fred nickols, cpt · here’s what i offer significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the...
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Fred Nickols, CPT
Managing Partner
Distance Consulting LLC
1
![Page 2: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Presenting
Fred Nickols
– Experienced
– Insightful & creative
– Skilled problem solver
– Proven track record
– National reputation
2
![Page 3: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Here’s What I Offer
Significant, measurable and
valuable improvement in the
performance of…
– People
– Processes
– Organizations
Successful implementation
Change that “sticks”
Transfer of know-how to you
and/or your staff
3
![Page 4: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Currently
Providing ongoing advice and
counsel to the CEO of a
software startup
Assisting with the marketing
and messaging for a new
achievement management
system
Writing a regular column
about Knowledge Work for
ISPI
Creating tools for use by
Knowledge Workers
Assisting the GM of an
Australian healthcare
association with a “big data”
visualization project
Developing job aids for use
with a healthcare management
system
Refining a proprietary business
problem-solving process
Articulating a control theory
view of human behavior and
performance
4
![Page 5: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Representative Efforts Distance Consulting LLC
Advice, counsel & assistance
re Communities of Practice
Training module on delegation
skills
Various invited presentations
Job aids related to using a
massive healthcare database
Developed a strategic decision
making model/process
Self-instructional materials for
problem solving, consulting,
time management
Executive level briefing re
Knowledge Management
Writing services in support of
a corporate blog
Design & facilitation of a
strategic planning session
Consulting services supporting
the establishment of a
consulting practice
Acting GM of a subsidiary of a
German conglomerate
Analysis of distribution issues
5
![Page 6: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Areas of Potential Contribution
Business Planning & Strategy
Development
Knowledge Management
Organization Development
Performance Improvement
Process Improvement
Productivity Improvement
Solving Particularly “Wicked”
Problems
Systems Development
Training & Development
6
![Page 7: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Qualifications
Demonstrated Performance
– Accomplishments speak louder than credentials
Work Experience
– The best predictor of future performance is past performance
Education & Training
– Preparation is half the battle
7
![Page 8: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
The Bottom Line
A lot of value already contributed
A lot of value to be contributed
Inquiries, referrals and leads
appreciated
8
![Page 9: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Sampling of Clients
9
![Page 10: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Example #1 Optimizing SAT Test Center Staffing Levels
An algorithm used to staff
SAT test centers
– yields the lowest staff cost
per administration
– satisfies all security
requirements
– saves $800K/year
– saved more than $10
million so far
10
![Page 11: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Example #2 Reducing A Reject Rate
Reduced the reject rate in an
important processing operation
from an average of 60-70% to
less than 10%
Primarily a matter of educating
the applicants and giving them
the proper tools
Savings of $250K/year
11
![Page 12: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Example #3 Scrubbing A “Dirty” Database
A database conversion
– VAX to Oracle
– Problem: “dirty” flat files
– IS&T estimate = $360K
– Alternative: a PC-based
“scrub” of the database
– Program direction accepted
– The savings => $300K
– The client was very happy
12
![Page 13: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Example #4 Fitting 20 Pounds into a16-Pound Sack
Collapsed 20,000 square feet
of assigned space into 16,000
square feet
– improved the productivity
of the 16,000 square foot
space by 25%
– reduced space charges by
$160K per year at a one-
time cost of $16K
– introduced an innovative
paper filing, storage and
retrieval technology
13
![Page 14: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Example #5 A Variable Life Insurance System (NYC)
The client had been promised a
new product
The IT mainframe shop said
– 18 months
– $2 million
It was up and running “live” on a
PC/LAN in 89 days for $250K
The client was very happy
14
![Page 15: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Work Experience United States Navy (1955-1974)
Weapons System Technician
Classroom Instructor
Test Developer
