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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 3 of 7

Strategy Driven

institutionalized mistrust, resignation, or resentment), technology addiction (which can make it difficult for some people to actually talk to others), or a simple incompetence for speaking and listening. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. This lack of listening can be the result of degenerative moods (e.g.,

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 1 of 7

Strategy Driven

The last decade ushered in an economic meltdown and technological breakthroughs that have forever changed the business world as we knew it. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. The changes have been so dramatic that most companies are still scrambling to figure out the new rules of the game. All rights reserved.

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Building a Software Start-Up Inside GE

Harvard Business Review

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? Though technology would have allowed for a significantly virtual enterprise, it was important to Ruh to have a physical building where people could actually be located together. ” Integrating with the Mother Ship.

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Cutting Costs Without Cutting Corners: Lessons from Banner Health

Harvard Business Review

Next, the 10-member senior leadership team used a variety of means, such as town halls, and videos of executives explaining the plan, to clearly and repeatedly communicate the urgent need for cost reduction as a requirement for process redesign across the system that would ultimately improve patient care.

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The Key to Change Is Middle Management

Harvard Business Review

doubled from 20% to 40% between July and December 2013, and has stayed at that level since. Many change efforts fail because people reduce themselves to checking boxes in safe, defensible systems such as Lean and Six Sigma. Many change leaders use Six Sigma , Kaizen , and Lean for continuous improvement.

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Why Your Customers Hate You and How to Fix It

Skip Prichard

Brandt, CEO and founder of The MPI Group and an award-winning journalist, has devoted more than two decades to studying leadership in effective, purpose-driven organizations. Mostly because it’s fundamentally more difficult to lead an organization than ever before, due to a confluence of leadership trends and external factors.

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