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AUGUST 8, 2010

Don’t forget the “invisibles”: My earlier post “ The Invisibles in Business Performance ” touched upon one of Deming’s seven deadly diseases - “ Running a company on visible figures alone ” and listed out some areas of your business that cannot be measured, but can have direct impact on your business.

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JULY 22, 2010

When I asked the boss he said “its hidden profit of company when employee have a wider perspective and are more educated about their work&# - Today Lakhi Group is the largest producer of polish diamonds in the world with 35,000 employee. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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JANUARY 12, 2010

Adding up sales won’t tell us what kind of a company we really have. To me, this is the power of social media. We need to have a much deeper understanding of their qualities — the ambiguous, hard-to-measure aspects of all of these features. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Weber Power of right questions in business environment cannot be undermined. If you don’t ask the right question, it doesn’t matter what your answer is. And if you do ask the right question, no matter what your answer, you will learn something of value. Link ) - Alan M. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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JANUARY 17, 2010

His Blog ) The book is organized in form of conversation between a teacher (named Isadore Kroll, Izzy) and his former student (Marcus), who is now facing a dilemma of whether he should accept a leadership position being offered to him by his company. That, to me, is a power of well written book. Clark, Ph.D. ( Quite a revelation!

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fuji Xerox won the legendary Deming Prize for Total Quality Management even before Xerox, the parent company, got the Malcolm Baldridge Award for quality in the US. In one of the chapters “Building a Process-Focused Organization”, Subroto Bagchi shares a wonderful story that only underlines the importance of process.

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JULY 27, 2010

Quality in your each and every task whether at your company or at your home are required and the improvement day by day in it is the added value. But sometimes what happens in case of long engagement between a company (or restaurant) and client (food lover) is that serving with same standards would not be all enough.

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JANUARY 24, 2010

He was a marketing executive with a large pharmaceutical company when he decided to pursue his calling and start a fitness center. “ You get almost nothing without going through some kind of pain, unless you win a lottery.”, replied the man who was himself a fitness freak. He neither had space nor money to start out.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Regards, Jay Chhaya By Conor Neill , September 3, 2010 @ 1:33 pm Barbara Minto was the creator of a system of communication that is now the “norm&# at most top consulting companies. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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JULY 20, 2010

Most companies loose clients/people either because they are not trustworthy or their people aren’t. As a leader, when you are engaged to build a team and make a difference, you need to carefully examine your own behavior. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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JULY 1, 2010

Could be a good example for many company who does not understand this very important part. Best, Tanmay By ajay, July 2, 2010 @ 11:32 am Perfectly perfect… I think i can use this steps while working in new project. and ya i like the way you add “celebrate&# part here. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Most companies have similar aircrafts, equipments and infrastructure available to them. Lot of passengers reached their destinations (Chicago, Newark, Frankfurt and so on) on Monday morning; just about the time they were to start working. You can read more about this ordeal here. with Phil Gerbyshak Management Craft Nicholas Bate NOOP.NL

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Otherwise they will run away from the company, which will be left complaint factory workers. Well Invested Time in December 2010 By Tanmay , January 6, 2011 @ 1:45 pm @Ivana - Thanks Ivana, for sharing your perspective. Best, Tanmay By Ivana Sendecka , January 6, 2011 @ 2:38 pm You nailed it with bottom line, TV!;-) Spot on.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

One of these deadly disease according to Deming is “ Running a company on visible figures alone ”. In the corporate world today we have too many examples of POWER WITHOUT RESPONSIBLIY and those at the same time those who are responsible are not given the power By Tanmay , August 4, 2010 @ 7:10 pm @Anonymous - No.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Robin’s Blog Seth s Blog Steve Yastrow’s blog - new article Talking Story with Say Leadership Coaching TerryStarbucker.com The Tom Peters Weblog Utpal Writes QAspire Blog: Practical Insights on Quality, Management, Leadership and Improvement is powered by WordPress WordPress Themes

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JULY 18, 2010

We had the real relationships and enjoyed success but then a command and control leadership took over and now 2/3 of the original team have left By Tanmay , July 20, 2010 @ 5:45 am @John - People seldom leave companies, they leave their leaders. Your story consolidates that fact. Thanks for the comment!

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OCTOBER 16, 2009

I think this also applies to companies, for they become as good as their customers are! It is said - we become who we hang out with and you nailed it perfectly. You are always “becoming” something and “what” you do and “with whom” you do this work, shapes “who we become.” - I loved this perspective!

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JANUARY 28, 2010

Today, we have limitless power to engage in communities, gain access to ideas with single click and communicate with anyone anywhere on the globe. The traditional concept of having associations, communities helped leaders to network and interact with each other to gain fresh insights. Social media has made it even easier.

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