True Lean HR Management Development
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Date: 01-04-2010 Duration: Half Day Times: 1.30-5.30 Location: Clonmel Park Hotel, Clonmel Cost: Members 50.00; Non Members 95.00 per participant To book this Event or make an enquiry click this button. |
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The True Lean culture can improve productivity, profitability and team member morale. But many organizations struggle with the people side of "True Lean" – getting team member buy-in. The "True Lean" culture also can improve retention rates – saving the organization the time and cost associated with recruiting and developing new team members.
The University of Kentucky offers a half-day session on "True Lean" HR Management Development.
During this session, participants will receive a high-level overview of the people side of "True Lean". The session offers three areas of focus:
Leadership Thinking Ways
What is the appropriate lean leadership styles at all levels?
Company and Team Member Mutual Understanding of Needs
Do your team members share the sense of values that equates corporate prosperity to corporate satisfaction?
Four Essentials to Mutual Trust and Success
Does your company culture create the right environment for lean?
The session is four hours in length and led by Pete Gritton, former VP of Human Resources at Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing, North America. Pete was one of Toyota’s first North American hires and he recently retired after 22 years of service.
Pete Gritton is an Adjunct Instructor for the Lean Manufacturing Program at the University of Kentucky. Pete retired as Vice President of Human Resources for Toyota Engineering and Manufacturing of North America in June 2009.
The guiding principle of Human Resources at Toyota is to develop philosophies, strategies, policies and procedures needed to create and sustain the “True Lean” culture.
As VP of HR, Pete was responsible for human resources functions including: executive and management development and succession planning, compensation and benefits, health services and employee relations for Toyota’s assembly and parts manufacturing sites in North America with more than 22,000 employees.
After being hired as the Employee Relations Manager at the start-up of Toyota’s first wholly owned manufacturing facility in the United States in 1986, Pete held various positions in Human Resources and Production Control over the next 19 years. Pete transferred to Toyota’s North American headquarters in 2005 as Vice President of Human Resources.
Prior to joining Toyota, Pete held various human resources positions for companies involved in aluminum production and manufacturing.
Pete’s education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Art in Organizational Communications also from Western Kentucky University.
