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  <article-date type="datetime">2001-11-01T00:00:00Z</article-date>
  <author-id type="integer">1</author-id>
  <content>&lt;p&gt;The benchmarking event was originally started as a forum for
our clients to share their progress with one another. The results were so
astounding that we opened it up to a select group of prospective companies we
felt would benefit by their attendance. We have been delighted by the response
and the growing list of participating companies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This year&#8217;s attendees included New York City Transit, Con
Edison, JPMorgan-Chase, Hershey Foods, Dendrite, Magic Radio Stations, Tampa
Energy Corporation, Florida Hospital, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
Westchester Management Alliance and Training Group and Gannett Newspapers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The topics covered by the presenters included leadership,
communications, team building creativity and change management, and the
successes that were being achieved by them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This newsletter is written from the perspective of the
attendees and by the attendees with the exception of the New York City Transit
Article.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2001&#8217;s Benchmarking was held at New York City Transit&#8217;s
Corporate Center with an inspirational view overlooking the harbor and the
Statue of Liberty. This forum was designed to create and exchange the success
that DCG clients were having in using the PITT and BrainSmart Leadership
workshops.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PITT, Process Innovation Through Teams, is a workshop that
has helped solve problems through focused team work. Employees and management
learn to communicate more effectively with deeper understanding of each other&#8217;s
needs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The BrainSmart Leader is a process management workshop on how
to sustain innovation by motivating people to produce leading edge results and
it provides a discipline for the leadership team.&#167;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;NYCT Hosts Benchmarking 2001&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We were welcomed by Joe Siano, who gave us a background of
the Strategic Alignment Program of which PITT has become an integral part.&amp;nbsp;
David Tweedy provided the details of
the CPM successes they&#8217;ve had in integrating PITT and introduced one of the 19
PITT teams and how they have successfully deployed PITT.&amp;nbsp; Mysore
Nagaranta, Senior VP and Chief Engineer, in detailing his direction for his
management team was particularly noteworthy. Mysore&#8217;s executive team will be
evaluated in the coming years. Each of his direct reports will have 25% of their
annual review weighted to reflect special measurements in process improvement
projects. The direct reports in turn are required to initiate special process
improvement projects within each of their organizations. PITT is offered to the
whole organization as a tool to help them achieve their performance objectives.
In summary, the reactions of this year&#8217;s attendees indicate that through our
clients, they have a heightened awareness of their company&#8217;s limitless
potential when their existing problems are addressed and solved. This is a
win/win situation! &#167;&lt;/p&gt;
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  <created-at type="datetime">2009-03-12T03:48:12Z</created-at>
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  <intro>&lt;p&gt;The benchmarking event was originally started as a forum for
our clients to share their progress with one another. The results were so
astounding that we opened it up to a select group of prospective companies we
felt would benefit by their attendance. We have been delighted by the response
and the growing list of participating companies.&lt;/p&gt;</intro>
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  <name>Benchmark 2001</name>
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  <updated-at type="datetime">2009-03-24T00:23:08Z</updated-at>
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