The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 12, 2011

This session is for senior operating executives and organization/leadership development support professionals such as HR, Learning/Training, Organization Development, Safety, Lean/Six Sigma, Quality, Continuous Improvement, and Customer Service.

Six Sigma 61

Six Sigma Workshop Continuous Change Video 61

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

So where Ford incorporated everything into one integrated mega-plant, Ohno designed operations for a network of factories. His processes – which were based on the assumption that employees derive personal value from a job well done – required more skilled workers and a team-oriented environment. Suppressing Innovation.

Ohno 50

Ohno Productivity Products Six Sigma 50

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.

Operations 15

Operations Six Sigma Supply Chain Webinar 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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Six Sigma Kaizen Govindarajan Telecommunications 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

An executive decides on a different and better way to do things, and prepares a sales pitch that goes something like this: First: "We need to change. Many executives have never recognized this pattern of serial adoption of different approaches to what is essentially the same topic. Here's this new approach.

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Six Sigma TQM Kaizen Balanced Scorecard 14

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Whether it was branded the Deming Method or Six Sigma or a host of other models, ‘continuous improvement processes’ found their way into organizations large and small and have made a major contribution to improving quality worldwide. Duke and James D. Murphy For the last 50 years, elite U.S. Consider leaving a comment!

Six Sigma 57

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Training Tools 57

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

The board’s challenge is to decide what deficits it can live with (usually because they can be compensated for by the rest of the leadership team), and which two or three criteria are non-negotiable must-haves. The retiring leader advocated strongly for an executive he had groomed for the job, in his own image.

CEO 15

CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

These layoffs are usually driven by small teams who look for opportunities to "right size" departments. He looked at the firm's client records and noticed that they executed these studies every three to five years at the same clients. But the cost-cutting scalpel is simplistic and can wound sound operations and valuable people.

Cost 9

Cost Six Sigma Short-term Banking 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

For most of the last three decades, senior executives have been encouraged to take an efficiency mindset to their business. We collaborated with the Economist Intelligence Unit to survey more than 300 senior executives from large companies worldwide. As a result, they are 125% more productive than an employee who is merely satisfied.

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Efficiency Productivity Products Company 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

He went on to say that the insatiable demands of today’s operational turbulence were robbing him and his organization of ability to invest in the future. We reflected on this, and on the broader context we’ve seen in our work, and created four high-level buckets into which resources and money can be poured: Daily Operations.

Budgeting 10

Budgeting Innovation Disruptive Innovation Six Sigma 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

This required all employees – including the executives – to work a graveyard shift at one of two warehouses. I describe it as two Amazons: one that operates for 10 months and the other that operates for two months out of the year.” Consumer goods Operations Retail' “Volume grows over the previous year.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Supply Chain Retail Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2011

In this case, the answers were not there, the effort was stopped, and a new management team took over. However, two years without any tangible results will strain any executive team's patience. To compound this problem, the project team declared victory after having only a process design and an energized work force.

Process 15

Process Six Sigma Finance Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2014

The board’s challenge is to decide what deficits it can live with (usually because they can be compensated for by the rest of the leadership team), and which two or three criteria are non-negotiable must-haves. The retiring leader advocated strongly for an executive he had groomed for the job, in his own image.

CEO 8

CEO Six Sigma How To Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

A 2010 IBM survey found that 79% of global chief executives foresaw "high or very high complexity" over the next five years, but only 49% felt their organization was prepared to handle it. They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Company Six Sigma Franchising 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2016

In comparison to other methods (such as Six Sigma or activity-based costing), ZBB typically does not address operational excellence in core processes (marketing, sales, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing) or fundamental cost drivers such as portfolio complexity, organizational complexity, customer complaints, and quality issues.

Zero Based Budgeting 8

Zero Based Budgeting Budgeting Supply Chain Company 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

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. Walk the talk.

Cost 8

Cost Health Care Six Sigma Insourcing 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2014

But those leaders have had training and experience to succeed in a traditional organization with a C-suite at the top and siloed business units and functions under each executive. The question is, do your executives have the skills and experience to lead a cross-functional process focused organization? What’s in it for Me?

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BPM Process Tips Management 56

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The keys to success: sustained executive leadership, including from the mayors themselves; specific, audacious goals; and data-informed decision making. P&G committed corporate leadership, foundation grants and a modification of Six Sigma so nonprofits could more effectively manage to agreed-upon results.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Long-term Innovation Definition 8

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

His plan was to have the final assembly team disassemble these cars and learn firsthand how they were assembled. He did not believe the results and instructed the team to repeat the assembly operation. Edwards Deming to several dozen executives in Japan in 1950. To Pipp’s amazement, one car purchased was 100% snap fit.

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System Productivity Products Deming 74

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. McDonald and his team’s approach was heavily influenced by John Kotter’s eight steps for effective organizational change.

Six Sigma 8

Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

By comparison, think of the long strides many businesses have made in reengineering their supply chains, boosting product quality, and rolling out lean six sigma. Every day, senior executives get bombarded with ideas—and most of them are either woefully underdeveloped or downright batty. What’s the problem?

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 29, 2011

Gruenfeld, the Moghadam Family Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Co-Director of the Executive Program for Women Leaders at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He had worked as a business fellow for the previous year but had recently taken on the role of director of operations and service lines. Preparation.

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Six Sigma How To Case Study Learning-by-Doing 16

Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

By April 2014, Nike was waving the white flag by laying off most of the FuelBand’s development team. I’m incredibly hopeful and encouraged about the opportunities for companies of every size to leverage improvement methodologies and get better; we’re seeing increasing adoption of standard methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, etc.

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How To Middle Management Innovation Technology 76