Leadership and Transformation Podcast

In today's episode, Steve and Bill are talking about how to grow in excellence in leadership. Their guest star will be Dr. Miriam Lacey, Professor of Leadership who teaches exclusively in Pepperdine University's senior executive programs such as the Presidential and Key Executive MBA. She is a partner and advocate for business transformation and leadership excellence with Ascension Transformation Solutions. She specializes in the integration of behavioral science innovations with human resources principles and quality management systems. She served on the United States Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and served as Technical Advisor to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dr. Lacey works with Fortune 500 companies on the implementation of large-scale change for greater quality, productivity, and employee commitment. She has worked in human resources management and organization development in 19 countries and has been a recurrent lecturer at the Japanese Productivity Center and University of Lyon in France. Dr. Lacey has served on the boards of several manufacturing and sales companies in Europe and Asia and is the past Vice President and Chair of Education and Research on the board of directors for the Association for Quality and Participation.Sponsored by Ascension Transformation Solutions: www.ascensionts.com

In today's episode, Steve and Bill are talking about how to achieve world-class business performance. Their guest star will be Dr. David Spong who retired in 2004 after a 43 year career in the aerospace industry. During his career, he grew from an individual contributor in the engineering and technical disciplines to becoming Vice President and General Manager of Boeing airlift and tanker programs. In 1998, he led this $3 billion dollar program to winning the highest honor for quality performance given in the United States, the Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award for manufacturing. David was promoted to President of Boeing aerospace support in 2000. In 2003, he was awarded the Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award for service. In 2017, David became the first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Baldrige Foundation.Sponsored by Ascension Transformation Solutions: www.ascensionts.com

In today's episode, Steve and Bill will be talking about how to transform your business into a world-class success. Their guest star will be Ken Neishi who has worked in the food industry for over 40 years holding a variety of executive positions with some of the best-known food brands. Ken served as the Vice President of Operations for over 16 years among a variety of companies including Michael Foods, Columbus Manufacturing, Bioplex Nutrition, and Boyds Coffee. During his career in 2002, he successfully led an operations council that produced a $16.8 million productivity savings from continuous improvement at Michael Foods. He has been involved in several other impactful transformations of workplace practices and culture change which all led to successful bottom-line improvements.Sponsored by Ascension Transformation Solutions: www.ascensionts.com

In today's episode, Steve and Bill will be talking about how to transform your multi-million dollar business in three years OR SOONER! Their guest star will be Ed Auslander who serves as a Senior Advisor for Blackstone’s Private Equity Group, providing strategic and operational counsel to its Specialty Chemicals, Specialty Materials, and Industrials practice. He worked for LORD Corporation for 35 years, a privately held, global innovation, and manufacturing company. During his time at LORD, Ed served as Chief Executive Officer, Vice President, and Value Stream Director. Mr. Auslander is recognized for the transformation of Lord Corp by increasing revenue by 20% and profit by 70% within two years.Sponsored by Ascension Transformation Solutions: www.ascensionts.com

In today's episode, Steve and Bill will be talking about how to become a world-class leader. Their guest star is Debbie Collard who is the founder and owner of Debbie Collard Executive Coaching and co-founder of Seasons Leadership Development Program dedicated to empowering women in leadership. She also worked with the Boeing Company for 30 years and is nationally recognized as a two time Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winner for service and manufacturing. Ms. Collard served on the National Baldrige Foundation Board of Directors for 15 years and has held multiple positions, including the first female Chair of the Board in the Foundation’s 30 years of existence. For more information visit her website at https://www.debbiecollard.com.Sponsored by Ascension Transformation Solutions: www.ascensionts.com

In today's episode Steve and Bill will be talking about how to become a transformation leader. Their guest star is Patrick Finneran who will be sharing his career experiences as a transformation leader. Mr. Finneran is a retired Marine Corps Officer, a retired Vietnam combat veteran, and President of Accelerated Performance Solutions LLC, an independent business consulting company. His former experiences include President/CEO of Sab Sabreliner Corporation and multiple senior executive positions with The Boeing Company: Vice President/GM of Harrier programs and Vice President/GM of F/A 18 programs, including the leadership responsibility for F/A-18 E/F development and test for which the team was awarded the prestigious Collier trophy in 1999. For four years he was also the president of Boeing Support Systems which was a $7 billion business. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame and later received the "Most Distinguished American Award" from the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation.Sponsored by Ascension Transformation Solutions: www.ascensionts.com