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t,,.iFOREVIATIO February/March • 2003 .t nti C14 el- ' • ' 1111M0 Peer-to-Peer Education & Resources At EFso Tool and Plastics, Agents for Confidence Plus Competence Change Congratulations! Top management Breeds Success has just selected you to lead a task force for the implementation of a Confidence is an interesting quality in a manufacturer.It relies upon but tran- new corporate initiative. As euph.o- scends competence. Competence speaks to the present—to the ability to ria becomes reality,you now realize execute. Confidence hints at clair- that the challenge ahead is a E & 0 voyance—the ability to see, or at significant one. The initiative will least the willingness to look into the require major change in a company future. E&O Tool & Plastics, Inc. that is known for its resistance to • TOOL & PLASTICS, INC. has confidence without the distract- change. Educating and motivating ing baggage of egotism. the entire corporate population will What does the future look like to a become a way of life. confident plastics-injection molder?Obviously,it's fast.But,it's also efficient. In my career, I had the good for- For E&O, efficiency will include turning to Asia to help with tooling. At the tune to lead and to also select lead- same time, it just hired a director of ers for change-oriented task forces. engineering to oversee a reorganiza- These "agents for change" play a tion of its own tooling department. Member Profile key, pivotal role in the successful These solutions are meant to aug- implementation of any new strategy. ment,rather than replace,the other; E&O Tool & Plastics, Inc. A solid change agent remains crucial that's confidence. to any disciplined change. It is my In the go-go 90s, E&O found itself A Founded: 1986 • Employees: 120 intent to simply provide a short list having to resort at times to tempo- of attributes, based on my experi- rary staffing agencies. Its efficien- ♦ Products: Injection molding, ence, that most effective change cies suffered. Since then, while mold making. assembly, and special agents possess. other plastics molders have cut Credibility: Effective change back, E&O has added staff to pre- packaging. A Location: 19178 agents possess credibility through- pare for the future.Another example out the organization. Management of confidence. Industrial Boulevard, Elk River, MN respects these individuals for their For E&O, quality is job number 55330-2429 A Contact: Rob Clarno, business acumen, knowledge of the one, and it has even been willing toinitiative to be implemented and "guarantee" quality standards. Director of Sales A Phone: success in managing a key company Several of its clients have become so 763-441-6100 ♦ Fax: 763-441-6452 A function. Management is confident comfortable with E&O's quality con- of their ability to manage and imple- trol that they receive its parts Web:www.eoplastics.com A General ment this change. By the same "dock-to-stock."Again, confidence. token, the change agents must be III Continued on page 3 email:Sales veoplastics.com respected by their peers, their sub- Continued on page 2 -�- �') x �N 4 Compliance News 6. Leaders Insights , '-'- Legal Corner Z0 A Book Review it