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A Lean Look at Value

Leading Blog

One of Lean’s great triumphs is that it breaks value down into a set of metrics that can be actively pursued. To support this, Lean organizations drive improvement using metrics that pertain directly to customer value, such as defect rates, on-time delivery, lead times, and cost indicators such as inventory turns. Where’s the customer?

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Key HR Trends for 2022 and Beyond

HR Digest

More than a hundred years ago, Frederick Taylor’s Scientific Management laid the foundations for modern human resource management. Learn key HR trends to stay ahead of the curve in 2022. New HR Trends (2022). and create a quantitative impact on organizations.

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Gloria Chen Pushes for Greater Representation

HR Digest

One innovation I’m particularly excited about is the experimental approach we are taking to evaluate different hybrid work approaches, working with several volunteer engineering and sales leaders. And as a company filled with analytical engineers, empirical evidence is a fantastic way to promote the best ideas!

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Team Leader / Manager you are NOT a Mind-Reader. Even Mind-Readers are not mind-readers

Mike Cardus

You are team leader on a cross-functional team project that includes; Sue from finance, Jack from engineering, Brian from Quality Assurance, Stephanie from human resources, Terri is the customer representative, Tony from production and Mike (me) is the team coach…. Ferdinand Fournies. That is a serious problem.”. You: “NO BRIAN!

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How a Bathtub-Shaped Graph Helped a Company Avoid Disaster

Harvard Business Review

Caught up in administrative activities such as managing employee records and planning company picnics, human resources departments can too easily lose sight of their primary function: Making sure the organization has the needed human capital to implement its strategy. It was U-shaped. It looked like a cross-section of a bathtub.

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Top Leadership Experts to Follow in 2015

Modern Servant Leader

I write, teach and consult across the world on human resource strategy. Author of The Culture Engine & six other books. Metrics : They must have a large following. . ~ Be Irresistible. 1 3,674 3,113 555 Max Lucado Leadership i played tuba in the High School marching band. JonesAndRaine band member. iStock photog.

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What People Analytics Can’t Capture

Harvard Business Review

That encounter came to mind as I read TIME’s recent cover story on the latest fad in human resources, using big data analytics and personality test scores to predict who is best for a given job – so-called “XQ.” And then there’s the question of what metrics a personality test uses to gauge “success.”