Complete, Self-Contained Customer Service Training Program
BRIGHT IDEAS
EMPLOYEE SUGGESTION CAMPAIGN
Capture
Hundreds of Cost Savings and Performance Improvement Ideas from Your
Workforce
Use our Campaign to compliment your
current employee suggestion program or as a
stand-a-lone
suggestion
program!
All businesses are looking for ways to
cut costs, improve customer service and increase employee engagement. Use this
Campaign to kick off a new program or to compliment your existing
employee suggestion or continuous improvement program.
This unique Campaign captures ideas, drives involvement and identifies
cost savings ideas from the bottom of the organization to the top.
The ideas and suggestions you will obtain will improve your bottom line
as well as create a high level of motivation and enthusiasm. The Bright
Ideas Campaign has been used by hundreds of organizations with proven
results. It is not a "program," but a self-contained, high energy
Campaign that is over and done with in 3 weeks or less.
The Bright Ideas Campaign is different than typical
employee suggestion programs.
The Campaign provides a proven way to capture hundreds of
ideas to improve productivity, cut costs and drive improvements from the
bottom up in a short time period. Once the Campaign is over, it can
revert to an on-going employee suggestion program for your organization.
Use Our Idea Campaign to:
Initiate a
highly effective, high energy, and motivating suggestion program
Give your
current suggestion program a shot-in-the-arm
Target
specific aspects of your business such as process improvement, safety,
employee retention, cost reduction, or customer satisfaction
Identify
ways to cut costs
Improve
communication
Increase
worker motivation and engagement
Get 100%
participation from the bottom of the organization to the top
Kick off a
new program or product
Support your
Kaizen and/or CIP program
Simple and
easy to implement
The
Campaign is Easy-to-Implement and Generates Powerful Results
The Bright Ideas Campaign is a streamlined and powerful variant to typical suggestion
programs. With many suggestion box programs, results are sporadic and
slow. Many good ideas get screened out, lay dormant, or are overlooked
and ignored by management. On the other hand, this high intensity
Campaign generates hundreds of ideas in three weeks or less.
The Bright Ideas
Campaign is designed to focus on
specific improvement opportunities. Employees are asked to submit ideas
on one or more of these areas:
1. Cost reduction
2. Continuous
improvement
3. Problem
identification
4. Customer retention
and satisfaction
5. New product and
service generation
6. Safety improvement
The goal is to get one
idea from each person during each week of the Campaign. Supervisors
cannot say "no" to any idea. Each one is evaluated and every participant
receives instant recognition for the idea they submit. After the initial
three-week period, employees continue to provide ideas and suggestions
for continuous improvement.
10 Powerful Reasons to ORDER the
Bright Ideas Campaign Kit
NOW...and experience the excitement of greater
employee involvement!
1) Become an Engagement Hero!
The results generated from this Campaign are so powerfully successful
you will gain the admiration and respect from those in your business.
2) Revitalize or Compliment Your Current Suggestion Program.
The Campaign can be used to compliment your current Kaizen process,
other suggestion program or used as a stand-a-lone program.
3) Build Teamwork and Enhance Communication. Many organizations say this is more like a motivation program than
anything else. It helps to tear down barriers between departments,
stimulates creativity, and improves communication. One person told me,
"I now know my company cares. They asked me for my ideas!"
4) Tear Down Walls and Barriers.
Do you ever get frustrated because some departments don't work with
each other? This program is designed to work cross-functionally. It
helps you identify barriers and conflicts that inhibit productivity and
communication. It does it in a non-threatening, non "finger pointing"
way.
5) Saves Money.
Organizations with active employee suggestion programs report the
average savings from employee ideas is more than $1,000 per year, per
employee. An effectively run Campaign can generate hundreds of thousands
of dollars in cost savings ideas from your employees.
6) Easy to Implement.
Our complete instructions and guidelines provide a foolproof system for
you to launch a successful suggestion and employee involvement program.
If you need us, we can also help you over the phone.
