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Learn about the method recognized as the world's best for day-to-day management to develop people to their fullest capability. The Harada Method is a great tool for managers to motivate people to continuously improve. It brings the excitement of sports to the workplace. Discover how to set and achieve long-term goals, become more self-reliant and become a better manager and mentor to your employees. Everyone can become a winner!
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Order your copy of The Harada Method book in our "Shop" section
Coming March 11 - 15, Marriott Waterfront hotel in Portland, Oregon
Coming May - 20 - 24, Marriott Waterfront hotel in Portland, Oregon
See a short video on the Harada Method at: http://youtu.be/tg9UhtqCmmo
Takashi Harada and Norman Bodek just finished their joint collaboration on The Harada Method – the Spirit of Self-Reliance and the Human Side of Lean. The Harada Method is considered in Japan to be the world’s best process for day-to-day management to develop people to reach their maximum creative potential - achieving personal, professional and organizational goals. Learn what the Japanese have recognized for over a decade as the missing link to the Human Side of Lean.
Starting as a track and field coach in one of the most distressed school districts in Japan, Takashi Harada developed his method to motivate and change the lives of his student athletes. In three years, the school went from the worst out of 380 schools to the best and has stayed being the best for the last 12 years in a row. And his students won 13 gold medals - they were the best, not just in Osaka, but the best in all of Japan. Harada in 2002 moved on to introduce his method to the corporate world throughout Japan. The success achieved, by both the children and employees at all levels within hundreds of organizations, has been outstanding, over 55,000 people have been trained. Now you have the opportunity to learn for yourself the proven step-by-step process for setting and achieving your own goals, guiding your employees to reach their goals and how you can work together to reach the overall goals of your company.
As a bonus, the book also includes interviews with Jeffrey Liker, author of The Toyota Way, Robert Miller, Executive Director of the Shingo Prize, and John Allen, President of Total Systems Development and former HR Training Manager at Toyota.
“The Harada Method has helped me build the behaviors and routines I needed to be successful in achieving both my work and life goals. I now reflect on my actions and assess their impact against my goals on a daily basis. This intentional reflection has helped me to improve and has created a level of personal momentum and synergy between my life and my work that I have never experienced.”- Lori Eberhardt, Performance Improvement Advisor, Talisman Energy
"The Harada Method Workshop with Norman Bodek was an enriching experience for me. Norman’s approach to teaching the method and his amazing experience provided great value to me. The Harada Method provides the means for anyone to establish and reach their goals through a systematic approach that everyone can follow. This method allows the individual to take responsibility for defining their own plan in achieving self-reliance which will ultimately lead to the accomplishment of higher levels of personal and professional performance." Trace P. Tandy, Vice President of Manufacturing Milbank Manufacturing
“Thanks for having me. I found the workshop worthwhile and inspirational. I can see why Harada is considered the best “day to day management”. Though I struggled over the week I don’t know how I’ve managed to organize myself to date without a comprehensive approach as this. - Peter Bodi, President, Accurate Machine & Tool Ltd.
“Norm is great. He has lots of passion and knowledge and the willingness to share it. I would recommend you attend his sessions if possible. Will be a life changing experience.” – Fahad Khan, manager, Suncor
The Harada Method Certification Workshop - March 11-15, 2013
Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront
1401 SW Naito Parkway · Portland, Oregon 97201 USA
Reservations 503-226-7600
The Harada Method courses are designed to teach you how to become more successful. Top executives, managers, supervisors, even new employees can all benefit from the tools of the Harada Method. The only qualifications necessary are:
- You want to bring the best out of yourself and your employees
- You care about long-term success
- You want to be a great leader of people
Listen to or Watch the Harada Method Webinar with Quality Digest
Norman Bodek partnered with Quality Digest Magazine to give a free webinar on the Harada Method. To listen to the audio in a new window, click below. You can also save the audio to your computer by right-clicking on the link and choosing 'Save link as...'
Quality Digest Webinar audio (48896 KB)
If you want to see the slides with the audio, click here.
About PCS Press CEO Norman Bodek
In 1979, Norman started Productivity Inc. and Productivity Press and published over 250 management books including 100 translations of great Japanese management books from Shigeo Shingo, Taiichi Ohno and others. He ran hundreds of conferences, seminars and plant tours across the country. Bodek, who has been called "Mr. Productivity" by Industry Week Magazine and in 2010 inducted into their Manufacturing Hall of Fame, "Mr. Lean" by Quality Progress Magazine, and has personally been awarded the Shingo Prize, says his most powerful discovery was the way Toyota and other Japanese companies opened the infinite creative potential often lying dormant inside every single worker. During the past 10 years, he has written seven books, the most recent co-authored with Takashi Harada called The Harada Method: the Spirit of Self-Reliance.
Norman has been a frequent keynote speaker at major conferences and teaches companies on employee empowerment, Lean/TPS, customer service, productivity, quality and process improvement for many organizations including the Institute of Industrial Engineers, American Society for Quality, APICS, ISO 9000, Institute for Lean Systems, FAA, Ortho-Clinical Diagnotics, BAE, Gulfstream, St. Francis Hospital Indianapolis, CIBC, Dakota MEP, the Shingo Prize, and many others including in plant training events. He currently teaches the Best of Japanese Management at Portland State University.
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In 1979, Norman started Productivity Inc. and Productivity Press and published over 250 management books including 100 translations of great Japanese management books from Shigeo Shingo, Taiichi Ohno and others. He ran hundreds of conferences, seminars and plant tours across the country. Bodek, who has been called "Mr. Productivity" by Industry Week Magazine and in 2010 inducted into their Manufacturing Hall of Fame, "Mr. Lean" by Quality Progress Magazine, and has personally been awarded the Shingo Prize, says his most powerful discovery was the way Toyota and other Japanese companies opened the infinite creative potential often lying dormant inside every single worker. During the past 10 years, he has written seven books, the most recent co-authored with Takashi Harada called The Harada Method: the Spirit of Self-Reliance.
Norman has been a frequent keynote speaker at major conferences and teaches companies on employee empowerment, Lean/TPS, customer service, productivity, quality and process improvement for many organizations including the Institute of Industrial Engineers, American Society for Quality, APICS, ISO 9000, Institute for Lean Systems, FAA, Ortho-Clinical Diagnotics, BAE, Gulfstream, St. Francis Hospital Indianapolis, CIBC, Dakota MEP, the Shingo Prize, and many others including in plant training events. He currently teaches the Best of Japanese Management at Portland State University.
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