Acclaimed Speaker Edgar Papke to Present During HDAW ’12 Education Program

ORLAND PARK, IL – October 5, 2011; Edgar Papke, award winning speaker and facilitator, will present, ‘The Culture Key: Innovation, Accountability and the Human Art of Business,” during Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week 2012 (HDAW’12) at 1pm on Tuesday, January 24, at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas.

Papke’s presentation will offer a proven framework for effective leadership and leveraging organizational culture, as a means of cultivating higher levels of performance and success at the corporate level. His presentation will support the HDAW’12 theme—Corporate Culture: The Foundation for Success.

The Papke Business Alignment System™ has received worldwide recognition for providing a pre-eminent approach to organizational alignment, innovation and performance. Papke’s system was designed to provide a framework for better understanding organizational culture by increasing a leader’s ability to better assess the culture of his or her own organization and business.

Papke is widely recognized for his authentic style and innovative approaches to leadership, organizational culture and the management of change and conflict in complex business environments. In 2006, he was recognized as International Speaker of the Year by Vistage International, U.K., an international membership organization for Chief Executives. Papke is consistently ranked among the globe’s top business thinkers and speakers.

Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week is the largest North American gathering of the independent heavy-duty industry. More than 1,700 managers and executives from 17 countries – including distributors, manufacturers, service providers, educators and media – attended the 2011 conference in Las Vegas.

HDAW is presented by a joint operating committee composed of industry leaders from American Council of Frame and Alignment Specialists (ACOFAS), Association of Diesel Specialists (ADS), Automotive Electric Association (AEA), Commercial Vehicle Solutions Network (CVSN), HDA-Truck Pride, Heavy Duty Distribution Association (HDDA), Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association (HDMA), APRA's Heavy Duty Remanufacturing Group (HDRG), International Truck Parts Association (ITPA), Overseas Automotive Council (OAC), Power Heavy Duty, Service Specialists Association (SSA), Truck Frame and Axle Repair Association (TARA) and VIPAR Heavy Duty.

For more information, go to http://www.hdaw.org/ or contact W.T. Glasgow, conference management, at 708.226.1300.