EXPERTISE: Lean
Master Certification Instructor;
Lean Office Assessments, Kaizen
Training as well as all aspects
of Lean implementation in
multiple industries and
disciplines, Co-author of The
Business Operating System
(strategic management), expert
level of Problem Solving and
Decision Analysis, and
specialist in all facets of
Professional Development and
Team Building disciplines,
training material design and
implementation.
BACKGROUND:
Prior Experience: Coaching,
advising and consulting of
executive management though shop
floor employees of numerous
Fortune 500 companies in
automotive, aerospace,
healthcare, education
(college/university), and
office/administration. Invited
by Hydraulics Inc. to Chennai,
India to facilitate strategic\
planning, business and quality
management systems and
structured problem solving with
the senior management team of
that company. Ms. Farner has
done high-level, business and
quality management systems
design and implementation as
well as marketing/advertising
planning and development.
Education: Ms. Farner has a
Bachelor’s Degree from Oakland
University and the American
equivalent of a Master’s Degree
in Education from the Université
de Fribourg, Switzerland
Certifications/Accomplishments:
Ms. Farner is certified by
Kepner-Tregoe to teach and
facilitate Root Cause Analysis,
Potential Problem Analysis,
Decision Analysis, Personal
Performance Analysis and
Situational/Operational
Appraisal, and by Carlson
Learning Company (now Inscape)
to teach, implement and
administer the DISC Behavioral
Profile System, Listening
Skills, Time Mastery and Coping
& Stress Management, etc. She is
a Certified Instructor for Dale
Carnegie and a co-author of
The Business Operating System,
a business growth and
performance-based manual linking
corporate strategy to tactics.
She is also the author and
co-author of hundreds of custom
training programs designed for
different levels of management
and education at corporations
and for use in multi-discipline
courses at Oakland Community
College, Baker College and
Schoolcraft College. She has
also served as adjunct faculty
for the latter two.
