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FORMER BOEING PRESIDENT & TWO-TIME BALDRIGE AWARD WINNER TO SPEAK AT OXNARD WORKSHOP
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Port Hueneme Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (PHD NSWC), a proud sponsor of the California Council for Excellence (CCE), is pleased to announce "Leading an Organization Using the Baldrige Criteria," a CCE Central Coast region workshop for managers and executives June 19 at Casa Sirena Hotel & Marina. The workshop will be led by Dr. David Spong, the only two-time winner of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for two different organizations in two different sectors.
As vice president and general manager of Airlift and Tanker Programs for Boeing Military Aircraft and Missile Systems, Spong led the organization to its first Baldrige award for manufacturing in 1998. In 2003, the Boeing organization captured a second Baldrige award for service while Spong served as president of Aerospace Support for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. Spong will share the secrets to establishing vision, inspiring action and setting guiding principles to help overcome workplace challenges and allow organizations to ascend to a higher level of excellence.
The workshop will take place from 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., with lunch provided for participants. Registration is open to both CCE members and non-members; the deadline is June 16. For more information, please visit www.calexcellence.org/leading.html.The CCE is a non-profit organization based in Poway, Calif. that promotes the principles and criteria of the National Baldrige Award. PHD NSWC, a U.S. Senate Productivity Award winner, has been involved with the CCE for four years in its pursuit of organizational excellence using the Baldrige criteria.
Located at Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, a component of the Naval Sea Systems Command, is the Navy's premier in-service engineering and logistics center and has been in existence for over 40 years. PHD NSWC provides test and evaluation, in-service engineering, and integrated logistics support for weapon systems installed in the United States Navy fleet, United States Coast Guard fleet, and many foreign Navy fleets.
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