Stas’ Kazmierski is a Managing Partner of Zingerman’s training and consulting business, ZingTrain. Prior to joining ZingTrain in the fall of 2000, he was a consultant to Zingerman’s and played an instrumental role in the development of the company’s mission statement, guiding principles, and vision statement, Zing 2009, which launched Zingerman’s Community of Businesses (ZCoB) in 1994. At the time, there were two Zingerman’s businesses – Zingerman’s Delicatessen and Zingerman’s Bakehouse. Today there are eight, including Zingerman’s Roadhouse, Zingerman’s Creamery, Zingerman’s Coffee, Zingerman’s Catering, and Zingerman’s Mail Order, in addition to ZingTrain, the Deli and the Bakehouse. An educator by training, Kazmierski worked for years as a trainer and internal consultant at Ford Motor Company. He later joined Dannemiller Tyson, an Ann Arbor-based consulting firm. He has written several articles for training and HRD publications and published two books about large system change, Whole-Scale Change: Unleashing the Magic in Organizations and Whole-Scale Change Toolkit.

      Our Speakers: Stas’ Kazmierski is managing partner of Zingerman’s Training, Inc. Stas’ has been involved with Zingerman’s since the Delicatessen opened in March of 1982: first as a loyal customer, then as a consultant and now as a Managing Partner of Zingerman’s training and consulting business, ZingTrain. He co-facilitates ZingTrain’s in-house seminars and frequently presents to outside clients. www.zingermans.com Bo Burlingham is former executive editor and current editor-at-large of Inc. magazine, as well as the co-author, with Jack Stack of The Great Game of Business and A Stake in the Outcome. Bo’s latest book, Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big was released in 2006. www.inc.com