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The Management Luncheon Series, promotes and hosts programs focused on management issues in the high-technology field.
Members and guests are encouraged to bring their business cards and connect with other technology leaders.
Next Event:
September 10, 2010
11:00 AM - Networking
11:30 AM - 1:15 PM - Program
"How Did NASA's $1.7 Billion Screw Up Deliver their Most Effective Team Building Results"
Dr. Charles Pellerin, NASA’s Director for Astrophysics led the team that built the Hubble Space Telescope.
About the Program
Dr. Charlie Pellerin, NASA's Director for Astrophysics led the team that built the Hubble Space Telescope. Shortly after its 1990 launch, NASA's crown jewel, intended to mend NASA's tarnished image from the Challenger explosion, was a $1.7 billion piece of orbiting junk. Just when it seemed things could not get worse, the Hubble Failure Review Board reported that a "leadership failure" was the root cause of the flawed mirror.
After mounting the successful space repair of the telescope, Charlie received a second Outstanding Leadership Medal (1 of only 50 individuals to ever receive such recognition, including astronauts). Charlie then began 15 years of research and experimentation with leadership and teamwork developmental processes.
The result was the development of the "4-D System" to improve team performance and leadership effectiveness. Over the past eight years, over 1,000 NASA project, management, and engineering teams have voluntarily used this system. Space projects have reliable processes for managing technical and programmatic risk Unfortunately, until recently at NASA, projects ignored the more dangerous form of risk, the risk of flawed "team social contexts."
Charlie will share stories, ideas and examples on how you can enhance team performance and leadership effectiveness based on his experiences and research.
Charlie believes that his life accomplishments are not due to any special abilities. Rather, he lives a life connected to purpose and now is 100% committed to improving people's lives at work and at home.
As an additional bonus, each attendee will receive a free copy of his ($39.95) book, How NASA Builds Teams (Wiley, 2009) now published in 6 languages.
Location:
Hyatt Regency North Dallas-Richardson
701 E. Campbell Road
Richardson, TX 75081
Registrations with payment are required.
Cost:
$35 for members
$55 for non-members
$350 Table (10 seats)
Cancellations and no-shows are non-refundable after the deadline, which is the Tuesday prior to the Friday event. Unclaimed reservations during the event will be relinquished at noon. Walk-in customers will be seated based on space availability.
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