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We have been in the business of management improvement
for the last 25 years. Among us we have managed large
factories, run newspaper departments, founded good-sized
service companies, worked at universities, and consulted
internationally. Some have
Ph.D.'s and some have B.A.'s. Some have had their photos
on the cover of business magazines.
In all of our dealings we have clearly seen what makes some
organizations good, and what makes others great.
It isn't that the people at Toyota or G.E. are smarter that their
competitors, it's that these organizations invest in
developing the skills, attitudes, and processes of their
management.
We are committed to bringing these abilities to whatever
company is willing to commit to greatness.
The returns are huge.
PRINCIPALS
While studying for his Ph.D. in clinical psychology, Steve founded a residential treatment
center for youth. Today the organization sees 6,000 children a year with a staff of 350
professionals.
After finalizing his degree, Steve took a position with a Fortune 100 company, reporting to
senior staff as an Employee Survey & Human Issues Analyst under the Human
Resources umbrella.
By feasting on the challenges and rewards of business, Steve got the bug to strike out on
his own. So he left big business to buy-out a small manufacturing company. After
converting it from low to high tech, expanding from a regional to national presence,
growing sales by 6,000%, reducing cycle time from weeks to days, and attaining near-zero
defects, he sold the business.
Free then to help other businesses achieve the same results, Steve took a VP of
Manufacturing position with a company making large vehicles. Here he:
Managed 2,000 employees
Managed a $200,000,000 budget
Reduced inventory by $8,000,000
Reduced cycle-times by 40%
Averaged 23% productivity increases
Steve is a consultant to businesses throughout the U.S. and internationally, coaching
individuals striving to attain both personal and business goals. He has worked with
various types of firms:
Furniture manufacturing
Electrical
Electronics
Fiberglass
Metal fabrication
Ceramics
Aircraft and airlines
Photographic processing
Financial institutions
Plastics
Non-profits
Cora Gangware
Armed with a journalism degree, Cora took a job as a newspaper editor where she
created the immediately popular, multi-page, community news section. One series of
editorials she wrote about a dilapidated cemetery won first place in a statewide
newspaper competition for small-circulation papers.
Racing out on those laurels, Cora moved to “the big city” and jumped into public relations
work. While living the urban life, she had her 15 minutes of fame by being featured in one
of the big-town newspapers as an “up-and-coming woman.”
This led to a job offer as technical writer for a fast-growing manufacturing company, which
evolved to marketing and customer service manager. After 10 years the company
promoted Cora to VP of Manufacturing, and overnight her team grew from 20 to 200
employees. In that role she managed the transformation to “lean” manufacturing
processes, handled a $4M budget, improved productivity by 38%, reduced waste 10%,
reduced production time 70%; and made quality improvements of 25%. After 12 years in
that role, the company sold, and she moved on.
Cora serves as a business consultant, and coaches individuals in how to achieve
personal and professional goals. Additionally, Cora has a successful grant writing
business.
Associates and Resources
One hundred-fifty highly experienced and effective individuals, located in 40 states, and
able to travel. They, like the Lean Power staff, are all associates of Resource Associates
Corporation, a company that specializes in researching and developing resource
materials and development processes. We provide extensive, well research written
material; parallel, professional audio cassettes/CD’s; short, illustrative videos; a 35
member research and development staff; polished and experienced coaches; and a
process approach that has been successfully implemented in the world’s leading
organizations. See www.resourceassociatescorp.com
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