Change Starts Here

JUNE 6, 2013

Consider, as examples, the following five jobs that are made more effective with a change management approach – a structured, systemic way to transition the elements of an organization and the people in it from their current state to one that brings about desired results. Human Resources. Process Improvement.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 12, 2011

My last post illustrated how research with one Client pointed to leadership/culture development as the biggest internal change they must make. Poor Assessment of Systems/Processes and Perceptions/Attitudes. Leadership Lip Service: Behaviors Undefined and Underdeveloped. Not Building Cause and Capacity for Continuous Change.

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Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The third under appreciated area is the call for statistical leadership. Roger explores his work on the HIV/AIDS problem and how it relates to applying statistical and systemic thinking to improve people’s lives. There are many ways we need to fix our current economic system. And that was a sincere concern of his.

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The Practical Leader

JULY 11, 2011

.&# This draws from The Three Rings of Perceived Value model we developed at The Achieve Group (now part of AchieveGlobal) and featured in my second book Firing on All Cylinders: The Service/Quality System for High-Powered Corporate Performance.

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Deming Institute

JUNE 30, 2020

In one of his conversations found on YouTube and posted on January 11, 2010 (the year following his death), Dr. Ackoff provides the following insight about leaders doing the “right and wrong” things in the systems they lead: Peter Drucker said “There’s a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing.”

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The Practical Leader

MAY 14, 2012

As I fine tune next week’s Leadership and Culture Development for Higher Health and Safety webcast presentation, I’ve been reflecting on the lessons learned from the quality movement and the widespread failure to apply those to workplace safety. “Sloganeering” and Internal Marketing.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 26, 2013

When leaders are willing to make the shift away from bureaucratic work styles and structures, develop listening as a key management competence, generate cultures that welcome innovation, and build systems and processes that support this new way of working, their people will once again experience meaning and purpose in their working lives.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Current hierarchically oriented systems – no matter how lean and ‘matrixed’ – are relics of the bygone era of WWII industrialization and manufacturing. Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven'

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Sales Wolf Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

Carnival of Human Resources or Leadership Development Carnival ) in that it features a collection of blog posts from various authors that relate to given subject matter. Carnival of Human Resources or Leadership Development Carnival ) in that it features a collection of blog posts from various authors that relate to given subject matter.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Ohno’s inventions became the foundation of the quality movement that swept the world starting in the 1970s and ’80s and evolved into what is today known as the Toyota Production System. Complimentary Resource – Shifting the Focus for Profitability. Decision-Making Warning Flag 2 – The Silent Nod.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 23, 2011

Thus, today we have a number of process "religions": Statistical Process Control was followed by Total Quality Management, Business Reengineering, Six Sigma, Lean, and Business Process Management (BPM, which emphasizes process management software). Reflect on why initiatives have and have not worked in your organization.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

Conventional talent-management systems emphasize the need to give high performers appropriate experiences to help them ascend to more senior levels of management. But they do have, say, strong leadership skills or a different set of experiences that may be useful in a wider context. The benefits are often unexpected and interesting.

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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. We may take off in Greenland and land in the heat and humidity of Panama.

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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. This process is usually enhanced with the departing CEO’s involvement, as long as the board shows leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Here’s how Banner Health, one of the nation’s largest health systems, did it. Similar to health systems across the country, during the financial crisis Banner experienced substantial declines in patient volume and reductions in reimbursements amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2011

These were all good things and to be expected after investing many millions of dollars on people, systems, and consultants. The leadership got impatient waiting for demonstrated results. The system must be reviewed and validated by finance. But questions soon emerged: How do we know the model will work? What's it worth?

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2011

And, as many writers in this series argue, one of the chief means of fixing the system lies in focusing on the creation of long-term value. In this case the leadership team decided to focus on creating long-term value, not quarter-by-quarter improvement, through a values-based culture with empowered employees.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2013

drama's main players about leadership, negotiation, and protecting our (national) brand. Lean Six Sigma , which even made its way into a candidate pledge in the last presidential campaign , is one in a series of such business-to-government waves. The clamor won't be altogether misguided. Big data is rolling in after it.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

You're certainly not the only one shackled by these norms, and I don't blame you with the way our educational system is focused so rigidly on "correct answers" and standardized testing. And modern management systems must become far more adaptive. This must change. In my opinion, Beth Comstock and Col.

