The Scanlon Leadership Network and the Scanlon Foundation provide world-class training and consulting services. Network consultants and trainers are able to take advantage of over 60 years of experience and best practices and no organization has more practical experience in installing Scanlon Plans, and gainsharing systems.

Consulting and Training Services are available to members of the Scanlon Leadership Network and to those who are non members.

Scanlon Consulting Services has its own website at http://www.scanlonleader.com

Scanlon Consultants and Trainers provice the following Services:

Installing Scanlon Plans

1. Assessing an organization's readiness to implement a Scanlon Process
2. Leadership coaching and development/mandate development
3. Scanlon training
4. Developing a custom roadmap for Scanlon implementation
5. Advising ad-hoc and design teams
   

Gainsharing, Goalsharing and Profit sharing

1. Assessing readiness

2. Developing Formulas

Employee Satisfaction Surveys

1. Custom Surveys or existing Scanlon Network surveys

2. On-line, paper, or both

3. Results on-line and paper

Organizational Change

Supervisory Training

Team Development

Leadership Development

Labor/Management Cooperation

Business Literacy Training

Lean Manufacturing

Hoshin Planning

Listening Skills

Why we recommend getting Scanlon Leadership Network help. Here are some of the more common pitfalls you want to avoid!

Pitfall Examples:

US wage and hour laws place certain restrictions on how a bonus can be paid. Do you know these restrictions? We were recently contacted by a large Hospital that put in a gainsharing plan incorrectly. They now have hundreds of thousands of dollars of wage and hour liabilities!

Are you aware of the latest research on gainsharing plan success? That off-the-shelf gainsharing plan someone is trying to sell you could simply become a company sponsored lottery. People are happy when they make a bonus, but they don't know why they are receiving it. Do you want to spend money to reward random behavior?

What is the cost of mistakes? If you roll out your gainsharing plan in a big hurry and it doesn't work how will you make changes without making things worse?

Are you aware that some gainsharing plans could cause your company to pay bonuses when your company is losing money? How do you explain that to the owner/shareholders?

You establish teams. Now you decide to reward them with "Team Incentives." What happens when your teams start fighting among themselves? Your teamwork culture degenerates until people resent other teams, refuse to cooperate, and refuse to move to new team assignments.

You implement gainsharing for the production folks, suddenly your white collar employees are upset. Do you know why?

You promise gainsharing bonuses. Your business takes a downturn. People are demotivated when you need their motivation the most. What happened?

A consultant sends you a fancy brochure. How do you know if s/he is competent?

No one has a clue to how your business works. Where do you go to help them become business literate?

Supervisors don't know how to delegate or encourage participation and are undermining your team based process. How do you get them on-board?

You have a Strategic Plan, but no one in your organization seems to care about it. How do you cascade it through your organization?

You want to become a "Lean" organization, but no one seems committed to your vision of lean and some people actively resist your efforts. What went wrong?

Your leaders don't know how to listen. Where do you go to help train them in this critical skill?

You want your business leaders to care about the people who work in your organization. Where do you go to learn how to lead as a Servant Leader?

You would like to learn the "Best Practices" of good organizations. Where do you go?

You need to talk to a peer about a problem. Who do you ask?

You want to visit an organization to find out what really works and what doesn't from people who are using the ideas. Where do you go?

The Scanlon Leadership Network Training and Consulting Advantage

Experience and Results

• No other organization has more experience installing and maintaining Scanlon Plans. We were founded in 1964 but are heirs to work that was started n the 1930's.

• We are member led-user based organization. Our clients tap into the experience of companies who have used Scanlon to create competitive advantage.

• Our training/consulting programs have produced results in the real world of business. We are not a college, or a training firm. We are a "Business League."

• Because we are a nonprofit organization, our costs are lower. We are not a large for-profit consulting firm, we are a member Networking organization.

• Our faculty have been screened and used by our member-organizations. They are proven to be effective.

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How to obtain the Network's Help

• Call the Network Office at (517) 332-8927 to discuss your needs. There is no charge for this consultation.
• The Network will enter into an agreement with you outlining the scope of the support and the cost for services
• The Network will recommend a consultant(s) or trainer(s) to meet your needs.
• For some services becoming a member of the Network will be required before services may begin.
• The Network's President or Director of Programing will monitor your consulting/training engagement to ensure that it meets your needs.