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About George Eckes - Speaker on Management and Strategy:

George Eckes is Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Eckes & Associates, Inc.(EAI), a Colorado-based consulting group specializing in results driven continuous improvement, six-sigma training and implementation, organizational development and managing change. A former psychologist, Mr. Eckes has a holistic approach to changing an organization’s culture.

In 1996, EAI was chosen as a primary consulting organization for General Electric in their Six Sigma Quality initiative. His work has included course design, delivery and consulting with business leaders, improvement teams and internal quality consultants. In 1998 he was notified that of the 62 consultants at General Electric Capital, he was the highest rated by GE personnel.

George Eckes's recent clients have included Hewlett Packard, Cisco, JPMorganChase, Wells Fargo, Volvo, Molex, Inc., HSBC, and Park Nicollet Healthcare. His consulting firm has assisted clients generate over $50 million in cost savings in the last year alone. 10 of the last 11 Eckes & Associates, Inc. clients have generated over seven figures ROI in year one. Recently, George appeared on both CNBC and ABC’s World News Now.

Eckes published his first Six Sigma Book The Six Sigma Revolution, How GE and Others Turned Process into Profits in year 2000. This book was rated one of the top 25 Business books of the new Millennium by Strategy-Business Magazine. He has published 4 other Six Sigma books include: Making Six Sigma Last, Six Sigma Team Dynamics, Six Sigma For Everyone, and Six Sigma Execution.

In 2003, Eckes was chosen Honorary Chairman for President Bush’s Business Advisory Council. He received a National Leadership Award for Business Advice.

What George Eckes Talks About:

Today's business organizations are faced with keen competition, due largely to rapid technical advances and to the globalization of the economy. This competitive climate has only been strengthened by the tremendous growth in the use of web-based business strategies.

Despite the rapid pace of technical and business model innovation, the changing economic landscape, and recent financial upheavals, the ground rules for establishing a solid, profitable, world-class business have not changed. It is the inefficiency and ineffectiveness of organizations which most often hamper their progression to world-class status. In recent years most organizations have been recognizing the need to improve how they conduct business. International organizations like Allied Signal, General Electric, and others have found significant benefits in incorporating a Six Sigma management philosophy.

Popular Topics Include:

• How to Use Six Sigma as a Business Enabler
• Managing & Leading Change
• How to improve your organization's Effectiveness & Efficiency
• Critical Success Factors in Leading An Organization
• Pitfalls to Avoid Business Mediocrity
• How Organizations have used Six Sigma to Generate Seven Figure ROI