| |
Dean
Meyer
|
| |
"Dean
takes esoteric concepts and
distills them down to what's practical.
And beyond ideas,
he tells you how to implement them."
Bob Glorioso
President, Lava Plume Software |
 |
|
Dean Meyer has made organizational health his life's work. He
has been teaching, writing, and consulting since 1968. He founded
NDMA Inc. in 1982 to focus exclusively on organizational transformations.
He doesn't come at it with motivational pep talks or "touchy-feely"
interpersonal dynamics. Instead, he systematically designs the
organizational environment that staff live in... the system of
influences that make or break people's performance. Meyer combines
breakthrough thinking with down to earth practicality, and distills
leading-edge concepts into pragmatic implementation processes.
He's developed a method to change corporate
culture in less than a year based on learning theory.
He's researched and applied an
entirely new science of organizational structure based on cybernetics.
He's invented a tool-kit for tactical
planning and activity-based budgeting that makes it practical
for an organization to calculate the true cost of its entire product
line.
And he's been a leader in applying
market economics within companies to design their resource-management
processes -- the "perestroika" of the modern corporation.
The result: Meyer helps leaders convert bureaucracies into vibrant
entrepreneurial organizations based on the "business-within-a-business"
paradigm. He has facilitated transformations in dozens of diverse
corporate, not-for-profit, and public-sector organizations throughout
North America.
Meyer is a native of San Francisco. He received a BS from the
University of California at Berkeley, and earned an MBA from Stanford.
Speeches,
seminars
Dean Meyer is passionate about his work, and that passion comes
across in the enthusiasm he puts into his public appearance.
Meyer is also a deep thinker. His work is based on solid science,
in-depth research, and years of practical experience. His competence
comes across in his speeches, and especially in Q&A sessions.
Many executives liken Meyer's seminars to "taking a drink
from a fire hydrant." They get their money's worth!
Meyer's speeches and workshops are well grounded, high bandwidth,
insightful, provocative, and directly applicable to executives'
tough leadership challenges.
Full-cost Maturity Model
The Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Know the Full Cost
of Your Products and Services
your budgeting and costing processes may be the root of many
evils
HOT TOPICS
Do More With Less -- NOT!
a practical antidote to unrealistic demands
Strategic Cost Cutting
how to trim what your organization does rather than destroy
its ability to do anything at all
Mission/Vision/Values/BLAH!
what it really takes to lead an organization to new levels of
performance
Great People Aren't Enough:
great leaders design healthy organizations where normal people
can succeed
Governance Without Bureaucracy and Disempowerment:
how to ensure proper controls without getting in people's way
Portfolio Management:
managing investments in internal support functions (such as
IT) as one would manage a portfolio of financial investments
Who's Got the Ball?
how to sort out clear accountabilities within your organization
Forget Teambuilding!
how to make high-performance teamwork the way we do business
Myth of the Super Project Manager:
why we think we need superheros and how to be great at project
management with the people you already have
Chargebacks: Bureaucratic Nightmare or Market Economics?
what it takes to make chargebacks useful
Decentralization Versus Shared Services:
why the tug-of-war, and how to have your cake and eat it too
The Truth About Outsourcing:
how to make vendors work for your shareholders
Employer of Choice:
how to attract, motivate, and retain the best people
|
What
they say about Dean Meyer:
"Dean talks with great clarity, lots of substance,
and his passion for the subject comes through."
Dan Thatte
CIO, Lifetime Television
"I can't think of a single experience in my years
in this business that has had a more fundamental impact on how
I view my job as a leader."
Kevin Belden
CIO, New York Department of Revenue
"A definite 'ah ha!' event."
Karen Holcomb
Director, Corporate Operations, US Navy Aircraft Division
"Dean's thinking represents a truly profound and
productive effort."
Tom Babington
CIO, Foster Farms
A Presentation
Abstract
Do More With Less -- NOT!
a practical antidote to unrealistic demands
"Do more with less!"
"You cost too much!"
"Take it out of hide!"
Business pressures are up; budgets are down. Many organizations
have gone beyond expecting the best, and now demand the unreasonable.
Of course, if you accept this, you are setting yourself up to
fail. You cannot do the impossible. Your staff are already working
hard (perhaps too hard) and they're already working "smarter."
If you take on more than your organization can deliver, something
has to give. Ultimately, you'll be blamed for failing to meet
your commitments, delivering poor quality behind schedule, and
burning out your staff.
The fact is, you can avoid this career trap. This session will
explain exactly what you can, indeed must, do to protect your
group and bring rationality to the challenge of finite resources
facing infinite demands.
* Why reasonable executives make unreasonable demands
* The antidote: knowing the full cost to shareholders/donors/taxpayers
of your internal products/services
* A step-by-step process for business planning, service catalog,
budget, product/service costing, and rates
Contact us to discuss your specific interests and requirements.
|
NDMA
Products and Services
publications, speeches and seminars, and consulting services
NDMA offers publications, speeches/seminars, and consulting services
that help leaders build high-performance, entrepreneurial organizations
-- with changes ranging from brief seminars and simple fixes to
comprehensive transformations.
Our publications break new ground in organizational theory, and
yet still explain the practicalities of real-life implementation
in straightforward, concise, accessible language.
Speeches and seminars are packed with content and energy. Attendees
consistently evaluate presentations "very good" or "excellent"
and a great use of their time.
Consulting processes are documented in details. Studies and handbooks
explain both the principles used to design changes and the detailed
steps in the implementation process. This documentation supports
a participative process -- far more effective than outside consultants
who study and prescribe changes -- and ensures that participation
is fact-based and carefully structured to move a leadership team
to consensus and then walk them through the implementation process.
Executive coaching
Best practices databases
Books, monographs, CDs, software
Speeches, seminars
Workshops and consulting processes
|
|
