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Are you a Leader or a Lemming?

Great Leadership By Dan

Signs of a Lemming Leader: Use of jargon: Do you use the terms restructuring, high reliability, six sigma, just culture, strategic sourcing, population health, or employee engagement in your organization? Sounds a lot clearer than saying “we are going to embark on a six sigma project to improve efficiency,” doesn’t it?

Six Sigma 209
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What we see…

Deming Institute

defects per million opportunities, the standard for Six Sigma Quality, or zero defects, the quality standard of Philip Crosby. I also began a self-study effort to explore all things quality, from Philip Crosby and Zero Defects to Genichi Taguchi and Robust Design to Six Sigma Quality and the critical desire to reduce defect rates to 6.3

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How Leaders Can Help Others Influence Them

Harvard Business Review

In the 1960s and 1970s, we embraced participative leadership ; in the 1990s, we were lured by the learning organization. More recently, we have focused on the value of Lean, Six Sigma , and diversity.