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Ron has personally conducted workshops for thousands of businesspeople and has spoken before conferences and groups such as Vistage (the premiere CEO peer-group), Microsoft technical conferences, the American Society for Quality, APICS (the Association for Operations Managers), the Project Management Institute, and PIHRA (the Professionals in Human Resources Association).

Speaking Schedule

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Speaking Topics:

Driving Business Performance:
Critical Success Factors, Metrics, and Dashboards

Audience: Leadership Team, Finance, Operations, Marketing, Supply Chain, Accountants
Industries: Financial Services, Biomedical Devices, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, General Business

Do you know what drives your business? Do you know which levers to move and how much to move them to make changes in your bottom line?

This session is for you if:

  • You like to participate in a "real world" exercise
  • You want to know where to focus resources for the greatest impact
  • You want everyone to know how they contribute to business success

Want Increased Profits?
Use Rapid Productivity Improvement and Cost Reduction
Audience: Leadership Team, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Accountants
Industries: Financial Services, Biomedical Devices, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, General Business

Every business can improve profits by increasing productivity and eliminating the waste that creeps in over time. The key is not in long lists of cost saving tricks. The key is with your employees.

This session is for you if:

  • You enjoy mind-opening exercises
  • You need to increase your profits
  • You need to reduce waste and increase speed
  • You want employees to buy-in to increasing company performance
  • You need accountability and buy-in

What Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are Common to All Well Run Businesses?
Audience: Leadership Team, Finance, Operations, Marketing, Supply Chain, Accountants
Industries: Financial Services, Biomedical Devices, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, General Business

KPIs extend far beyond key financial indicators. There are a few KPIs that drive the financial success of most companies. They can signal future downturns and future success. Do you know what they are?

This session is for you if:

  • You want to dialog with your peers about which metrics are most important
  • You want to know which KPIs are important to well run companies
  • You want to see examples of state of the art dashboards and reports

Better Decisions Faster:
Next Generation Dashboards and Reports
Audience: Leadership Team, Finance, Operations, IT, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Accountants
Industries: Financial Services, Biomedical Devices, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Food Manufacturing, Manufacturing, General Business

Are you making better decisions faster? We are inundated with info-glut from programs, the Internet, email, and more. We are more overloaded by information than at any time in history. Yet we must make better decisions faster. See how Next Generation dashboards and reporting can help you make better business decisions faster.

This session is for you if:

  • You want to see how you can present data visually to make decision making easier
  • You want to use Excel and a few add-ins to create dashboards and reports that rival $250,000 Business Intelligence systems. 
  • You want to learn some great Excel tips from the guy who wrote an international
    best-seller on Excel and whose most recent book, "Balanced Scorecards and Operational Dashboards with Microsoft Excel" has earned 5-starts on Amazon.

For information about these speeches, please contact Ron at Tor Consulting.

Contact Ron at Tor Consulting to have a speech tailored to your organization's needs.

"Lunch and Learn" Presentations
If you would like a presentation to your leadership or management team for a "Lunch and Learn" session, contact Ron at Tor Consulting. Presentations can be via webinar or on site.

Association or Industry Presentations
If your association, chapter, or conference would like a presentation or workshop on how Balance Scorecards and Strategy Maps can impact their industry, contact Ron at Tor Consulting.

Speaking Schedule

January 19, 2010 APICS (Operations Managers)
Critical Success Factors, Metrics, and Dashboards:
Increasing Performance in Supply Chains

Sacramento, CA
 
February 11, 2010 APICS (Operations Managers)
Critical Success Factors, Metrics, and Dashboards:
Increasing Performance in Supply Chains

Solano, CA
 
February 18, 2010 American Society for Quality
Critical Success Factors, Metrics, and Dashboards:
Selecting Six Sigma Projects for Greatest Strategic Impact

Solano, CA
 
March 18, 2010 Vistage (CEO Peer Group) #158
The Execution Advantage: Workshop
 
April 1, 2010 Executive Next Practices Forum
Orange Country, CA
 
April 20, 2010 Vistage (CEO Peer Group) #639
The Execution Advantage: Workshop
 
May 5, 2010 ASIA-PACIFIC GLOBAL LEADER CONFERENCE
on the Global Business of HR
What Worked Before Won't Work Now:
Next Practices to Thrive in the New Economy

KPMG, San Francisco, CA
 
May 12, 2010 TEC (CEO Peer Group)
The Execution Advantage: Workshop
Victoria, B.C.
 
July TBD, 2010 American Society for Quality
Critical Success Factors, Metrics, and Dashboards:
Selecting Six Sigma Projects for Greatest Strategic Impact

Silicon Valle, CA
 
October 14, 2010 Vistage (CEO Peer Group) #924
The Execution Advantage: Workshop
 
December 16, 2010 TEC (CEO Peer Group) #17
The Execution Advantage: Workshop
Wisconsin