Join influential leaders who inspire continuous improvement in their organisations.

In today's fast-paced and ever-changing business world, it is crucial to clearly understand how to align your company's goals with effective leadership strategies.  This month we welcome guest speaker Billy Taylor who will present to the group on "Linking Business Strategy and Leadership for Better Outcomes".   Overall, attending an event focused on linking business strategy and leadership is a great investment in both personal and professional development.

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Billy Taylor is business executive, dynamic speaker and leadership guru. He is the CEO of LinkedXL (Excellence), a business operation systems architecting firm. Billy Taylor is a disciple of continuous improvement processes and a certified Six Sigma Black Belt business leader.

During his 30 years with Goodyear Tires, he served as director of North America manufacturing and chief diversity and inclusion officer, where he led diversity and inclusion strategies for 64,000 employees across 22 countries.

He is a highly-rated AME Conference keynote speaker.  Recently, Billy joined AME’s management team as global head of inclusion, equity and diversity (IE&D). In this volunteer role, he works with the AME president and CEO and leads the organisation in supporting an inclusive environment for board members, staff, volunteers, partners and members to make sure all voices are heard. In this role he is responsible for guiding the organisation, identifying ways to attract diverse candidates for volunteer and board roles and developing programs that foster a collaborative environment to drive innovation.

Attendance is limited to the senior executive leadership from AME enterprise and corporate member companies. Executives must hold the position of owner, president, CEO, managing director, COO, business excellence lead; or be part of the senior leadership team.

At the AME Executive Leaders Series, we bring together senior executives, business owners and leaders looking to improve their business. With a guest speaker and a qualified facilitator, we provide the insights and discussions to benefit both your business and personal development.

When you join, you become a part of an exclusive group of influencers who share and collaborate on their challenges, to thrive along their pathway to excellence. By joining a network of like-minded professionals, you are able to both gain and give advice to group members along the way.

We understand that you're busy, which is why we limit your commitment to just one 1.5-hour group session every month. These sessions address immediate challenges while exploring new opportunities and building trusted relationships. Sessions will rotate between the Executive Leaders Forum and the Executive Leaders Roundtable.

The Executive Leaders Forum is delivered by industry thought leaders and experts, focused on real-time strategic opportunities. Each session includes networking, a presentation from a guest speaker and a knowledgeable group discussion, facilitated by an AME Board Member, reflecting on the day's topic and how it influences our businesses.

The Executive Leaders Roundtable uses the Improvement Kata method to share improvement activities and receive feedback from the group. Each session includes:

The opportunity to:

SHARE

• Area of focus aligned with the AME Lean Sensei
• The last steps taken and any barriers

LEARN

• Receive feedback and suggestions from the group

GROW

• Next steps 

Members meet virtually via Zoom.

AME Australia is a not for profit association.  We provide high quality low cost events.  We may charge a small fee to cover the cost of administration.

You can become an AME member from $200.

This event may be cancelled by AME for any reason. AME is not responsible for incidental costs incurred by registrants.

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