7) Enjoy 100% Employee Participation. No other program available will get people as excited and engaged as
this one. If you follow the directions and guidelines we can almost
guarantee you will get ideas from every employee in your organization.
8) Boost Employee Morale.
When you encourage employees to share their ideas...and when the
employees participate in implementing their ideas...their morale goes
up. This improves productivity and lowers costly employee turnover.
9) Self-Contained Program.
Everything you need to start a high powered suggestion and employee
Campaign is provided. The only things you may add are the prizes and
awards to give out to your employees.
10) Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliant.
Employers’ need for suggestion systems has increased due to new
government regulations and other developments in the post-Enron business
environment. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 mandates all publicly held
companies have a mechanism in place by April 26, 2003 to enable
employees to submit confidential and anonymous messages to the audit
committee of that company. Our systems provide employees a safe way to
address issues internally.
Proven Track Record With Significant
Results
Direct Benefits:
Improve
customer satisfaction
Creates a feeling of empowerment
Improves job satisfaction
Creates ownership and trust
Captures hundreds of new ideas in 3-4 weeks
30-40% of the ideas generated can be implemented
immediately by front-line supervisors
Improves job
satisfaction, motivation and morale
Reduces costs
Improves internal communication
Creates a positive attitude
Improves profitability
Results pay for the cost of the program
Low risk, high payoff
Typical Results:
The Hartford Hospital
got 495 ideas from 168 people.
The U.S. Army got 530 ideas in 3 weeks from
200 people.
Eaton Corporation gained 944 ideas from 113
people reaching 100% participation
Parker Hannifin Corporation got 499 ideas
from 103 employees
National Semiconductor saved $3,600,000
using idea Campaign
The U.S. Park Service made over 12,000
suggestions with an approval rate of 75 percent
WIKA captured over
1600 ideas from 600 employees in 3 weeks. One suggestion was
worth over $125,000 in cost savings.
What Our
Satisfied Customers Have Said. . .
"Greg Smith's
Bright Ideas Campaign delivered what it promised. We captured over
200 ideas from our workforce. It generated a ton of energy and
we have been excited by the results."
Kitty
Burch
Program
Coordinator
Maplegrove Community Education and Children's Programs
"I have seen a lot of suggestion programs come and go
over the years. However, this one was different. Seeing
senior management actually participating in the Campaign
showed me they were truly serious about my ideas. The
Campaign changed my entire outlook about this organization.
I now know management cares about me and my ideas. I am much
prouder of my organization."
Mary Rodriquez
Ft. Gillem, GA
U.S. Army
I want to thank you for a great product! We had a good response rate
from our staff. During the three week Campaign we captured:
140 ideas from 59 people during the first week
140 ideas from 49 people during the second week and
189 ideas from 49 people during the third week.
That is a total of 469 ideas from 168 people. I am very pleased and
satisfied with your Bright Ideas Campaign.
Olga Dutka, RN, MSN, MBA
Assistant Vice President Quality Management
Rushford Center Healthcare, Inc.
"The
Bright Ideas Campaign was successful beyond my dreams and
expectations. When we started we had a general idea and a plan
on how successful it would be. Very early on the Campaign
started growing faster than we expected it. We definitely
plan on running the Campaign again in the near future."
Rick Reed
Director of Continuous Improvement
Wiki
"The Bright Ideas Campaign was positive for the employees
and positive for the managers to see the employees care and
want to give their feedback."
Kathy Scott
Human Resources Department
Wiki
A Few Clients Who Have Purchased the Campaign
Gerencia Creativa
Ltd.
South Shore Housing
Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
ITLA Capital Corporation
ICW Group
UTi Integrated Logistics
HOM Furniture
Idama
City of Gresham
Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay
Elk Point Healthcare Center
Kaiser Performance
Camdel Metals
Tetra Pak R&D
Department of the Army
Travel and Transport, Inc
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL
TCE INTERNATIONAL
Solatube International, Inc.
