Johnson To Present At ISPI Houston Special Event

Discusses the merits of virtual teams and process re-engineering in a post-layoff world

Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) May 23, 2004 - Stacey H. Johnson, CPT and the president of Zen Consulting, will speak at "Performance and Learning: A Day at the Front", a special event co-hosted by the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) and the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) that will focus on the latest insights in organizational performance.

In a presentation titled "Virtual Teams Made Easy," Johnson will discuss the value of real-time collaboration as an effective means of increasing quality and productivity among a distributed team. "Today, many companies are challenged to collaborate in distributed environments but lack the tools and expertise to do so effectively. My experience in this area has led to some best practices that will benefit other companies in the transition to virtual teams," Johnson said.

In addition, she will discuss how process re-engineering can improve the environment at post-layoff companies where individual employees struggle to complete work previously distributed among multiple employees. "After a company has held several rounds of lay-offs, it's difficult for employees to pick up the pieces and move forward at a consistent pace. Because their processes were designed for larger teams, re-engineering and re-prioritizing the workflow can help a smaller team maintain productivity without risking burnout and employee turnover," Johnson said.

In addition to her role as the president of Zen Consulting, a Dallas-based performance management consultancy, Johnson currently serves as the communications chair for the ISPI DFW chapter. Her consulting work in the field of Human Performance Technology (HPT) to-date has been recognized with two ISPI Awards of Excellence and numerous awards from other professional organizations.

About Zen Consulting LLC
A privately-held company founded in 2001, Zen Consulting is a Business Performance Management (BPM) firm that specializes in helping organizations re-engineer their business so they can take advantage of todays growing economy. With a multidisciplinary approach that pulls from the best of BPM, program/project management, content management, knowledge management, and real-time collaboration, our solutions facilitate awareness, improvement, results, and ultimately enlightenment. The company also has developed expertise in Continuous Performance Improvement, a set of proprietary performance improvement methodologies.