This year (2014-15), Alex has continued to build the infrastructure and programs of ESW. He set in place many processes that should be able to run with less top-down attention, has distributed authority appropriately throughout parts of the organization, and has helped consolidate ESW's programming. Alex has also pushed forward development goals. While the 2014 year ended with a deficit, Alex made big steps to improve his personal fundraising contributions and set up several streams of revenue for the organization.
Financially, ESW is still pushing to fully pay an Executive Director while maintaining a small surplus budget. We have not accomplished this in many years. Several of Alex's efforts have led to improvements. For example, the Winter Giving Campaign, while short of its targets,
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Alex is seen by many as fun, approachable and "always there to talk or help when you need it". Leadership team members comment that Alex quickly deals with any issues that arise (specifics were not clear). One individual sees the Leadership Team as "almost a family" thanks to Alex's care and leadership.
Alex showed initiative to improve his leadership outside of this review process. For example, it was noted that early in the year department directors felt as though Alex's presence in meetings could serve as a distraction and undermine their authority. Alex noticed this, and dialed it back - giving more autonomy to certain units of the Leadership Team. This was appreciated.
Coworkers note that Alex has been a great resource in Strategic Planning efforts, offering opinions and context but also allowing the team to revise goals and push back on his thoughts. Similar feedback came from the ESW Board, where it was noted he is well prepared to answer questions, and quickly provides additional information via email if an answer is
Evaluating his approach to bringing about change in his organization. Comparing his approach with that of Jack Welch.
The current Executive Director, Helen, has been with the organization for over 30 years. In 2014, after finishing my Bachelor’s degree in philosophy, I was offered a position as Administrative Assistant with the Orrville Area United Way. We are a two person office with over 150 volunteers, raising over $600,000 each year for programs run through 26 partner agencies.
Focus on family and patient education to bring awareness of reduction, prevention, and treatment of MDROs.
The program was first presented in 2008, and emergency operations coordinator Ari Schein has been running it for the past four years. It is offered several times a semester and this particular one was offered as part of Knightshare, a week of events designed to prepare students for emergencies.
Nightingale Community Hospital has been increasing their safety standards in all three general categories, Conduct a pre-procedure verification process, mark the procedure site and a time-out is performed before the procedure over the past year. Nightingale Community Hospital’s value for safety states: “We believe that excellence begins with providing safe environment. We put our patients first as we seek to exceed the expectations of our customers with superior service, outstanding clinical care and unsurpassed responsiveness.” To reach this goal there is always more that can be done. Based on the safety reports several areas need to be looked at:
Amid his time with Bravo Company Burke was able to build relationships of trust and improve the working relationships between full time staff. He also improved the number of late responses to Taskings from higher. In addition he took on the role of SHARP representative
What Alex did not know is that Jonah has been an independent consultant working to help businesses improve their productivity and efficiency. Jonah is a very busy man, constantly traveling; and during many phone conversations and face-to-face meetings, he explained his business model to
During this process, he effectively utilized change management specifically emotional flexibility and full range leadership, specifically
The other crucial human capital management of Ecolab is inside the national accounts team, which is being led by the institutional division. A team of five senior executives led the national accounts team, and one of them is Jack Ford, who is the senior vice president and responsible for the administration of the team. Other four vice presidents
Every 3 years, the Board of Directors plans a series of special meetings to review where we have focused our time and money over the recent past and determine a direction for the next 3 years. In the fall of 2015, we worked with a team of specialists from the Executive Service Corps who surveyed some in our community with targeted questions to get a better sense of our successes and challenges. They analyzed these results and provided us with some unbiased feedback.
Describe this team member’s attendance and engagement during planning/work meetings (both in and out-of class).
Since 2009, Ewcid has provided entrepreneurs and small business a means to add an online store to an existing website. Their CEO believed that many businesses already had a website and desired a solution for selling online. Additionally, Ewcid staff provides comprehensive information for e-commerce marketing from self-help formats to consultant services.
As of right now, I have formed a team to bring back an organization called, "Enactus" that was actively involved on campus, but also nationally and internationally. The organization feel apart two years ago, but with the help of my team and I, we hope to achieve to play an active role on campus and globally. The primary function of this organization is to improve the quality of life and standard of living for the people in need with use of entrepreneurial power and thinking.
The Enterprise Rotation Program will build upon Aaron’s considerable education and experience in Human Resources here at DLA, enabling him to further develop the multi-disciplinary skillset required for successful senior level assignment. Additionally, this rotation assignment will afford Aaron the opportunity to meet with people from different areas of the agency and practices, maximizing his exposure and giving him even more depth in which to develop solutions for DLA employee interactions. We expect him to do great things within the DLA organization and quickly advance into larger leadership roles.
There are several alternatives to solve the issue of Alex’s inability to lead and direct his team. The most extreme would be for Landon to take away Alex’s leadership position and use his talent as a regular member of a product team. Regarding this solution, Sam Glass hired Alex for his ability to shake things up and get things done. Therefore, this solution is not the best option, as he may become unhappy and leave to work for one of Alex’s present peers/competitors.