QAspire

JANUARY 22, 2012

Most improvement initiatives are heavily focused on internal goals – increasing productivity/efficiency, eliminating waste, reducing defects/costs and so on. Processes around these goals are written and implemented. This happens often because of the “internal orientation” of goals.

Quality 103

Quality Goal Business Objectives Objective 103

QAspire

MAY 24, 2022

The list is compiled by an independent agency to analyze online activities through the lens of metrics related to frequency of sharing, reach of ideas, engagement with their content and topical focus. After all, influence is never a goal in itself. More about what leadership influence really means here.

Influence 91

Influence Download Human Resources Report 91

QAspire

MARCH 8, 2015

May be, inefficiencies rooted in how you support your customers after product is delivered. If your metrics are narrow, you will never be able to focus on systemic metrics that may really help your business and the customer. Too often, we think of complete product as a set of completed features. Measure Right.

Root Cause Analysis 70

Root Cause Analysis Senge Metrics Software 70

QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Leadership development efforts are not aligned with strategic goals and leadership development programs are oriented around commercial products that have limited relevance to actual needs or an organization. Use of incorrect “make-believe” metrics to gauge effectiveness of leadership development programs.

Training 172

Training Development McKinsey Long-term 172

QAspire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Companies and their leaders must instill a mindset of innovation across the entire company, not just in the product or research and development organizations. Every leader and every employee must continually ask the question, what’s the newest and best way to accomplish a goal–whatever that goal might be. Adams] Very.

Learning-by-Doing 70

Learning-by-Doing Innovation Long-term Books 70

QAspire

JANUARY 8, 2010

Quantitative: My goal is to have 500+ LinkedIn connections by end of February. Does it not happen that you meet your numbers, but the overall quality of work product/customer experience remains same (or deteriorates)? I realized right then that as long as I did the best job that I could, my metrics would take care of themselves.

Compliance 84

Compliance Quality Metrics Blog 84

QAspire

AUGUST 3, 2010

Whether manufacturing or knowledge industry, primary goal of business is to generate value. So, apart from visible figures (top line, bottom line, productivity, defect rates etc) what are the invisibles that play a huge role in determining performance of a business? I hope that clarifies the point.

Deming 158

Deming Quality Blog Directory 158