CoREM

Move from Training to Performance Solutions

How can organizations make lasting improvements and get full participation and leader involvement? Also, how can you implement a culture of continuous improvement? Many times these efforts are seen as just another program. How can you avoid the “just another program” thinking?

The answer is to stop thinking programs and to start thinking performance solutions!

Moving an organization and individuals to high performance through performance solutions requires a systems approach. Five Star’s research has identified the five drivers for high performance:

• Focused and Aligned Leaders
• Skilled and Motivated Workforce
• Integrated Talent Management
• Enabling Technology
• Continuous Process Improvement

Using case studies, this session will define the five drivers of high performance and provide a process for designing and implementing learning and skill-building solutions. These solutions have been proven to increase individual and organizational performance. Also, this session will explore how to partner with others to create lasting change on the job.

Our Presenter:

Lou Camerlengo-President/Co-founder, FiveStar Development, Inc.

As President of FiveStar, Lou is responsible for day-to-day operations and supervises the company’s management team. Lou also works with FiveStar’s CEO to set long-term company strategy. In that capacity, over the past eleven years Lou has evolved FiveStar from a niche interactive training design and development company to a full-service performance improvement consultancy. Lou has extensive experience in account and project management for Fortune 1000 companies including H.J. Heinz, Ford Motor Credit Company, The Limited Brands, Nationwide Insurance, The United States Army, U.S. Steel, and Visa International. He speaks regularly at local, regional, and international conferences; most recently at the 2007 CompTIA International Symposium and ASTD International 2008. Lou holds a B.A. in Communications Studies with a minor in British history from the State University College of New York at Oswego. He also is a graduate of the Entrepreneurial Management and Technology Commercialization programs at the Carnegie Mellon Graduate School of Industrial Administration. Lou is currently on the Multimedia Advisory Board of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.

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