Lokesh Garg

Lokesh Garg

Lake Zurich, Illinois, United States
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About

I offer innovative solutions to maximize performance and increase revenue. Committed…

Articles by Lokesh

  • Seek First to Understand

    In an environment where remote working has become the new normal for businesses, I have been able to utilize this time…

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  • Focus on the Positive

    There have been many articles on the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic and it makes sense. This one event…

  • Engaged Employees Lead Change

    Connecting with your employees is ever more important in an environment where remote working has become the new normal…

  • Be Open / Be OK to Fail

    The context of my article is that a lot of people have been impacted by recent events and it is natural for all of us…

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  • Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

    I consider myself a lifelong learner and I have made decisions and learned from them throughout my life. I recently…

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Experience

  • Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company Graphic

    Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company

    LaGrange, Illinois, United States

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    Long Grove, Illinois, United States

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    Greater Chicago Area

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    Greater Omaha Area

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    Greater Omaha Area

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    Greater Omaha Area

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    Greater Omaha Area

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    North Platte, NE

Education

Licenses & Certifications

  • Change Management Certification Program Graphic

    Change Management Certification Program

    Prosci

    Issued
  • Lean Gold Certification Graphic

    Lean Gold Certification

    GE

    Issued
  • Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Graphic

    Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

    GE

    Issued
  • American Society of Quality - CMQ/OE

    American Society of Quality

    Issued
  • Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) Graphic

    Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)

    GE

    Issued

Volunteer Experience

  • The Salvation Army Graphic

    Ring at the Red Kettle

    The Salvation Army

    - Present 16 years 9 months

    Poverty Alleviation

    Bell Ringing is a great way to give a priceless gift of help, hope and comfort to 1000’s of individuals and families who turn to The Salvation Army. The ringing of The Salvation Army bell is not just a sound of a bell...it’s the sound of curing hunger, the sound of Christmas to a child in need, the sound of a safe place for our neighbors to sleep. It is the sound of help, hope and comfort to our neighbors when they need it most during the holidays and beyond.

  • Fundraiser

    Hope For Paws - Animal Rescue

    - Present 8 years 6 months

    Animal Welfare

    At Hope For Paws, we concentrate on rescuing unwanted and neglected animals off of the streets. Because our focus is on getting them rescued, giving them medical care, and training, we leave the adoption process to our partner rescue organizations.

  • Our Lady of The Angels Graphic

    Fundraiser

    Our Lady of The Angels

    - Present 7 years 5 months

    Poverty Alleviation

    The Mission of Our Lady of the Angels establishes a Catholic presence in the West Humboldt Park area on Chicago’s west side. This area is presently one of the poorest neighborhoods in the City of Chicago. The purpose of the Mission is to assist the materially poor.

  • Feed My Starving Children Graphic

    Volunteer

    Feed My Starving Children

    - 2 months

    Children

    Kids and adults of all ages hand-pack nutritious MannaPack™ meals specifically designed to assist in reversing and preventing under nutrition.

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    Community Volunteer

    QLI

    - 2 years

    Health

    Since 1990, QLI has led the nation in delivering life-changing rehabilitation and care to those impacted by brain and spinal cord injury. More than a center of excellence whose relentless experts push the boundaries of rehab with cutting-edge technology and industry-forwarding research, QLI puts real-world skills and real-world passions first.

Courses

  • Advance Leadership Program

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  • Black Belt Six Sigma Certification

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  • Effective Leadership Development

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  • Leadership Development Program

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  • Lean Certification

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  • Manager Development Course

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  • Master Black Belt Six Sigma Certification

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  • New Manager Development Course

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  • Workforce of the Future

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Projects

  • Customer Focus

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    • Built a culture of client centricity: using Six Sigma/Lean/Agile methodologies and business acumen to make impactful decisions that mitigated risk for the company, clients, and advanced CX.
    • Identified marketing opportunities, business development, applied due diligence and success factors modeling, and developed CX conversion strategies.
    • Created customer journey mapping, helping clients digitize their customer engagement processes.

  • Leadership Management

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    • Established employee review program, including performance review, goal setting and personal improvement.
    • Led change management objective to transform company culture into quality-driven, customer–focused organization and persuaded management to included core quality metrics in management performance reviews.
    • Created a responsive, self-aware, "leaders are everywhere" culture which resulted in: the maximum utilization of intelligence across the enterprise, new development standards…

    • Established employee review program, including performance review, goal setting and personal improvement.
    • Led change management objective to transform company culture into quality-driven, customer–focused organization and persuaded management to included core quality metrics in management performance reviews.
    • Created a responsive, self-aware, "leaders are everywhere" culture which resulted in: the maximum utilization of intelligence across the enterprise, new development standards and new process methodology protocols

  • Operations Performance Improvement

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    • 40% reduction in implementation errors and a 62% reduction in rework by instituting Lean methodology protocols into everyday work
    • Established core standardized policies and procedures for all key processes throughout company that results in improving productivity and communication.
    • Established corporate wide Lean Six Sigma certification program which included advanced understanding of Lean Six Sigma methodologies, tools and techniques and provided an opportunity to master the…

    • 40% reduction in implementation errors and a 62% reduction in rework by instituting Lean methodology protocols into everyday work
    • Established core standardized policies and procedures for all key processes throughout company that results in improving productivity and communication.
    • Established corporate wide Lean Six Sigma certification program which included advanced understanding of Lean Six Sigma methodologies, tools and techniques and provided an opportunity to master the subject matter by conducting Black Belt-level improvement project.

  • Strategic/Tactical Planning & Execution

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    • 23.3% reduction in client revenue attrition 60pt increase in client NPS by reducing errors and timeline in implementations and creating proactive engagement strategies with clients
    • Produced 25% + organic growth YOY turning the company back into high growth after it struggled losing over $100M in revenue for the previous 4 consecutive years by strategically introducing rapid prototyping and Agile development practices.
    • Employee attrition declined 14% bringing it to single digits by…

    • 23.3% reduction in client revenue attrition 60pt increase in client NPS by reducing errors and timeline in implementations and creating proactive engagement strategies with clients
    • Produced 25% + organic growth YOY turning the company back into high growth after it struggled losing over $100M in revenue for the previous 4 consecutive years by strategically introducing rapid prototyping and Agile development practices.
    • Employee attrition declined 14% bringing it to single digits by shifting culture, management team alignment & establishing enterprise-wide communication standards of what is most important and why and reinforcing those standards consistently

Honors & Awards

  • Embrace Award

    Protective Life

  • Change Agent Award

    West Interactive Services

  • Operational Excellence Award

    General Electric Company

  • Top 5% in Global Services

    General Electric Company

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