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The Spirit of Kaizen

CEO Blog

I like New Years because I like to set goals. I read a book - the Spirit of Kaizen - Creating Lasting Excellence One Small Step at a Time by Robert Maurer. The title says what kaizen is - the process of continually creating excellence or continually getting just a bit better. The same is true of Kaizen.

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Goldilocks, The Three Bears, And Effective Goal Setting

Terry Starbucker

Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Goldilocks…… I’ve done a lot of budgeting, planning, and goal setting over the course of my career. This was a goal typically tied to an operating metric, like the Net Promoter Score, or the company’s “fault rate&# (i.e. Why would I do such a thing?

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How to Boost Your Profits

Strategy Driven

You need to identify your goals and define objectives that will help you reach them, from the next few months through to the following years. Your goals will shape every business decision you make and give you direction. Kaizen is a valuable mindset to adopt and can dramatically reduce waste and improve a business’s profitability.

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Guest Post: Begging For Leadership Won’t Get You A Pocket Full of Change

Lead on Purpose

That doesn’t have to be the scenario if employees understand the change, the strategies that will be used, and their role in accomplishing the goals. They failed to suggest quality control improvement that is inherent in “Kaizen.” Change brings about fear of the unknown, which creates an atmosphere of unnecessary anxiety.

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Is Your Company ‘Doing’ Lean or ‘Being’ Lean?

Strategy Driven

Many of the metrics were missing goals or targets, so it was difficult to gauge performance. There was no value stream plan, so kaizen events were not tied into achieving the future state condition. It was clear they hadn’t updated their standard work to reflect changes in TAKT time or kaizen improvements. Misspent TAKT time.

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Leading For A Better Tomorrow

Tanveer Naseer

Management has no choice but to anticipate the future, to attempt to mold it, and to balance short-term and long-range goals. In regards to the future, Drucker advocated using this with kaizen, or continuous, ongoing improvement. business Guest Posts leadership Recent Posts change decision-making failure goals innovation strategies'

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The Network is Your Customer

CEO Blog

Now more than ever, Kaizen applies. As with any endless task, goals need to be finite in order to get fulfillment. Respond to what the network is saying and work with them to constantly improve. Interesting and thought provoking book. Social media can be an endless task and create guilt if not approached well.

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