article thumbnail

Long Term Implementation of Quality Teams Within Organizations

Mike Cardus

Long Term Implementation of Lean Six Sigma within Organizations from Michael Cardus. Whether you use Lean Six Sigma within your organization or not, this content will prove valuable to you…. Leadership Team Review. Pitfalls in Six Sigma Teams. Steps to Keep Lean Six Sigma Within the Organization.

Long-term 119
article thumbnail

What's Holding You Back? A Call for Gutsy Leadership

Leading Blog

In example after example, what is holding companies back is consistent, courageous leadership. I think we are seeing too much of this core issue and what we end up with is operational complexity and lack of innovation and forward momentum. Robert Herbold, former COO of Microsoft, says that lack of courage is what destroys companies.

Six Sigma 280
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Overcoming Leadership Myopia

Michael Lee Stallard

Research from two well-respected organizations makes it clear that we have a big collective blind spot that’s dragging down productivity, innovation and economic performance. All the Six-Sigma, Lean, benchmarking and metrics in the world won’t help us lead people if we fail to recognize these realities.

article thumbnail

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.

Six Sigma 150
article thumbnail

Quality Team and Leadership Development

Mike Cardus

Quality Leadership Development from Michael Cardus. Highlighting that systems-drive-behavior , there is no special ‘leadership personality’ … Within any team when someone is great at their role people see them as a leader. Competence = Comfort = Observed Leadership Behaviors. Competence = Comfort = Observed Leadership Behaviors.

Quality 137
article thumbnail

Impressive Skills to Put on a Resume

HR Digest

Leadership. Innovation . Six Sigma techniques. Strong Work Ethic. Self-Confidence. Handling Pressure. Conflict Resolution. Customer Service. Business Etiquette. Adaptability. Attention to detail . Negotiation . Proposal writing . Task delegation . People management . Dealing with stress. Technological savviness.

Skills 111
article thumbnail

Master the PRIMES

Leading Blog

Fixing involves corporate improvement programs like Activity Based Costing, Six Sigma and others.”These Creating is about transformation—imagination, declaration, invention, and innovation. These tools are effective when a better past is the desired outcome, but they’re dead weight in the business of transformation.”

Six Sigma 278