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Is It Fun Being Led by You?

Lead Change Blog

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. ” Welcome to the era of growth through innovation. Authenticity creates trust; trust is a must-have ingredient in the risk-taking recipe required for innovation. Fun leaders are about light.

Six Sigma 150
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Case Study: Adopting a Deming Management System in a Service Company

Deming Institute

Roadway established these goals for its quality teams: improve organizational productivity, improve employee satisfaction, develop employee capabilities through leadership and training, and improve communication by reducing frustration and conflicts. ” Today it is not common to try and train everyone right away.

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Transforming a Management System – A Case Study From the Madison Wisconsin Police Department

Curious Cat

This post in an excerpt from The Quality Leadership Workbook for Police by Chief David Couper and Captain Sabine Lobitz ( buy via Amazon ). The New Quality Leadership Workbook for Police. Step 1: Educate and inform everyone in the organization about the vision, the goals, and Quality Leadership. Step 3: Teach Quality Leadership.

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The Big Picture of Business – Quality is Important for Business: Real Quality vs. Arbitrary Metrics

Strategy Driven

Total Quality Management (TQM) is recognized as a prerequisite for survival. Faster innovation. TQM has increased profitability in some corporations up to six times. Anyone who is unwilling to spend for quality is hastening company decline. Business Strategy Steers the Quality Process. Research shows they can be cut in half.

Quality 50
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Avoid the Improvement Hype Cycle

Harvard Business Review

Some of the things that management identified as having been deficient in prior initiatives included that leadership changes had prevented consistency and carry-over, programs didn't attempt to change employee behavior, and middle managers didn't embrace the initiatives. Brad Power is a consultant and researcher in process innovation.