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015: How to Deal with Resistance to Change | Featuring Megan Burns

Engaging Leader

She has more than 15 years of industrial engineering and supply chain management experience. A certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Megan has worked with companies throughout North America and in 14 different countries. Why can it be hard to engage employees and executives to become fully committed to continuous improvement?

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 4 of 7

Strategy Driven

While this might have been the most efficient way to train assembly line workers during the Industrial Era, human capital is now the greatest resource for most companies. This process is called commitment-based management, and it will be as powerful for the next generation of managers as quality was for the last.

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Possibility Maximizer: Management Improvement Carnival

Sales Wolf Blog

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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Understanding Fear of Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

We don't know what changes will be coming with healthcare reform and other changes in our industry," he told me recently. Six Sigma or Lean) the right way. As described in my previous post, " Get Your Worker to Disrupt Their Jobs ," you should commit to your employees that they will stay employed if they suggest process change.

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How to Hire a CEO You Won’t Want to Fire

Harvard Business Review

In the apparel industry alone, we’ve just seen the end of American Apparel’s Dov Charney and the ouster of Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson – plus the installation of interim CEOs at Target and JC Penney following their previous leaders’ firings. A lot of CEOs are being shown the door lately.

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Mind the (Skills) Gap

Harvard Business Review

People across industries and job segments need hyper-specialized skills to thrive in this environment, and both white and blue-collar jobs will need to innovate to remain relevant. This will shorten the educational time commitment, thereby lengthening the time an individual has to actually master the skill on the job.

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How to Hire a CEO You Won’t Want to Fire

Harvard Business Review

In the apparel industry alone, we’ve just seen the end of American Apparel’s Dov Charney and the ouster of Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson – plus the installation of interim CEOs at Target and JC Penney following their previous leaders’ firings. A lot of CEOs are being shown the door lately.

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