Harris Kern Speaks
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 | Building a Competitive IT Organization
Features Harris Kern's 10 Commandments for IT Excellence
World-renowned industry expert, author, and publisher Harris Kern, delivers a lively presentation on the challenges of managing your enterprise's mission critical applications in a networked computing environment. He also highlights his 10 commandments (guiding principles) for designing the ideal computing environment.
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| Improve Your Quality of Life Both Personally and Professionally
Features Harris Kern's Discipline Mentoring Program
Discipline is the prerequisite to having the life you want. The amount of discipline you possess determines the level of happiness, success and ultimately the overall quality of your life. Learn how to effectively:
- Establish goals and priorities
- Manage time with PRIME (Personally Regulated Improvement Model to Excel)
- Train the mind to manage your life
- Maintain values, etc.
My goal is not to motivate people. My goal is to educate and mentor people to acquire discipline. Motivation is a temporary feeling that will not sustain. By acquiring discipline you will motivate yourself to effectively manage your life. For further information on my Discipline Mentoring Program click here: 
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IT Services
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The IT Assessment
The objective of the IT Assessment is to take a high-level snapshot of your IT organization. This 2-5 day assessment is the foundation for building a competitive environment. The focus is on people, process and overall performance. The data from the assessment becomes the foundation for the IT Strategy Workshop.
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The IT Strategy Workshop
The IT Strategy Workshop is designed to assist IT to quickly address people, process and performance challenges through a comprehensive three-day process. Utilizing our framework we have developed over the last ten years, the workshop process guides members of the organization (management and key staff) to reach the following outcomes:
- Gain a collective agreement of the issues facing your IT organization and the business
- Identify root causes of the current problems
- Develop an intelligent plan of action based on the facts of your current environment
- Gain buy-in, commitment, and ownership of the action plan across all affected areas of the IT organization
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| IT Performance Mentoring
Harris Kern introduces the formula for success in building a competitive IT organization by resolving the people issues. His vision brings the world of IT and discipline together to properly address the people issues in IT. His goal is to arm IT professionals with the right tools to empower them to become more productive not only in their career but for their personal life as well.
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| Process Implementation and Improvement
There are many processes that make up a 'world-class' IT Organization. These processes must be properly designed to support all mission critical systems with very clear ownership and accountability. These critical processes provide the functional disciplines necessary to build and manage a successful computing environment.
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Enterprise Solutions For IT Service Providers
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| Accelerate the Sales Cycle
(Boot Camp For IT Service Providers)
There are thousands of IT Service Providers effective at selling technology solutions at the middle-management layer within the IT organization. Given today's economy, technology downturn and commodity priced products; you may be looking for a way to differentiate your organization from your competitors in a professional and effective manner.
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Increase Self Productivity
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| Discipline Mentoring Program
Whether individuals are seeking daily motivation, structure in their life,
accomplishing more, becoming successful, doing more with less, or something
else, the answer is discipline. To be successful in every facet of life and
to accomplish more than you ever thought possible, the key ingredient is
discipline. One can establish many goals, but without discipline the chances
of consistently accomplishing them are slim to none. However, Most people
cannot acquire discipline on their own. My role as your discipline mentor
will be to guide you through the process of acquiring discipline, ensuring
they stay on track by being there every step of the way.
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