It is necessary that every company implements positive changes to their corporate culture to be more conducive to healthy lifestyle choices. This discussion will provide personal corporate success stories, ideas for adapting to healthcare reform and keeping employees motivated to continue with the right track ... i.e., incentives.

This session will also discuss the challenges that every individual/company faces when attempting an internal change or transition into a new initiative. We will explore the necessary steps to accepting change and how the mentality of an employee can be affected while going through the process. We will examine creative ways to present new programs and ideas for getting the support from different decision makers and/or CEO's. Cost analysis will be discussed along with understanding how to determine return on investment.

Aaron Smith is Midwest Sales and Marketing Manager for The FruitGuys. Established in 1998 out of San Francisco by their current CEO Chris Mittelstaedt, The FruitGuys specialize in the delivery of fresh fruit & vegetables to offices, homes and schools nationwide. Since their creation, they have continued for a passion to keep the business private and family run, but to grow nationally by opening distribution centers in Philadelphia and another in Chicago. They have become the nation’s largest office fruit supplier with clients such as Apple, Adobe, Orbitz, Facebook and many others.

Mr. Smith comes from a family background in medicine where his parents run a cancer research & treatment center in Seattle called Overlake Internal Medicine. With a Bachelors degree in Finance and a emphasis in Biology, Aaron began his career in international commercial real estate development for Jones Lang LaSalle in New Zealand. With both parents being born in New Zealand it allowed him to easily travel back and forth with dual citizenship. After deciding to come back to the states full time, he has explored his passion for the healthier side of life by getting cross-fit training certified along with various nutrition focused courses. Aaron now runs Midwest operations for The FruitGuys and has opened the new market venture here in Chicago to many growth opportunities.

Presenter - Mary Jo Grunewald, Office Logistic Services, Inc.

This program provides an understanding of the relocation process will promote better time management, help to set priorities based on critical dates and increase the participants ability to plan ahead and problem solve rather than reacting to problems.  Participants will gain a basic understanding of relocation budget items, key components that are involved in all office relocations and see how tasks are related and sequenced within a relocation.  A general relocation time schedule will be presented and discussed.  Participants will be encouraged to insert their own information and develop their own relocation schedule.   

Mary Jo Grunewald is the owner of Office Logistic Services, Inc. in Downers Grove.  She has relocated over 1.8 million square feet of office space, managed 43 office relocation/remodeling projects, and provided FF&E services in conjunction with opening eight hotel properties in six States.  Ms. Grunewald wrote and published “The Survival Guide to Office Relocation” (sold through Amazon.com).  She holds a BA Business Administration from Mundelein College and previously served as Office Services Manager, Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd., Operations Manager, Saxon Paint and Home Care Centers, Inc., and Administration Manager, LaSalle Partners.

NBC Studios,
454 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago

Topic: Creating a High Performance FM Organization

Georgia World Congress Center