Posts Tagged ‘creativity workshop’

Imagine

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

It was an evening of fellowship, food and fun. An essential element in the team development model we use with many of our clients is celebration. So taking our own advice, Linda Krall and I hosted a reunion event for participants of our creativity workshops to celebrate their collective genius and wild thinking.  We wanted to bring people together that had a shared experience to reconnect and share with one another their successes on creating a more creative work environment.

On a warm summer evening we gathered on outdoor patio at the Claim Jumper South Coast Plaza to eat, drink and be merry. The energy was high as was the volume of all the great conversations that were taking place. Our guests shared stories with us and each other about how they’d taken what they learned in the workshop about being creative and seeing with fresh eyes and applied it with their customers, employees and even their families.
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New Clients: Cal Pac Sheet Metal and OC Metals

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

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Mari Kurtz, CEO/President of Cal Pac Sheet Metal and OC Metals has retained Janine McDonald and Linda Krall to help position her two companies for readiness as the economic recovery starts.   To kick off 2010 Kurtz retained McDonald and Krall to help  find creative solutions to diversify and grow the businesses while taking care of  Cal Pac/OC Metals customers and employees.

Building on the organizations mission and values,  a comprehensive approach will be taken to define  the future direction of the businesses.   The engagement will include strategic planning, executive coaching, leadership development for key team members and operational enhancements.   Kurtz believes in the value of bringing in outside perspectives to advise and collaborate with her team.

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Team member, Carolyn Miller, met McDonald while participating in the Building Industry Association, President’s Leadership Academy.   This led to attending a creativity workshop jointly facilitated by McDonald and Krall.

Cal Pac is a C-43 licensed sheet metal installation company with 23 years experience in general and architectural sheet metal installation for residential and commercial construction projects.  OC Metals offers full service sheet metal manufacturing and provides a comprehensive line of building products and accessories.  Their commitment to quality, customer service, value engineering, and their on-site fabrication and manufacturing shop set them apart.  Their services include exterior flashing, venting items, roof flashing, gutters and downspouts and standing seam metal roof systems.