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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. This process is usually enhanced with the departing CEO’s involvement, as long as the board shows leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 6, 2012

They stand on the shoulders of the methods of "Process Strategy 1.0": Lean , Six Sigma , and Business Reengineering. will require aligned goals and supporting systems to manage work between partners. To keep such a multiparty system from degenerating into chaos, virtual process teams must have aligned goals and support systems.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A new civic infrastructure or group of senior leadership from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors must be built and dedicated to the problem. The keys to success: sustained executive leadership, including from the mayors themselves; specific, audacious goals; and data-informed decision making.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite. Make sure the program has a senior sponsor and is integrated across the company, ideally in the corporate university or leadership development departments.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

They’ve tried launching a large-scale program to monetize the company’s real estate, introducing a new marketing campaign, creating a new information system and “big data” approach, consolidating their buying categories, downsizing functions, testing new store concepts…the list goes on.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Convergence is not simply about combining ideas and technology; it is a primary leadership competency that allows organizations to design the right future. Everything, everyone, and every system evolves over time. Find Pivots. Apple created the online entertainment business retail pivot.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Such products have three components: physical components, “smart” components (sensors, controls, microprocessors, software, and enhanced user interface), and connectivity (one machine connected to another machine; one machine connected to many machines; and many machines connected to each other in a system). Both have a chance.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2015

Consider this: chief nursing officers (CNOs), who oversee large nursing workforces in midsize and major health systems, have knowledge-intensive jobs to begin with. This phenomenon of “too much to learn” is not only feeding the perception of critical skills shortages in many sectors, but it can also accelerate burnout.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2014

It is also worth noting that in this era, ownership of capital, which permitted acquisition and expansion of means of production (factories and other systems), was the basis for economic well-being. A wealthy industrialist, Joseph Wharton aspired to produce “pillars of the state” whose leadership would extend across business and public life.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2015

How can these companies overcome the inevitable leadership, organizational, and cultural challenges involved? Bill and his team set out to develop a system that could bring all GE machines onto one efficient cloud -connected platform. General Electric turns out to be an excellent case in point. ” Hiring for Growth.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Many change efforts fail because people reduce themselves to checking boxes in safe, defensible systems such as Lean and Six Sigma. Many change leaders use Six Sigma , Kaizen , and Lean for continuous improvement. Change management Execution Leadership' I found a few defining characteristics: 1.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2013

This failure is not for lack of effort — health systems are making massive investments in new infrastructure, technology, processes and managerial approaches designed to manage change, such as electronic health records, Six Sigma and Lean Management. There is no simple or single approach to building such a culture.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 23, 2014

As an approach, lean innovation lends itself especially well to corporate cultures, often engineering ones and others strongly focused on process-improvement programs such as Six Sigma. And when the learnings are captured in a knowledge management system, revenue jumps again.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Some maintained secret wait lists outside the system, officially adding patients 14 days before their scheduled appointments. 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.

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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. In our experience, most leadership development programs give scant attention to these innovation-enabling attitudes and behaviors. What’s the problem?

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2012

I fear that very dynamic is unfolding today with respect to a piece of language and a leadership aspiration that has become the Holy Grail for business thinkers like me. Its leadership said, "We want to 'democratize the skies' and give rank-and-file Americans the freedom to fly." That piece of language, that aspiration, is innovation.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 15, 2019

Brandt, CEO and founder of The MPI Group and an award-winning journalist, has devoted more than two decades to studying leadership in effective, purpose-driven organizations. Others may read this enthusiastically, thinking, “Yes, it isn’t me, it’s the system,” and yet you wouldn’t let them off the hook that easily, correct? Not at all.

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