Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We got our black belts in six-sigma; words or acronyms like Kaizen, PDCA, TQM, QC and ISO became everyday parts of our work language. Strategy guru Gary Hamel wrote in the Harvard Business Review: “Corporations around the world are reaching the limits of incrementalism. The benefits were significant.

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Six Sigma TQM Airlines Wilde 150

Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 4, 2016

You can have all the great plans, Six Sigma quality programs, and brilliant competitive positioning in the universe, but if the human beings doing the real work lack the competence, confidence and creativity to pull it off, you’re finished. Buy books for you and your team and write an Amazon review.

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Six Sigma Management How To Short-term 180

Leading Blog

MARCH 21, 2011

Herbold says that this is usually due to one or more of the following reasons: Avoid conflict Strive for certainty Avoid a career risk Lack of self-confidence Lack of a sense of urgency Protect their turf Herbold details ten principles that you should review regularly to help you provide gutsy, courageous leadership.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 12, 2013

Let’s say you’ve had your talent review meeting , using a performance and potential (9 box) matrix , and have identified a pool of high potential employees. Led a six-sigma project. Or, you’ve done a position based succession plan for key positions, and identified a slate of 3-4 candidates for each position.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 23, 2020

To be an efficient, successful Lean project team, you need to continuously review ongoing activities to eliminate and reduce as much waste as possible. Implement Lean Six Sigma (DMEDI). Step Four: Continue to improve. It’s important to note that the step above is not a one-time job.

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Project Management Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing 85

Center for Creative Leadership

MAY 19, 2019

Lorsch and Emily McTague put it in their Harvard Business Review article , “Culture isn’t something you ‘fix.’ … Cultural change is what you get after you’ve put new processes or structures in place to tackle tough business challenges. The idea that there’s a quick fix for culture can cause lots of problems.

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The Practical Leader

AUGUST 17, 2011

It’s one of the key factors in the 50 – 70% failure rate for programs to increase safety performance, service and quality levels, Lean/Six Sigma, productivity, innovation, leadership skills.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I’ve been spending a large amount of time researching, reviewing, and revising our approaches to leadership and culture development for a series of upcoming speaking engagements, workshops, and consulting work. This is very consistent with most of our recent Client work.

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Six Sigma Workshop Continuous Change Video 61

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2013

The Value-Based Performance Improvement Model © is an affordable approach that healthcare providers can use to develop a Lean Six Sigma style performance measurement system. Organizational Performance Measures Best Practice 17 – Annual Alignment Review. Barriers to Reducing and Controlling Healthcare Costs.

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Six Sigma Organization White Paper Efficiency 62

Six Disciplines

JANUARY 31, 2011

Unlike most strategic planning models/frameworks that can be daunting, the Six Disciplines methodology is practical and pragmatic. Feliciano, Senior Managing Consultant / Strategy & Change Consultant, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at IBM Global Business Services - Strategy & Change. ” ~ D.

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Executive Coaching Execution Six Sigma Benchmarking 101

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 31, 2011

We’ve been working with more and more executive teams who proclaim strategies for transforming their culture toward higher safety, customer service, innovation, Lean/Six Sigma approaches, productivity, employee engagement, or new technology platforms. They’re innocently ignorant.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Last week’s follow up leadership and culture development webinar is now available for you to review. Prioritizing Projects/Initiatives and Improving Major Processes – identifying and pruning/consolidating the scores of projects and committees, and reviewing communications, information, budgeting/planning, policies, etc.

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Webinar Six Sigma Development Senge 56

Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

.  The Management Improvement Carnival naturally features posts on how improve your management skills and systems within your organization, but also has a special focus on how this can be accomplished using lean management practices such as Kaizen, Six Sigma, and even Hansei.   Ready to improve your management skills? .

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First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 12, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brad Power for the Harvard Business Review‘s “The Conversation&# series. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Do you have a process improvement [.].

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First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 11, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brad Power for the Harvard Business Review blog’s “Conversation&# series.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 24, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brad Power for the Harvard Business Review blog (March 7, 2011). To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts, please click here. * * * When they set out to [.].

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Process Review Article Blog 85

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. An executive in the company's finance operations adopted a Six Sigma belt-driven approach to reduce costs in the company's global shared service centers.

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Six Sigma Bottom-up Cost Project 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

Six Sigma , Kaizen , Lean , and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization's health. Looking beyond Japan, iconic six sigma companies in the United States, such as Motorola and GE, have struggled in recent years to be innovation leaders. the United States.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

In May 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released CMS Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) inpatient data that contain discharge information for 100% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries using hospital inpatient services. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth.

