Management Development Academy
Schedule
Class Fourteen Session Three - Jan 27-29, 2025
Hotel TBA | St. Petersburg, FLORIDA
Day One: MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2025
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Welcome to MDA, Session Activities and MDA News
Connie King
Workforce Development Director, Precision Metalforming Association
Introductions and Opening Orientation
Forrest Large
MDA Lead Facilitator
6:15 p.m.
Meet in Hotel Lobby to Walk to Dinner
6:30 p.m.
Social and Dinner
Restaurant TBA
Day Two: Tuesday, JANUARY 28, 2025
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Topic One:
The Manufacturing Challenge Workshop
Manufacturers face many challenges, including issues related to the supply chain, manufacturing production scheduling and internal capacity.
During this interactive workshop, you will:- Learn what is driving the changes in manufacturing today
- Better understand some of the internal scheduling challenges
- Understand world-class manufacturing initiatives and why your organization should adopt these strategies to achieve a competitive advantage
- Understand what Lean Manufacturing and The Theory of Constraints are and how eliminating waste and maximizing flow will improve your profitability and responsiveness
- Recognize the benefits of implementing value-based and constraint-based manufacturing methodologies.
- View your challenges in a different way and leave motivated and excited to act on your new understanding of how to achieve world-class results!
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Lunch and Break
1:45 p.m.- 5:45 p.m.
Topic Two :
Finance for Non-Financial Managers
- Effective management accounting – Where operations and finance intersect
- Understanding the big picture
- Budget building
- The importance of finance, budgets and accounting for nonfinancial managers
- Understanding meaningful management accounting information
- Using financial information in strategic planning and operational decision making
- Preparing budgets with real-life examples and scenarios
6:15 p.m.
Meet in Hotel Lobby to Leave for Dinner
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
Restaurant TBA
Day Three: Wednesday, JANUARY 29, 2025
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Topic Three :
Negotiations for Success
Negotiating can be stressful, whether discussing terms of a business deal, forming a strategic partnership, requesting a raise or asking for additional resources within your team. At times, demands are made by one party, while the other gives in. Negotiations don’t have to be win-or-lose. In this workshop, participants will learn to:
- Understand negotiation strategies and skills necessary for success
- Discover how emotional intelligence capabilities can help negotiation preparation and improve interactions with people from different backgrounds
- Explore potential roadblocks during negotiations and identify strategies to overcome them using best practices
- Practice preparing for negotiations to evaluate your strengths and identify areas for improvement
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
MDA Recognition and Graduation Ceremony
Connie King
Workforce Development Director, Precision Metalforming Association
12:30 p.m.
Adjourn
March 11, 2025: 1:00 p.m. ET or March 18, 2025: 2:00 p.m. ET
MDA candidates will present their capstone project. The presentation will be done virtually.
