Engineering Inc. - January/February 2005 - I18

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Profits fr om Good PMs Make Great Performance Appraisals Taking Control:
Impr oved Corporate Bu s Dr ive rs How to Make Them a Mapping Your Firm's
Culture Win-Win Future Scott Braley, Braley Gregg Ten Eyck, Leonard Rice
Pat Holcomb, Consulting & Training Mark Goodale & Mick Engineers, Inc.,
and David The Picus Group Morrissey, ZweigWhite Even the best ideas are
useless without Burger, Burger Concinnity the right people making them
happen. Effective leaders realize that perform- Learn how to take control
of your Group This session addresses how to select ance appraisals are not
a once-a-year firm's future and how to create a and turn key Project
Managers PMs event but an ongoing process. This ses- clear, compelling
vision for the How much can strategic planning and into committed leaders
who'll make your sion will show how two firms success- future one that
pulls the whole team organizational development add to your strategy come
alive. We'll give you point- fully implemented a 7-step appraisal
together. And then you'll learn how to bottom line? This case study shows
ers and specific actions to get the right process that increased
productivity, make it actually happen. how one firm implemented new
targets folks on the bus and in the driver's enhanced a positive working
environ- and plans in 1997 and in 2001 and seat to lead you to your
strategic desti- ment and positively influenced their bot- used the
Denison Organizational Help with Small Fir m nation and have a fantastic
journey tom line. The session looks at four ele- Culture Survey to study
and measure Ownership Transition along the way. ments of effective
performance and the cultural values of the firm. Profits explains how, and
why, to conduct per- are up significantly. This case study Roger Jacobsen &
Robert formance appraisals that look forward Design-Build: Avoiding the
should produce a lively discussion. Overfield, Engineering rather than
looking backward. Pitfalls Risk, Solution Associates and Insurability
Succession Planning: Confused about ownership transition? Developing
Future David Grigg, Marsh, Inc. This seminar will provide valuable Leaders
advice to owners who are beginning Design-Build, performance standards, or
planning for a future ownership James Cross, Freese & and other
non-traditional design and transition. Attendees will learn the Nichols,
Inc. procurement methods are increasingly dos and don'ts of an efficient
and common. But design professionals often profitable ownership transition
for all In 2003 the leadership at Freese and don't know where professional
liability parties involved. Nichols, Inc. was concerned about the claims
may arise and where the distinc- ability of their younger engineer/archi-
tion between design and construc- tects to step into leadership roles.
They Truth or Consequences: tion is blurred. This session will look at had
excellent technical skills, but they the range of professional exposures in
Methods for Conducting lacked leadership skills and strategic design-build
situations and suggest Client Surveys thinking. The company implemented an
ways to design an appropriate risk in-house program tailored to the way
transfer program. Joanne Linowes, Linowes they do business and aligned
with the Executive Development strategy and culture of the firm.
International While most firms engage in some sort of client feedback
activity, the information gathered is only as good as the survey
instrument and the inter- viewer skills. This interactive session offers
techniques for the three phases of the client survey process: preparing,
conducting, and synthesizing. The ses- sion will look at
information-gathering techniques and when to best use each, question types
and the responses they elicit, chemistry, and applying results. I-18
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