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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! No technology or rote process can give you the “correct” plan – BUT a solid process for planning can guide you to the best plan for your team and you. A plan is a judgment about the best way to go about achieving an intended goal.".

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Two Tweets & A Blog

Deming Institute

Edwards Deming. It also begs another question, “If the Japanese so easily understood what Deming was saying, why is it still so difficult for people in western societies to understand?”. In today’s world “Understanding Relationship’s” might be an easier way for us westerners to understand what Deming was trying to tell us.

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Avoid Doing the Wrong things Righter…But, “By What Method?”

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Learning to do things “right” is important and all sorts of training exist for doing so, including Lean Six Sigma, Kaizen, Plan-Do-Study-Act, Statistical Process Control, and ISO certifications to name just a few. To that end, Dr. Deming might well ask, “By what method” can we determine the “right” things to do? Mark Lane, 2019).

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Restaurant Week (An elementary look at quality culture fundamentals)

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Edwards Deming, the father of the quality movement, defined quality as “pride in workmanship.” Deming said that competition squeezes out intrinsic motivation while collaboration nurtures intrinsic motivation, curiosity and joy in learning. Deming, The New Economics, see reference 2, p. References. Liker and James K.

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StrategyDriven Welcomes Hank Moore | StrategyDriven

Strategy Driven

Edwards Deming. As a Corporate Strategist TM , Hank speaks and advises companies about growth strategies, visioning, planning, executive-leadership development, futurism and the Big Picture issues which profoundly affect the business climate. Hank has overseen 400 strategic plans and corporate visioning processes. Presidents.

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The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

Franz McGraw-Hill (2011) How and why the Toyota Way principles can achieve excellence in every part of almost any organization all the time I have read and reviewed all of Jeffrey Liker’s previously published [.]. The Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement: Linking Strategy and Operational Excellence to Achieve Superior Performance Jeffrey K.

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Applying Deming Principles at Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

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SMED your SME journey applying Deming principles – guest post by Luciana Paulise. As a graduate with a degree in business, at first, I helped students build business plans. Edwards Deming Institute [The Institute makes 5 travel grants available each year to study the Deming Collection at the Library of Congress.

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