Operational Excellence & Industry Leadership
FocusIn is a knowledge exchange and executive workshop hosted and attended by industry leaders. Our events are opportunities for organizational leaders in Operations, Sales, Human Resources, and Continuous Improvement to share best practices, learn practical applications, and network with other highly-motivated industry professionals.
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Hosted by Mike Hoseus, former Toyota executive and co-author of the Shingo Award Winning book, Toyota Culture.
Leadership Development Events
June 13-15, 2023
Kentucky, USA
- Toyota Culture Workshop with Mike Hoseus (Live & Virtual)
- Leadership Problem-Solving Simulations & Group Exercises
- TPS Plant Tour led by TSSC at Toyota Kentucky and visits to other manufacturers
July 4-6, 2023
Munich, Germany
- Industry Leadership Workshop with Frank Hayden
- Seminar in managing business risk, growth opportunities, and profitability
- Site visits at MAN Trucks, Audi, and BMW
May 6-10, 2024
Japan
- Visits to world-class plants (Toyota, Daihatsu, etc.)
- Seminars and workshops inside factories
- Cultural immersion and deep dive into Toyota Production System
Previous Participant Companies
- Ameriqual Group
- Ball Metalpack
- Bosch
- CH Guenther & Son
- CID Resources
- Clariant
- Custom Foods
- Finlays
- Hitachi
- Humble House Foods
- Hyster-Yale
- Lejeune Steel Company
- O.C. Tanner
- Premier Research Labs
- Prevost
- Southwest Research Institute
Past FocusIn Events
June 28-30, 2022
Kentucky
- Toyota Culture Workshop with Mike Hoseus
- Leadership Problem-Solving Simulations & Group Exercises
- Site visits at Safran, Linak, and Hitachi Astemo
June 13-16, 2022
Munich, Germany
- Leadership Behavior Workshop with Frank Hayden
- Seminar in managing business risk, growth opportunities, and profitability
- Site visits at Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi
Oct. 12-14, 2021
Kentucky
- Lean Executive & Director Workshop with Mike Hoseus (Live & Virtual via Zoom)
- Strategy Deployment, Case Studies, Hands-On Simulation
- Site visits at local Manufacturers & Suppliers
June 22-24, 2021
Kentucky
- Lean Executive & Director Workshop with Mike Hoseus (Live & Virtual via Zoom)
- Strategy Deployment, Case Studies, Hands-On Simulation
- Site visits at local Manufacturers & Suppliers
Mar. 16-18, 2021
Kentucky
- Lean Leadership & Culture Workshop with Mike Hoseus (Live & Virtual via Zoom)
- Leadership Problem-Solving Simulations & Group Exercises
- Site visits at local Manufacturers & Suppliers
Mar. 3, 2021
Virtual
- Virtual Learning Forum with Business & Leadership Coaches
- "ActionClass" Workshop sessions with Executives and Leaders
- People Development Best-Practice Sharing
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Previous Events
April 21st & 22nd, 2021
Texas
- Lean Culture Workshop
- Leadership Problem-Solving Simulations
- TPS Best-Practice Sharing
Event Overview
FocusIn events are designed to offer leadership learning and best-practice exchanges among senior executives in Operations, Sales, Human Resources, and Learning & Development across varying industries looking to develop and strengthen cultures of continuous people development in their respective organizations.
Our goal is to bring leaders from around the world to experience a unique learning framework, interact with like-minded professionals, and develop and align their employee engagement and development strategies.
- Gain a better understanding of how to build a high-performance culture
- Learn best practices from top Learning & Development executive leaders
- Understand how to establish transparency, accountability, and engagement throughout your organization
- Learn how to motivate others through effective leadership coaching
- Begin the journey of engaging others in continuous daily improvement
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Event Partners
The mission of CQPO is to establish a learning environment of mutual respect, which emphasizes problem solving, teamwork and continuous improvement practices that enable organizations to produce effective, efficient and defensible systems.
Get your team on the same page about the things that matter most.
Orchestra is a team-driven software that creates structure where improvement plans are made visible and accountable to others. Orchestra builds interaction between leaders and teams to create mutual alignment on development goals.
Process Capability Partners is an advisor to small and middle market manufacturing companies and has expertise in process and operations improvement.