July/August 2007 Newsletter
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We have once again earned Section Management Process (SMP) awards for Gold Excellence, Section Planning and Section Basics. The Section Management Process is in place to assist sections in their planning and implementation of services and programs that will meet the needs of their current and future members. SMP encourages sections to continually measure, address, and improve customer satisfaction by incremental improvement. It is a management process that emphasizes the importance of:

ASQ Section 1206 would like to thank members and board members for their participation and help in achieving this honor for several years in a row now. Your involvement demonstrates your commitment to Quality. We also encourage others to get more involved! Volunteering with ASQ provides you access to people, tools, and ideas that stimulate improved performance and results through quality.

Photo: Jim Loseke (middle) of ASQ Section 1206 accepting the SMP award from our Regional Director, Kam Gupta (2nd from left), and members of the ASQ Board of Directors at the World Quality Conference in Orlando in May.
 

Do you have a quality question or a problem at work you can't solve? Ask an expert! Please email Woody Santy at IQCWoody@instructor.net.  Your question and Woody's response will be printed in the next newsletter.

• Budget - The 2007-2008 proposed budget was reviewed and accepted as is.
• SMP (Section Management Process)
  • 2007-08: We will review our goals and metrics in August, with aim toward improving the management of our Section. After approved for 2007-08, they will be submitted to ASQ.
  • 2006-07: We have qualified for 2006-07 SMP Section Basics and Section Planning recognition levels and will submit our completed business plans with results and cover letter verifying that we met at least 75% of our goals during the 2006-07 fiscal year.
• September Program meeting.
  • Many ideas were discussed.
  • Brian Schauf presented an idea that seemed to have a great flow into the Oct DOE of Golf topic.
  • Bruce Bader also brought up the suggestion of different types of training and discussed partner training.
• Awards
  • Member Survey: Roger Thompson is the winner of the Nano I-pod out of the 85 members who participated in the survey.
  • Member of the Year: Jim Cookle was awarded the Member of the Year award for PY 2006-07.
  • Volunteer of the Year: Michelle Kilgas was awarded the Member of the Year award for PY 2006-07.
• Spring Conference
  • Woody Santy will be getting information to the board to review. “Data Sanity” would be the topic.
  • Board members were asked to review this information from Woody and give him feedback.
• Internet - There is a 27% increase in usage over 2005-2006 year.
• Section #1206 Schedule
  • Program meetings – 2nd Monday of the month
  • Board meetings – 4th Monday of the month

Leading Transformative Change
(taught by Stephen Hacker)
and
Customer – Focused Satisfaction Measurement
(taught by Jeff Israel)

August 20-21 Chicago
August 22-23 Milwaukee

$875 per participant per class
Deduct $125 if registered by July 23rd or for three or more from the same company!

For more information or to register, go to: http://www.asq.org/cs/courses

Please don’t forget to sign the form, attach payment or credit card info and include a letter verifying RU's (recertification units) for employment. These things are commonly forgotten and cause delays in processing.

Recertification journals should be sent to:
Dave Jorgensen
PO Box 1901
Fond du Lac, WI 54936-1901

Note: If you are including a certificate for internal training provided by your company, please make sure the number of contact hours is indicated on the certificate.

Charismatic leaders in all fields and situations exhibit a common behavior pattern. They:

Charismatic leaders do these things constantly in large and small ways. Cumulatively, these actions change attitudes, responses and methodologies within the organization.

Take a good look at your own leadership skills. There are lots of different assessment tools available on the internet. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses puts you in a better position to change and develop your leadership abilities. Maybe it’s time to hone your personal leadership style, inspire passionate followers, develop & sell your vision, discover power you didn't know you had, and build trust. As a result, you will more effectively lead change, retain your best people, motivate employees to go "above and beyond", sell your ideas and build accountability. Go ahead - take the leap from manager to leader!