INSIDE p.2 Northbound Train Spotlight p.2 Model -Netics Session Grid CD p.2 Model-Netics A great Tool for Mentoring p.3 New Model-Netics Clients p.3 Model-Netics Recertification p.3 The Manager Has Practically Nothing To Do -- Except!!! p.3 Let Us Borrow Your Perception p.3 The System Works... p.4 Calendar of Events p.4 Contact Information The number in parenthesis after a name refers to the individual's Model-Netics Associate Number.

June 2001 ITP
The Model-Netics Instructor Training Program (ITP) was held in Houston, Texas June 4-6, 2001. Special guests attending the graduation luncheon included: Rick Vacar (2123)- City of Houston Airport System, Dan George (2445)- Manhattan Insurance Group, Jonita Kuykendall (2387)- HISD, and Tom Hook (1774)- Hilcorp Energy Company. Written feedback from participants describing the ITP experience included:

"Powerful"
"Motivating"
"Excellent! Very well organized and com-
prehensive. Hit all major needs."
"Extremely helpful."
"Personally and Professionally fulfilling."
"Great!"
"Grueling, but FUN!"
"Grueling, worthwhile experience."
"Beneficial."
"Very meaningful."
"Well planned and executed; exhausting,
but worth it."
"Great in preparing me to teach."
"I got a lot more out of the ITP than I
expected (i.e. CONFIDENCE)."

Sponsoring Organizations
Instructor candidates participating in Parts I and III of the June ITP represented the following sponsoring organizations:

Part I Speaker
Rex A. Carr, PhD., Director Leadership Development, Region IV Education Service Center spoke on behalf of Part I. Rex, commenting on the use of metaphors and analogies within Model-Netics, described Model-Netics in terms of old wine (timeless management concepts) in new bottles (structured approach to Model-Netics).

In Rex's words, "Model-Netics is very sound, fundamental concepts, ideas and theories -- put in a wonderful bottle we can all take with us and use in our daily lives and in our businesses as managers."

Rex will personally be involved in the installation of Model-Netics not only at Region IV, but also at the many member school districts they serve in the greater Houston area.

Part III Speaker
Susan Roeder (2527), Manager of Acquisition and Divestiture Accounting, Hilcorp Energy Company, spoke on behalf of Part III.

Susan explained her thoughts on Model-Netics: "the simple elegance of the whole program has astounded me. At first I thought it (Model-Netics) to be simplistic since I had heard many of the concepts before, but the more I use it, the more powerful it grows. I find myself seeing new interpretations."

In commenting on the many aspects of her business, the oil industry, over which they have little or no control, Susan reflected that, "We have to use a program such as Model-Netics to control the things we can control... things like sharing information cost containment, making sure to identify and retain quality employees who will act with a business-owner type mentality."

Featured Speaker
Robert Stockwell (2007), Chief Academic Officer, Houston Independent School District (HISD) was the featured speaker at the graduation luncheon.

Bob has been a central figure in the successful installation of many of the MEMC programs within HISD including Model-Netics. He reflected on then Superintendent Rod Paige and current U.S. Secretary of
Education's initial introduction to Model-Netics: "Dr. Paige stepped right up and became the first instructor in HISD and taught his own direct reports and other top officers in the program. That was a new thing. They saw him teach and talk about management, and he fell in love with it."

He went on to discuss many of the models that helped in shaping Dr. Paige's thinking including:

• North Bound Train -- "...helped to focus people and gave them a sense of direction.";
• Improvement Diagram - "Dr. Paige got a lot out of this model, which runs con- trary to popular wisdom that leadership is everything."

Bob concluded in commenting that "we wouldn't be where we are as a District today without Model-Netics and the support of Mr. Hook and Main Event Management...we think we have already become the best urban school district in the country with our next goal being to lose the term "urban" from that phrase."