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Six Sigma Cost Health Care Analysis 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2011

For example, we used innovation-linked terms like " design thinking ," " Six Sigma ," " open innovation ," and "product design," among others. Interest is high in Six Sigma, ideas management, innovation management, product design, and in strategic terms like "adjacency.".

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Six Sigma TRIZ Globalization Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Coco has a unique background because he's not a career HR professional; he started in operations at GE , where he was trained as a Six Sigma Black Belt process improvement expert. If you do Six Sigma in isolation, the work force doesn't have time to implement the changes.".

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Six Sigma Skills Team Compliance 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Thus, today we have a number of process "religions": Statistical Process Control was followed by Total Quality Management, Business Reengineering, Six Sigma, Lean, and Business Process Management (BPM, which emphasizes process management software). And "What can we do now to ensure we don't repeat the mistakes of the past?"

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Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

If you've had a bad experience with an operational improvement effort (like Six Sigma or Business Reengineering), or if you haven't given it much attention lately, you should take a fresh look. Many companies and executives have been disappointed with these efforts when results weren't sustained and inefficiency crept back in.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Some of GE’s best-known initiatives — WorkOut; CAP; Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma; Leadership, Innovation, and Growth ; and, more recently, Simplification — took shape at Crotonville. We have offered well over 100 MDC sessions since Jeff took the helm in 2001, and he has participated in all but one.

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Six Sigma Human Resources Benchmarking Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2015

And processes like Six Sigma quality control became hugely popular after GE publicly adopted the concept. Some companies brought together Six Sigma and lean production into “Lean Six Sigma” as a way of competing with both lower costs and higher quality. Insight Center. The New Ways to Compete.

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Six Sigma Company Lean Production Taylorism 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The ongoing program has allowed Mayo to do the following: Review and approve (or reject) quality-improvement projects (QIPs). Review and approve QIPs. A quality review board assesses QIPs. Each QIP submitted to the quality review board is required to document the rubric shown in Table 1 and scored accordingly.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2014

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. But, as befits a company that has been around for 130 years, GE is moving on.

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Six Sigma Incubator Payback Period Ries 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2018

Having started its Lean Six Sigma journey almost five years ago, ADP saw RPA as the obvious next step in its journey to drive efficiency. Combining the capabilities of RPA with a traditional Lean Six Sigma way of working was a natural fit.

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Process Six Sigma Company Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2011

Tying all of this together is GE's annual Session-C process — an organization-wide talent review that assesses the performance of individuals and business units all the way up to the CEO.

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Six Sigma Objective Process Mentor 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2017

Jess was trained as a Six Sigma Green Belt. A physician’s assistant reviews the electronic health record and, if necessary, makes changes to the care regimen. In 2014 Jess Jacobs, a director in an innovation lab, started blogging about her experience as she received treatment for two rare diseases.

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Health Care Six Sigma Metrics Quality 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

A clear-eyed look at some common and allegedly hard-headed tools that firms often use in an attempt to improve performance, everything from mission statements through Six Sigma through high-powered exec compensation. By Jeremy Hope and Steve Player.

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Six Sigma Meyer Books Mission Statement 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Yet most reports, such as John Kotter's classic Harvard Business Review article " Leading Change: Why Transformation Effort Fail ," show that few attempts at fundamental change are very successful, a few are utter failures, and most fall somewhere in between, with a distinct tilt to failure. Six Sigma or Lean) the right way.

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Process Mayo Six Sigma Ryan 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2012

Approaches like Six Sigma have helped companies squeeze out inefficiencies, but also tend to reinforce existing processes with an eye towards doing them better. In other words, while managers might want to disrupt their competitors, they are less comfortable disrupting themselves.

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Innovation Six Sigma Management Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2013

Here''s an example of this pattern: Over the course of several years, a major healthcare company introduced thousands of managers to a particular change management approach, while providing more intensive training in specific tools and techniques to six sigma and HR experts.

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Six Sigma Management Parcell Kotter 11

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. The system must be reviewed and validated by finance. Do you have a process improvement program under way that you feel is going well?

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Process Six Sigma Finance Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

An alternative approach to cost cutting is built into the "Six Sigma" methodology as popularized by GE. The quoted financial savings from Six Sigma projects, while valid, aren't having long-term effects on their cost structure. Companies launch process improvement projects with hard financial targets.

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Cost Six Sigma Short-term Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

With its CEO preparing to retire with a mixed legacy, the board at first generated a list of fifteen things at which the new leader should excel, ranging from expanding into new markets, to driving a Six Sigma-based culture of operational excellence, to getting a major facility project back on track.

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