Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

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. Note particularly the significant and profound difference between quadrants three and four. Effectiveness/Efficiency Matrix.

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Covey Deming Six Sigma Efficiency 69

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

According to research – including studies by the London Business School 1 and the Franklin Covey Institute 2 – the majority of business professionals use their time inefficiently. 3 An effective training program requires just ten minutes a day of practice and enhances your ability to detect choice points or have meaningful awareness breaks.

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Productivity Products Strategy Covey 50

Joseph Lalonde

JUNE 1, 2018

If retail operations can more reliably keep their discretionary relationships with people who have to pay for that relationship than we can with our employees, who earn their livelihood with us, we need to take a serious look at how we’re creating the environment for those relationships. Their supervisors are doing the same.

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CEO Short-term Learning-by-Doing Blanchard 161

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry : You know, it’s my belief, and it has also been my own experience, that there there is no place that servant-leadership cannot operate. To see that the way they’ve been functioning and operating is not a good way to be in relationship with other people. Like you said, we’re all servant-leaders in training.

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 125

Modern Servant Leader

JUNE 15, 2018

Larry : You know, it’s my belief, and it has also been my own experience, that there there is no place that servant-leadership cannot operate. To see that the way they’ve been functioning and operating is not a good way to be in relationship with other people. Like you said, we’re all servant-leaders in training.

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Greenleaf Servant Leader Leadership Learning-by-Doing 100

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2015

Covey visited the nuclear powered submarine I commanded, the USS Santa Fe, he told me it was the “most empowering workplace he’d ever seen.” This means an empowering organization spends more time with technical training and clarity of purpose than one that relies on a top-down compliance model. When Dr. Stephen R.

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Decentralization Covey Bottom-up Crisis 8

Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

I think if someone was just starting to learn about leadership and success, they'd have to start with Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Any other leadership advice you recommend for leading well? Hard skills can be developed through training and mentoring. Look for the strengths in yourself and others.

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Leadership Self-aware Learning-by-Doing Open-book 102

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 2, 2017

Covey writes in The Speed of Trust , “When trust goes down (in a relationship, on a team, in an organization, or with a partner or customer), speed goes down and cost goes up.… As a leader, it’s your responsibility to use good judgment to take risks, to operate with principled motives, and to hold positive assumptions.

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Policies Micromanagement Reference Covey 14

You're Not the Boss of Me

MAY 5, 2009

Covey Thanks for coming by! BTW – I have found twitter to be one of the best training grounds for developing my ability to speak cleanly, clearly and with impact. Most people listen, not with the intent to understand, but with the intent to reply&# - Steven R. Thanks for your usual thoughtful comments.

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Delegation Blog Wilde Learning-by-Doing 45

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The problem with many sales organizations is that they still operate with the same principles and techniques they were using in the 60′s, 70’s and 80’s. link] scott pearson As one of the guys trained to sell in the 80′S I totally agree with your assertion that the old methods do not work. Great post.

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Blog Ryan B2C Brand 373