Otago Polytechnic brings business excellence to Dunedin

Otago Polytechnic brings business excellence to Dunedin

Dunedin businesses will soon have the chance to hear from one of the world’s leading experts on business performance, Sister Mary Jean Ryan, who will be sharing her wisdom at a Performance Excellence Briefing on 5 March. The event will be hosted by Otago Polytechnic and Business Excellence NZ.

Sister Mary Jean Ryan, who holds the Harry S. Hertz Leadership Award, the highest US peer recognition award for leadership in the US, will be delivering a briefing on how to use performance excellence criteria to transform the results achieved by organisations.

Sister Mary Jean Ryan has been a Franciscan Sister of Mary for over 50 years, rising from her nursing role to serve as President and CEO of SSM Health (SSMH) in the US, for 25 years. SSMH has 30,000 employees in 18 hospitals and 60 outpatient care sites spread across 4 US States. SSMH was the first health sector recipient of the US Malcolm Baldrige Award for Excellence.

Sister Mary Jean Ryan’s leadership philosophy has resulted in numerous invitations to share her knowledge and expertise with US and international organisations. She will be joined at the briefing by Dr Kevin Johnson, an expert in strategic planning and performance excellence implementation.

“Having internationally recognised presenters of this calibre in Dunedin is truly inspiring and transformational,” says Phil Ker, Chief Executive at Otago Polytechnic. “We’re committed to promoting and achieving business excellence. Otago Polytechnic is proud to host the greatest minds in the field.”

The briefing is an initiative of Otago Polytechnic’s Education Foundation, which helps fund opportunities, innovations and projects for students. Attendees at the event will learn from both speakers’ experience of ‘just doing it’, and gain an increased understanding of how to implement the criteria for performance excellence.

Sister Mary Jean Ryan and Dr Kevin Johnson will deliver a three hour briefing session. Time will be allowed at the briefing for questions and answers.

“This is a unique opportunity,” says Phil Ker. “These speakers have knowledge that can literally transform organisations. We feel the business, health and community sectors in Dunedin could especially benefit from the briefing.”

Performance Excellence Briefing
Thursday, 5 March 2015
9.30am to 12.30pm
Sargood Centre, Logan Park, Dunedin

$190+GST, or $175+GST (for group bookings of 5 or more people from the same organisation)

Places are limited – bookings essential.

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