Employees will
never expect the executives to create something specifically
for them and will be completely unexpected.
And what person
would not want to drive a Cobra for a week?
After a certain
amount of time, perhaps a year, the car will begin to
lose effect as an incentive and other options are available
-- see below.
Alternatives
to the idea above or after the vehicle has lost its incentive
effect:
-
After
the program is over, there are several options available:
-
Auction
the vehicle off and give the proceeds to a charity
of the organization's choosing.
Your
workshop leaders:
Dave
Hanna
David Hanna is a senior consultant who is dedicated
to improving the business results and quality of life
of those who work in organizations. He has worked as an
internal consultant, external consultant and program leader
and is experienced in the fields of principle-centered
leadership, strategic planning, organization diagnosis,
high performance work design, executive development, team
development and change management.
He has worked with clients
in North and South America, Asia, Europe, Australia and
Russia. His list of clients includes Merck, Eastman Chemical,
General Motors, Allied Signal, Conoco, Xerox, Marriott,
Saturn, Corning, Shell, S.C. Johnson, Hoffmann La Roche,
Deloitte & Touche, Procter & Gamble, Beverly Enterprises,
Siemens, Novell, Metro Group, Trammell Crow and Degussa.
Dave was a senior consultant
for eight years with Franklin Covey Co. He consulted with
executive teams all over the world as they applied Principle-Centered
Leadership. His focus was on changing the work culture
to be more mission-centered as it improved its results.
Prior to joining the Covey
organization, he worked 16 years with the Procter &
Gamble Company in both management and consultant roles.
During his P&G career he worked in the United States
and Europe consulting with organizations in numerous manufacturing
plants, foreign subsidiaries, Research & Development
technical centers and the corporate headquarters. He consulted
with a number of successful start ups and also helped
business leaders turn around some serious business dilemmas
in manufacturing, the European operations, R&D productivity
and business unit volume/profit growth.
Dave received his B.A. in
Communications and his M.A. in Organizational Behavior
from Brigham Young University. He is the author of Designing
Organizations for High Performance (Addison-Wesley, 1988),
considered one of the top 50 Quality books in America.
His newest book is Leadership for the Ages (Executive
Excellence Publishing, 2001).
Richard
Weber
Richard Weber was an early
employee of All American Racing which was formed by Dan
Gurney and Caroll Shelby in 1965. Richard, who at the
time was a young fabricator who loved racing heard that
All American Racing was looking for talented Fabricators.
Richard who at the time was living in the Sierra’s
jumped in his car and headed for Santa Ana. At the time
his right leg was in a cast so he managed to work the
accelerator with his crutch and the clutch and brake with
his left foot. Upon his arrival at the AMA he had the
simplest of interviews. He was asked to show the staff
what he could do. Richard grabbed the welding gear and
some material and proceeded to demonstrate his talents,
which earned him not only a job but a prominent spot in
the fabrication of many famous projects to roll out of
All American Racing until he retired in the mid 90’s.
Of course Richard could not stay away from fabricating
and racing and has worked on many projects from custom
components for High Power Race Planes, to the creation
of his own Race Team.
In 1967 Goodyear tire and
rubber Company asked Dan Gurney and Caroll Shelby to build
“Indy Cars” to compete against the dominate
Firestone sponsored cars. Richard was the one of the few
fabricators of that time that could work with the raw
Titanium materials to build the chassis of the car which
was designed by Len Terry of All American Racing in Santa
Ana California.
Since that time he has been
involved in fabricating frames for all levels of automotive
racing From Grand-Am to CART, as well as custom components
for Air Racing. Currently he has his own Race team (sprint
car) with not one but two 800 horsepower cars in the stable.
