The Michigan Lean Consortium gathered members and those interested in Lean practices in Michigan to Traverse City for their annual conference.

The over two dozen segments shared in this set are excerpts from first day sessions Wednesday August 8, 2018. From opening session to afternoon breakout education sessions, and a keynote address.

The Michigan Lean Consortium gathered members and those interested in Lean practices in Michigan to Traverse City for their annual conference.

The over two dozen segments shared in this set are excerpts from first day sessions Wednesday August 8, 2018. From opening session to afternoon breakout education sessions, and a keynote address.

The Michigan Lean Consortium gathered members and those interested in Lean practices in Michigan to Traverse City for their annual conference.

The over two dozen segments shared in this set are excerpts from first day sessions Wednesday August 8, 2018. From opening session to afternoon breakout education sessions, and a keynote address.

The Michigan Lean Consortium gathered members and those interested in Lean practices in Michigan to Traverse City for their annual conference.

The over two dozen segments shared in this set are excerpts from first day sessions Wednesday August 8, 2018. From opening session to afternoon breakout education sessions, and a keynote address.

The Michigan Lean Consortium gathered members and those interested in Lean practices in Michigan to Traverse City for their annual conference.

The over two dozen segments shared in this set are excerpts from first day sessions Wednesday August 8, 2018. From opening session to afternoon breakout education sessions, and a keynote address.

The Michigan Lean Consortium gathered members and those interested in Lean practices in Michigan to Traverse City for their annual conference.

The over two dozen segments shared in this set are excerpts from first day sessions Wednesday August 8, 2018. From opening session to afternoon breakout education sessions, and a keynote address.

Paul King, Founder of ROI Insight drops by the MBN studio for a discussion of the latest Michigan Future Business Index and its results which were released Thursday December 13th at the Lansing area stop of the Michigan Economic Forecast Series.

Segment 1 goes into a review of the why, and history, while segment 2 dives deep into the specific results coming out of the opinion of nearly 500 small businesses across Michigan who were surveyed in November 2018, about their current perceptions, and expectations for the next six months.

Paul King, Founder of ROI Insight drops by the MBN studio for a discussion of the latest Michigan Future Business Index and its results which were released Thursday December 13th at the Lansing area stop of the Michigan Economic Forecast Series.

Segment 1 goes into a review of the why, and history, while segment 2 dives deep into the specific results coming out of the opinion of nearly 500 small businesses across Michigan who were surveyed in November 2018, about their current perceptions, and expectations for the next six months.

Deb Minton, incoming Senior Director of Philanthropy and Strategic Initiatives, Phoenix Society, Grand Rapids, MI.

She will begin her new role on January 3, 2019. Minton has served as a philanthropic consultant to Phoenix Society through her firm, Philanthropia Partners, since 2015, most notably leading the "Never Alone Campaign," which raised over $6 million to support a variety of organization initiatives. This is a large transition for Minton, as she will be closing Philanthropia Partners, which she founded in 2000.

In her new role, Minton will oversee philanthropy, strategic initiatives, and the expansion of Phoenix Society's growing list of US and Global Corporate Partners in the healthcare, surgical, fire protection, insurance and tissue bank sectors.

Sherry Pfaff-Doody Director, Talent Acquisition, Diversity and Inclusion, Sparrow Health System, Lansing, MI speaks with Jeffrey Mosher. her department is the CAMW! MVP for November 2018.

In today’s health care labor market, medical assistants are in high-demand.

● To meet the industry’s occupational needs, Sparrow Health System and other local health care facilities enlisted the help of Capital Area Michigan Works! to recruit those interested in participating in an apprenticeship program for medical assistants.

● The first cohort of Sparrow’s Medical Assistant Training Program

began in January 2018 and the medical assistants will graduate on

Tuesday, Nov. 27.

● This year there are five medical assistants going through the

program and we will have 12 in the 2019 cohort.

● As our first cohort wraps up, we constantly are thinking of ways

to enhance the program moving forward. I attended the Capital Area Michigan Works! Apprenticeship in a Day interactive workshop on Friday, Nov. 16 on behalf of Sparrow.

● The workshop was geared toward employers wanting to develop

and launch a US Department of Labor Apprenticeship Program and

she found it very helpful.

● As the labor market gets tighter in the future we will begin

looking to expand our program to other occupations in the healthcare field.

● The majority of our medical assistant positions work full-time.

As they go through the program, the medical assistants attend class

and do on-the-job training where they can apply and practice what

they have learned in the classroom. Our program pays the medical

assistants to be in the classroom learning these skills.

● As the director of talent acquisition for Sparrow, the most

rewarding part is seeing current caregivers learn a new skill while

they continue to work and maintain their pay and benefits.

● The medical assistant training program is only open to current

Sparrow caregivers.

● Learn more about career opportunities at Sparrow Health System

at careers.sparrow.org