Vanderbilt University
FMC
Hartford
Hospital
Cheyenne
Regional Medical Center
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Escambia County Public Safety
AXA-Equitable
USAF
L'OREAL Paris
Shooting Star Casino Hotel & Event Center
County of Tulare - County Administration
Solectron Global Services
Crown International
The Home Education Exchange
Merritt Athletic Clubs
Home Federal Bank
Knowledge Track Programs
AMECO
Hudson's Bay Company
Henkels & McCoy, Inc
RAYDON CORPORATION
Flowers Baking Co.
Sutter VNA & Hospice
WIKA
Veterans
Administration Hospitals
Environmental Protection Administration
Gregory P. Smith, MS
If you have any questions or any doubt in your mind about the
powerful effectiveness of this Campaign, I encourage you to pick up
the phone and call me directly.
800-821-2487
770-860-9464
Who Is Greg
Smith?
Greg Smith is the President of Chart Your Course International Inc. His 30 years of leadership and consulting experience have
helped propel him as one of the nation's leading authorities on
leadership, employee
retention and employee engagement. He
has traveled to and spoken in over 26 countries and developed training programs for some of
the "Top 100 Best Places to Work." Greg is a member of Society
of Human Resource Managers (SHRM) and the Employee Involvement
Association. He is the author of nine books including his latest, Fired Up! Leading Your Organization to
Achieve Exceptional Results.
Greg shows executives and business owners how to become better leaders,
grow their businesses and
transform their organizations into productive places to work.
Greg's complete bio.
Featured In . . .
The Complete Bright Ideas Campaign Kit
The Bright Ideas Campaign
Includes:
The
Bright Ideas Campaign Facilitator Guide
The Facilitator Guide is the heart and soul of how to run a
successful Bright Ideas Campaign.
We
provide a complete day-by-day, step-by-step plan of action. The
Guide shows how to organize the Campaign and how to get the
support and cooperation of everyone needed to make it a
success. The entire Campaign can be coordinated by a member of
your staff. The Facilitator Guide includes instructions for planning and launching a three-week,
intensive Campaign to involve all your employees. Once the
Campaign is over, it can revert to a on-going employee
suggestion program.
The Facilitator Guide Includes:
Step-by-step instructions for
planning and launching an intensive Campaign to involve all your
employees
Roles and responsibilities of
key individuals
How to get support and
involvement from upper management
Dozens of ways to get
employees to create and share new ideas
Suggestions on how to reward
people for their ideas so they are encouraged to offer more
Instructions on how to create
and manage the Implementation Team
Sample Announcement Letters
Sample Acknowledgment Letters
Sample suggestion forms
Successful ideas and hints to
consider from other Idea Campaigns
Flow charts
Idea Score Sheets to simplify
your program responsibilities
Day-by-day calendar and
week-by-week instructions
Communication and meeting
schedules
Activities you and your
employees can get involved in to stimulate the continuous generation of
new ideas
Bright
Ideas Campaign DVD. See first hand
how the Campaign generated hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of cost savings ideas in one organization and totally
transformed the morale and motivation of its workforce. You will
hear from the HR manager, Idea Leader, project manager and the
Director of Continuous Improvement.
Idea
Submission Form. No need to spend the time and
reinvent the wheel. We provide you a file allowing you to
print as many forms as you wish. The form makes it simple to
collect and categorize your ideas and suggestions.
Bright
Ideas Implementation Training CD. This audio/visual CD
spells out the process and shows you how to organize and
administer your Campaign. Greg explains how to create your own
powerfully effective Campaign. Complete details on how to
implement the Campaign. Also includes helpful suggestions,
ideas, client interviews and tips gained from other Bright Ideas
Campaigns.
Bright Ideas Resource CD.
The CD contains four different sets of PowerPoint slides that
outline the BIC process. The slides make it simple and
easy to train your Idea Team, Implementation Team and your
employees. The CD also includes MS Word documents
making your Campaign process simple.
IdeaTracker Software (Optional).
The IdeaTracker software keeps track of all the ideas
submitted during your suggestion and employee involvement
Campaign.
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just contact me and I'll gladly refund your purchase price.
All I ask is you run the Campaign with
your entire workforce before returning it.
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001-770-860-9464 for international orders.
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