Fueling High Performance with Servant Leadership

MICHAEL KELLEY
Michael Kelley is a seasoned energy industry operations executive with over 20 years of bottom-up  experience in the offshore drilling sector. In his various operating roles, he has been responsible for company-wide performance improvement, strategic planning, budgeting, projects, and
daily operating processes. He has participated in all aspects of initiating, integrating, and transforming company operations and culture in a highly fragmented, dynamic industry. He has experienced superperformance firsthand, having participated in the achievement of second-order performance improvements in health, safety, and environment; operating effectiveness; and joy in work. Through application of innovative approaches to motivating and inspiring people to excel, he most delights in coaching and mentoring organizations where talented people can flourish, resulting in bottom-line increases, enhanced company reputation, a soaring stock price, and an engages and committed workforce.
Michael can be reached at theplaceformkelley@gmail.com.

DAVID WAYNE
David Wayne, a statistician, educator, and consultant in the field of improvement science, is a member of the adjunct faculty at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, Management Science Department. He speaks frequently on topics related to process and system improvement and contributed chapters on planned experimentation and measurement system analysis to the Design for Manufacturability Handbook. He is an active member of the Committee of Experts for KEMA Registered Quality, an international standards body, and past president of the Deming Study Group of Dallas, Texas. He is also the improvement sciences advisor to the Society of Chest Pain Centers, a national registration and certification body whose aim is to improve prevention and treatment of chest pain.
David may be reached at davidwaynecpk@yahoo.com.

GREGG STOCKER
Gregg Stocker possesses over 20 years experience in a variety of disciplines including operations, manufacturing, human resources, quality, and strategic planning. He has extensive international
experience, including successfully leading ICO Holland, BV, a $65 million business in The Netherlands.
Gregg has implemented change in organizations ranging in size from $10 million to $50 million. He is a team-oriented executive who achieves results by improving teamwork, focus, and communication throughout the organization.
Author of the book, Avoiding the Corporate Death Spiral: Recognizing & Eliminating the Signs of Decline,” (Quality Press, 2006), Gregg is a frequent speaker and recognized expert in business and performance improvement having been interviewed on television, radio, and in a number of newspaper and magazine articles including The New York Times, Washington Post, BusinessWeek, and InformationWeek.

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DAVE GUERRA
Dave is the co-founder and CEO of Corpus Optima. He is the originator and leading exponent on the new theory and practice of Superperformance. Dave regularly addresses and consults with executives from some of the world’s leading companies, and conducts workshops and transformation campaigns based on this knowledge for a wide range of organizations. Over several decades, Dave has consulted extensively in the areas of servant leadership, performance optimization, and the transformation of corporate culture. Dave’s past and current clients include Administaff, Baker Hughes, Brinks, ConocoPhillips, Emerson Electric, Exxon Mobil, HCA, HP, ITT, Motorola, Texas Children’s Hospital, Tenet Health, and others. He has partnered with CSC, Dale Carnegie, Deloitte Consulting, Motorola University, University of Houston, and others. He
speaks passionately and frequently about the association between amplified process and culture and long-term industry outperformance. As the primary researcher and promulgator of Superperformance, he has discovered that its principles can be successfully applied to both organizations and individuals.
He is a prolific author. His works include the highly-acclaimed business book Superperformance: New Profound Knowledge for Corporate Leaders, as well as Moving the Needle: Conversations with a Superperforming CEO. Along with these, he is responsible for numerous related white papers and professional articles and is currently at work on several additional books on the subject.
Since forming Corpus Optima in 1996, Dave has advanced large-scale initiatives for several major clients, including pioneering the “Superperformance Business Optimization Campaign”— a portfolio of products and services designed to promulgate use of these principles in organizations. In this capacity, Dave led the strategic planning for and provision of enterprise solutions for clients across a variety of industries including chemicals, education, energy, healthcare, manufacturing and technology.
Dave is in increasingly high demand as an executive coach, conference and keynote speaker, and over the past several years has introduced Superperformance to a wide range of audiences on the local, national, and international stage, including presentations and workshops for the American Society for Quality, American Society for Training & Development, Society for Manufacturing Engineers, Chief Learning Officer Conference, International Center for Spirit at Work, International Society for Performance Improvement, Institute of Management Consultants, Organization Development Network, and the Society for Human Resources Management. He has contributed to or been quoted by a variety of well-known publications including Business Week, Forbes, Industrial Management Magazine, Journal of Performance Improvement, and Market
Watch.
Dave holds a business degree from Southwest Texas State University, is a husband and father of four, and is involved in several faith-based causes and community development initiatives in Houston, Texas.