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In today's industry, managers face the challenge of harmonizing diverse personalities, disciplines, regulations, and customer expectations. This summit provides a unique platform for PCI Certified Plant managers to gain invaluable insights into best practices for assessing, establishing, and sustaining an exceptional workplace culture.
Through interactive sessions and discussions, attendees will explore real-world challenges and effective strategies for transforming these challenges into opportunities for fostering a positive plant culture. Emphasizing the pivotal role of a supportive and collaborative workplace environment, managers will discover how investing in culture can enhance talent retention, boost productivity, and elevate safety standards.
Guiding our summit is a seasoned professional consultant with a proven track record in leadership and culture development, boasting four years of collaboration with PCI Headquarters.
WHY ATTEND? Participants will not only define what constitutes a strong plant culture but also leave with tangible action items to kick-start positive change within their own facilities post-summit, along with an opportunity to connect with fellow PCI Managers. Don't miss this opportunity to cultivate a workplace culture that sets your plant apart.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- What: exclusive event for PCI Certified Plant Managers
- Where: Sioux Falls, SD. All sessions will be held at the Sheraton Hotel with a half day plant tour at Gage Brothers Concrete plant.
- Objective: equip managers with tools to assess, establish, and maintain an exceptional workplace culture
- Expert guidance: led by a seasoned consultant with four years of PCI Headquarters collaboration.
- Collaborative learning: share challenges and effective strategies with peers.
- Benefits: enhanced talent retention, boosted productivity, elevated safety standards
- Who should attend: plant managers, plant executives, project managers, and foreman responsible for managing groups of people.
The Production Manager Summit will consist of 8 hours of facilitated discussion and learning along with a half day plant tour. It includes a pre-event conflict management assessment. All sessions and activities are designed to help PCI-Certified plant managers uncover key initiatives and build awareness around how to create a collaborative and supportive plant culture and operation. Day 1 will be a half day classroom style, interactive discussion. Day 2 will consist of a morning visit to Gage Brothers Concrete followed by a half day classroom discussion and group work sessions.
Agenda
Monday, July 22, 2024 - Day 1
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Noon
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Registration and Tabletops |
2:00pm
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Classroom Seminar with discussions |
5:30pm
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Dinner break |
6:30pm
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Continued classroom seminar with discussions |
8:00pm
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Adjourn |
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 - Day 2
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8:00am
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Breakfast |
9:00am
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Bus Departure |
9:30am
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Tour Gage Brothers Concrete |
11:00am
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Leave Gage Brothers Concrete |
11:30am
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Lunch at the hotel |
Noon
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Classroom Seminar with round table discussions |
4:00pm
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Adjourn |
Topics
Monday, July 22, 2024
2:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Awareness and Calibration
Will include interactive small group work sessions along with facilitated training and discussion.
- Defining what a good plant culture looks like
- Why is trust important and how to build it
- What is intentional communication and how to use it
- How to resolve conflict effectively
- How to develop a plant specific “Best Fit Culture” document
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Plant Tour
Tour of Gage Brothers Concrete plant.
Gage Brothers Concrete has been one of PCI’s leading architectural and structural precast concrete producers since the 1960’s. In 2007, Gage Brothers Concrete transition from a family-owned to an employee owned business through the implementation of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Gage
Brothers was awarded the Sioux Empires 2022 SHRM (Society for Human
Resource Management) Workplace Excellence Award in Diversity signifying
their commitment to company culture and embracing our differences. As an ESOP, Gage Brother’s leadership is employee culture focused and we could not ask for a better partner in this year’s Summit.
11:30 AM – 4:00 PM: Alignment and Action
Will include interactive small group work sessions along with facilitated training and discussion with the goal of developing a plant specific action plan centered on your plant’s culture.
- Review, observations, opportunities, and thoughts
- How to assess your current plant culture and establish a path forward
- Identifying current plant culture gaps and impact opportunities
- Your role in developing a plant culture aligned with your customer expectations
- Panel discussion and summary
Hotel
Sheraton Sioux Falls & Convention Center
1211 North West Avenue | Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Rates: $149 + applicable taxes
Book with PCI's Group Rate at Sheraton Sioux Falls
| To book
via phone, call 1-605-331-0100 referencing PCI Production
Manager Summit. |
| All
reservations must be guaranteed with a major credit card. Individual guest
room reservations are fully refundable up to 48 hours prior to
check-in. Group rate is available for booking until June 30, 2024, by
11:59pm CST. |
| Check-in: 3:00 pm Check-out: Noon |
| Amenities: Complimentary guest room Wi-Fi, complimentary self-parking,
24-hour fitness center, and heated indoor pool. |
| Airport Information: Complimentary Shuttle to and from Sioux Falls Regional Airport
(4 miles). |
Registration
| FEES |
| Producer Members: |
$849 per person |
| Associate Members: |
One free registration after securing a tabletop or sponsorship with Shelly Encher, sencher@pci.org, (312) 360-3203. |
| Space is limited to 50 Producers and 12 Associates. |
LEADERSHIP SUMMIT ATTENDEE PRE-WORK. Prior to attending the Summit, we would like for you to complete an online Myers-Briggs TKI assessment. During the summit, you will be receiving your personalize Myers-Briggs TKI results which will be presented to you by our facilitator and Certified Myers-Briggs Practitioner, Kevin Martlage. To complete this part of the pre-work, you will receive a link in the event specific confirmation (not the generic "order" confirmation). You will be asked to create a quick user profile within the Myers-Briggs Elevate System. Once your profile has been created it will walk you through a series of questions which will take you approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Once completed, your results will be collected by our facilitator and provided to you at the Summit.
AGREEMENTS, POLICIES, AND CONSENT.
Registration constitutes your agreement to abide by the PCI Antitrust Policy and PCI Code of Conduct. Any breach of these agreements may be cause for event management to remove the individual from the event. Registration and attendance at, or participation in, PCI events, meetings and other activities constitutes an agreement by the registrant to the use and distribution of the registrant or attendee's image or voice in photographs or videos of such events and activities by PCI, PCI regional affiliates, and other third parties. Your registration may include technology that monitors your activities throughout the meeting, such as session attendance. It is your responsibility to read and understand these agreements and policies.
WAIVER OF LIABILITY AND HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT. All registrants are required to electronically sign a Waiver of Liability to attend the plant tour. Those who opt out of signing the document will not be permitted to attend the plant tour.
CANCELLATIONS, REFUNDS, AND SUBSTITUTIONS. All registration
cancellations received in writing by July 8, 2024, will be fully refunded, minus a
$50 administrative fee. Due to PCI's financial obligations, no refunds will be made after this date. Substitutions may be
made without penalty. Submit all requests to events@pci.org.
PAYMENT. Payment in full is
required in order to process registrations. We welcome payments in the form of
American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa.
QUESTIONS. For registration
questions or assistance with registering, contact events@pci.org or
(312) 360-3214.
REGISTERING INSTRUCTIONS
- Select 'Register
Myself' or 'Register Someone Else' to begin
- Select your registration type* from the list *If you don't see the correct registration type or fee, contact events@pci.org
- Answer all required questions
and click "Save Response(s)"
- Select all program items you want to attend to be sure to secure your registration for that function.
- Proceed to Checkout
Don't See an Employee on your List? The 'Register Someone Else' button isn't working for everyone. If this is the case for you, contact Cindi Ward at (312) 360-3214 for assistance.