Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Many leaders wrongly attempt to improve their companies with a bottom-up approach, focusing on the smallest issues and hoping to work their way up. There are many ways to make yourself a better leader, and if you’re struggling to improve the performance of your company, it may be because you’re lacking in that area yourself.

Six Sigma 50

Six Sigma Company CPA Finance 50

Change Starts Here

MARCH 5, 2015

Based on a recent history of poor results, a manufacturer defined a new strategy to turn around the financial performance of the company. With a new vision and a plan for how the organization would work together to achieve it, they rallied to help the company succeed. Moving Locations. Installing Systems. Adopting a Process Framework.

Six Sigma 60

Six Sigma Agility Franchising Airlines 60

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

These mandated-from-above programs include Lean Six Sigma initiatives with experts (" Belts ") in command, big IT implementations, and reengineering of major end-to-end processes. Consider the competition between push and pull camps in a major oil company. Finally, the improvement experts (and I am one!)

Six Sigma 15

Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2016

Such high-profile exposure has prompted more companies to view ZBB as a fresh “wonder diet” for achieving radical corporate leanness. Yet for all the promise of ZBB, many companies that try it soon grow disenchanted. It was apparent that others in the company shared this view. We have tried. Nothing worked.

Zero Based Budgeting 8

Zero Based Budgeting Budgeting Supply Chain Company 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

My team would have people with deep functional knowledge and skills (strategy, sales, marketing, finance, and information technology) to align surrounding processes. If you do Six Sigma in isolation, the work force doesn't have time to implement the changes.". I have rarely seen companies do this. But it's also unusual.

Six Sigma 14

Six Sigma Skills Team Compliance 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

As the business environment becomes increasingly complex and interconnected, few leaders express confidence in their companies' ability to adapt. Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Company Six Sigma Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2011

Lest you get too comfortable, you might want to consider the cautionary tale of a company whose program received rave reviews while in progress, only to fail spectacularly. A large division of this company had recognized the need to dramatically change its business model to survive and succeed in a changing market. What happened?

Process 15

Process Six Sigma Finance Short-term 15