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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. It requires leaders who are perpetrators of happiness, not carriers of stress. The benefits were significant.

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

Curious Cat

Innovation and experimentation become organizational values. The chief continues to stress teamwork, Quality Leadership, and use of improvement methods in order to continue the process of transformation. This step is an ongoing process—it is continuous improvement within the organization. At this point, only the EPD has a building.