Programmed Instruction Writer
Instructional Systems Developer
Internal OD Consultant
15
![Page 16: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Work Experience Consultant (1975-1986)
Sales training
Management training &
development
Performance improvement
Productivity & process
improvement
Systems development & roll
out
Change management
16
![Page 17: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Work Experience - Monarch Sr VP, Systems & Operations (1987-1989)
Developed PC/LAN-based
systems for financial products
Reengineered the systems
development process
Reengineered the product
development process
Chief troubleshooter for CEO
17
![Page 18: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Assignments at ETS Executive Director (1990-2001)
Consultant on Staff
Custom Operations Division
Chief of Staff, Operations
Finance (Renewal)
Strategic Planning
Research
New Business Development
IS&T – Business Intelligence
IS&T – Project Management
18
![Page 19: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Major Accomplishments at ETS
Reengineered the FAF front-
end
Developed optimum staffing
algorithm for SAT
administrations
Engineered several sizable cost
savings
Helped trigger the 3-year ETS
financial turnaround effort
Redesigned ETS’s business
planning processes
Wrote two approved business
plans
19
![Page 20: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
IT/Systems Work Experience
Worked on guided missile R&D at
White Sands Missile Range
Wrote the AT&T Handbook for
Total Systems Development
Developed AT&T Long Lines’
Systems Analysts Training Course
Analyzed the Human-Machine
Function Allocation Process at
Bell Labs
Developed a Systems Selling
Training Course for AT&T
Marketing
Documented a Common Systems
Architecture for ETS
Developed a Database Designers
Training Course for CENTEC
More
20
![Page 21: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
More IT/Systems Work Experience
Developed a PC-based QC
auditing system for Community
Mutual Insurance Company
Developed two PC/LAN-based
variable life insurance systems for
Monarch Financial Services
Outsourced the PC-based
insurance illustration systems for
Monarch & managed the vendor
Developed job aids for AT&T
Long Lines computer systems
Carried out several process
documentation efforts for a variety
of clients, including ETS, Citicorp
and others
Supported two very large system
roll outs for BC/BS
Developed a prototype knowledge
management (KM) corporate
intranet for Warner Lambert
21
![Page 22: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Education & Training
Undergraduate work in
psychology & statistics at
USIU
Conducted numerous invited
presentations and colloquia at
several colleges & universities
Voracious reader
Published extensively
High School Graduate
Extensive technical training
(USN)
Extensive training as an
instructor/developer (USN)
Extensive training as an OD
consultant (USN)
Ongoing self-development
22
![Page 23: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
200+ Articles, Columns, Papers (Diverse Topics & Publications)
training
education
evaluation
technology
problem solving
change management
knowledge management
communities of practice
business analysis
productivity improvement
performance improvement
performance management
performance architecture
process improvement
systems development
strategy
23
![Page 24: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Appearing in...
24
![Page 25: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
These too...
The 2000 Knowledge Management Yearbook
The 2001 ASTD Training & Performance Yearbook
Journal of Knowledge & Process Management
Journal of Systems Management
JSAS Journal of Selected Documents in Psychology
People Today
25
![Page 26: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Various Professional Affiliations
Currently – Association for Talent
Development (was ASTD)
– International Association
for Performance
Improvement (ISPI)
– Organization Development
Network
– Columnist: ISPI
Previously – Academy of Management
– American Management
Association
– Editor/Columnist: Journal
of Management Consulting
– Board of Advisors: School
of Business, College of NJ
– Reviewer for HRD
Quarterly
– Society for Human
Resources Management
26
![Page 27: Fred Nickols, CPT · Here’s What I Offer Significant, measurable and valuable improvement in the performance of… – People – Processes – Organizations Successful implementation](https://reader030.vdocuments.mx/reader030/viewer/2022041116/5f27d6ed2127860b3366f7b4/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Contact Information
Fred Nickols Managing Partner
Distance Consulting LLC 812 Coshocton Ave
Suite 303
Mount Vernon, OH 43050 (740) 504-0000
www.nickols.us
27