Six Disciplines

MARCH 12, 2012

While the Baldrige framework has been proven many times to be the leading performance excellence model, a recent article " Baldrige Tools: Providing a Roadmap, Not a Prescription" reveals a number of scenarios that should raise a certain level of concern and risk. "The Baldrige feedback report is useful - to a degree, but the feedback report will not prescribe specific fixes for identified areas in need of improvement.

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 6, 2012

"Want to be a leader? It's different than being a manager, or even an entrepreneur.". So says Dan Bobinski, Executive Director for The Center for Workplace Excellence. In his most recent article "What Makes A Great Leader?", Dan references one his favorite books "Six Disciplines Execution Revolution, by Gary Harpst. "If you desire to be a great leader and these skills do not come naturally to you (and very rarely do they come naturally to anybody), may I recommend becoming a student of these ski

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 1, 2012

Gary Harpst, CEO of Six Disciplines , was recently interviewed by Jim Blasingame (The Small Business Advocate ). Here are links to three podcasts that reveal the Six Disciplines approach: Achieve significant growth through holistic performance excellence management. Six elements of a holistic performance excellence management program. Have you adopted a total performance excellence approach toward managing your organization?

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Six Disciplines

MARCH 1, 2012

From the fourth primary research study since 2006, the report " Pursuit of Performance Excellence: Business Success through Effective Plant Operations Metrics " released today by the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA) International and industry analyst and consulting firm Cambashi, revealed that companies improving on multi-faceted metrics such as overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and forward-looking metrics such as portion of orders booked within schedule freeze period ar

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