in right
lane approximately 2 miles - road turns into
Columbus Avenue. The Summit is on the right
- turn into complex - (200 Summit Lake Drive) -
continue around back to underground parking.
FROM NORTHERN NEW YORK:
Saw Mill River Parkway South. Exit at Marble
Avenue, Thornwood (Exit 27) - turn right onto
Marble Avenue, continue straight staying in right
lane approximately 2 miles - road turns into
Columbus Avenue. The Summit is on the right
- turn into complex - (200 Summit Lake Drive) -
continue around back to underground parking.
FROM NORTHERN WESTCHESTER AND PUTNAM COUNTY:
Taconic State Parkway South to Bronx River Parkway
South exit for .8 mile to Stevens Avenue exit -
turning left - Go up Stevens Avenue passing
cemetery on your right - the side entrance to The
Summit is on your left - turn in and go straight
following signs for 200 Summit Lake Drive - park
under building.
FROM LAGUARDIA AIRPORT:
Take the Grand Central Parkway East. Follow
signs for the Whitestone Bridge. Cross the
Whitestone Bridge and take the Hutchinson River
Parkway North. Get on 287 West and exit at
Exit 7 (Taconic Parkway, North White Plains, Rt.
22 North) - continue on Rt. 22 North -
approximately 1/1/2 miles the road splits - stay
left on Rt. 22 North - continue to Bronx River
Parkway North (Taconic Parkway) - turn right on
Bronx River and exit at Stevens Avenue - turning
right - Go up Stevens Avenue passing cemetery on
your right - the side entrance to The Summit is on
your left - turn in and go straight following
signs for 200 Summit Lake Drive - park under
building.
FROM KENNEDY AIRPORT:
Take the Van Wyck Expressway. Follow signs
for the Whitestone Bridge. Cross Whitestone
Bridge and take the Hutchinson River Parkway North
to 287 West and exit at Exit 7 (Taconic Parkway,
North White Plains, Rt. 22 North) - continue on
Rt. 22 North - approximately 1/1/2 miles the road
splits - stay left on Rt. 22 North - continue to
Bronx River Parkway North (Taconic Parkway) - turn
right on Bronx River and exit at Stevens Avenue -
turning right - Go up Stevens Avenue passing
cemetery on your right - the side entrance to The
Summit is on your left - turn in and go straight
following signs for 200 Summit Lake Drive - park
under building.
FROM WHITE PLAINS AIRPORT:
Exit the airport and get on Rt. 684 South to 287
West to Exit 7 (Taconic Parkway, North White
Plains, Rt. 22 North) - continue on Rt. 22 North -
approximately 1/1/2 miles the road splits -
stay left on Rt. 22 North - continue to Bronx
River Parkway North (Taconic Parkway) - turn right
on Bronx River and exit at Stevens Avenue -
turning right - Go up Stevens Avenue passing
cemetery on your right - the side entrance to The
Summit is on your left - turn in and go straight
following signs for 200 Summit Lake Drive - park
under building.
FROM NEW JERSEY (via George Washington Bridge):
Take the Major Deegan Expressway North.
Follow signs for 287 East. Stay in the right
lane and get off Exit 1 - Saw Mill River Parkway
North. Exit at Marble Avenue,
Thornwood - turn right onto Marble Avenue,
continue straight staying in right lane
approximately 2 miles - road turns into Columbus
Avenue. The Summit is on the right - turn
into complex - (200 Summit Lake Drive) - continue
around back to underground parking.
FROM NEWARK AIRPORT:
Take New Jersey Turnpike North to George
Washington Bridge. Follow directions above
(From New Jersey via George Washington Bridge)
VIA TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE:
Follow signs for 287 East. Stay in right
lane. Follow signs for 287 East. Stay
in the right lane and get off Exit 1 - Saw Mill
River Parkway North. Exit at Marble
Avenue, Thornwood - turn right onto Marble Avenue,
continue straight staying in right lane
approximately 2 miles - road turns into Columbus
Avenue. The Summit is on the right - turn
into complex - (200 Summit Lake Drive) - continue
around back to underground parking.
FROM THE BRONX:
Take the Bronx River Parkway to the Sprain Brook
Parkway North. Exit at Saw Mill River
Parkway North. Exit at Marble Avenue,
Thornwood - turn right onto Marble Avenue,
continue straight staying in right lane
approximately 2 miles - road turns into Columbus
Avenue. The Summit is on the right - turn
into complex - (200 Summit Lake Drive) - continue
around back to underground parking.
FROM CONNECTICUT:
Take 95 South into 287 West to Exit 7 (Taconic
Parkway, North White Plains, Rt. 22 North) -
continue on Rt. 22 North - approximately 1/1/2
miles the road splits - stay left on Rt. 22 North
- continue to Bronx River Parkway North (Taconic
Parkway) - turn right on Bronx River and exit at
Stevens Avenue - turning right - Go up Stevens
Avenue passing cemetery on your right - the side
entrance to The Summit is on your left - turn in
and go straight following signs for 200 Summit
Lake Drive - park under building.
From the Merritt Parkway - Exit at 287 West and
follow directions from above.
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