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You can have all the great plans, six sigma workouts, and brilliant competitive positioning in the universe, but if the human beings doing the real work lack the competence, confidence, and creativity to pull it off, you’re back to muddling through. Your strategy is only as strong as the ability to execute at the frontline. MORE
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? Guest post from Sandy Coletta: I know what you are thinking - a lemming is a follower and by its very definition, a leader isn’t a follower. MORE
Design of Experiments Data experiments Health care robust Six sigmaThis webcast, from GE Life Sciences, seeks to provide an understanding Design of Experiments (DoE) using an example of protein purification. It begins with a good overview of the reason why multi-factorial experiments must be used while changing multiple factors at the same time in order to see interactions between factors. These interactions are completely missed by one-factor-at-a-time experiments. MORE
Premium Tactical Execution Greg Gaskey lean operations lean six sigma overproduction strategydriven waste MORE
I learned this method over 20 years ago during my Six Sigma/QAT training at ADVO. Too often, people tend to solve problems by taking two divergent directions: They think of an idea — and zip off in that direction with no real assessment or planning. Measure once, cut twice. They over-analyze their problem to death without taking action. Analysis-Paralysis. The hardest part of any initiative or project is usually getting everyone on-board – mentally and physically. MORE
Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven Silent Killer #2: Not Listening. To truly listen does not mean merely hearing or paying attention. Listening is a specific type of active interpretation that shapes our realities. This largely unknown and certainly unrecognized skill is critical in the new business world. MORE
However, as we then helped Clients apply this approach, we ran into two problems: 1) Shortcomings in the customer-perceived quality of the organization’s core product or service and the quality of the support processes often subverted attempts to enhance Third Ring service; 2) Our narrower focus on service was not harnessing the power of the techniques within the emerging Total Quality Management/Continuous Quality Improvement movement (now evolved to Lean/Six Sigma.). MORE
They won the award in 1988, drawing attention to Six Sigma as an approach to quality improvement. Since then, Six Sigma has widespread use throughout our economy. Steel) won the award , drawing attention to Six Disciplines as providing a complete program for strategy execution coaching and performance excellence. Here's what they had to say about Six Disciplines. ). MORE
Corporate Team Building Images Leadership Management Manager Training Organization Development Power Point Products Speaking Engagement Team Building create-learning team building and leadership leadership development lean leadership lean organization development quality leadership quality speaker quality teams six sigma team building Quality Leadership Development from Michael Cardus. I’ve delivered variations of this workshop and talk at conferences and to teams in many places. MORE
Starting in the late eighties and eventually morphing into Lean/Six Sigma, the quality movement completely revolutionized management thinking throughout much of the western world. management American Society for Quality Control ASQ culture development leadership Lean/Six Sigma quality improvement safety improvements W. MORE
Schoemaker Saichiro Honda Six Sigma Thomas J. In Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure, Paul J. Schoemaker observes, “Our schools and organizations are designed for efficiency and order. These are fine principles but rarely encourage mistakes, either brilliant or foolish. Students are graded on how much they know, not on the degree to which they learn from [.]. MORE
Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven Silent Killer #4: Worship of Information. In our rush to ‘modernize’ everything and make our enterprises more efficient, we have mistakenly come to believe that information is our most valuable commodity. But data and information are useless without human beings to interpret them. MORE
I’m very happy to announce that we have a Six Sigma Black Belt joining the WomenOnBusiness.com team of contributors. Please join me in welcoming Leona Charles of SPC Business Consulting to WomenOnBusiness.com. I know she’s going to bring unique insight with her! About Leona Charles Leona Charles began SPC Business Consulting Ltd in 2007 to MORE
This session is for senior operating executives and organization/leadership development support professionals such as HR, Learning/Training, Organization Development, Safety, Lean/Six Sigma, Quality, Continuous Improvement, and Customer Service. management Alvin Toffler Continuous Improvement culture change culture development customer service Health & Safety leadership Lean/Six Sigma organization change Shift Happens MORE
Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven Silent Killer #3: Bureaucratic Styles. To most people, bureaucracy is a bad word, synonymous with ‘red tape’ and wasted time. MORE
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brad Power for the Harvard Business Review‘s “The Conversation&# series. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Do you have a process improvement [.]. MORE
It’s one of the key factors in the 50 – 70% failure rate for programs to increase safety performance, service and quality levels, Lean/Six Sigma, productivity, innovation, leadership skills. An example of this is this spring’s blogs on Lean/Six Sigma and how Toyota’s culture is what really makes the difference in their use of these tools. MORE
Corporate Team Building Team Building Team Building Agenda project management six sigma team building successful planning team leadershipThe team building I offer focuses on the team completing their work on time, within budget and quality specifications. Everything returns to the work and developing a team that wants to stay together and continue to work together. Team projects succeed of purpose. The 1st team meeting is crucial to setting the foundation of the work. MORE
Originally this was written for a workshop called ‘Long Term Implementation of Lean Six Sigma within Organizations’ … and with some changes the content is applicable and valuable to anyone who manages, works on, and puts work teams together. The 10 Pitfalls are from ‘Six Sigma Team Dynamics’ George Eckes. Pitfalls to Avoid in Creating and Leading Teams. MORE
Here is an article written by Jeff Haden for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * I think LinkedIn is the most effective social media platform for professional and business [.]. MORE
During our discussion, Forrest Breyfogle, author of Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume I – The Basics : Golfing Buddies Go Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard and CEO of Smarter Solutions, a global management coaching and consulting firm specializing in the design and application of innovative enterprise-wide performance measures and business solutions, shares his insights regarding: the importance of an integrated approach to organizational performance improvement. MORE
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Greg McKeown Crown Business/Imprint of Crown Publishing Group “Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.” ” Albert Einstein As I began to read this book for the first time, I was again reminded of the Einstein observation as well as Greg McKeown’s previous book, Multipliers: How the Best […]. MORE
Bob's blog entries "Black Belts" and Green Belts armed with explicit financial targets Balancing Push and Pull Approaches to Improvement big IT implementations Brad Power Companies should complement a top-down push with as much bottom-up pull as possible Harvard Business Review blog's "Conversation" series HBR email alerts Lean Enterprise Institute Lean Six Sigma initiatives with experts ("Belts") in command making improvement and adaptation a habit (even fun?) MORE
Tactical Execution excess inventory execution waste Greg Gaskey lean operations lean six sigma strategydriven MORE
He has been practicing Lean Thinking and Six Sigma for 15 years as a certified Master Black Belt. David Shaked is an independent consultant—a positive change leader for individuals, teams, and organizations. David is also a practitioner and teacher of several strength-based approaches to change (such as Appreciative Inquiry, Solution-Focus coaching and Positive Deviance) bringing […]. MORE
Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven Silent Killer #1: Degenerative Moods. A mood is a predisposition for action. As human beings, we are always living in one mood or another. This is an inescapable aspect of life. We are mood-driven creatures, and our moods are the foundations from which we assess and move in the world. MORE
It is an actionable guide titled “Implementing Lean Six Sigma in 30 Days” that aims to help readers in understanding the Lean Six Sigma methodology and solve problems that undermine quality and inhibit efficiency. Lean Six Sigma offers a way of answering this question, combining the approaches of both Lean and Six Sigma in a way that offers an opportunity for exponential improvement in a way that is manageable, flexible and sustainable. MORE
execution fear and courage productivity clarity Karen Martin Lean Six Sigma opportunities problem solving quality quality programs risk fear the Outstanding Organization trustWhen I first read Karen Martin’s book, The Outstanding Organization, her definition of a problem versus opportunity stuck with me. ”In recent years, it has become popular to avoid the word problem in organizations, recasting it instead as an opportunity for improvement. MORE
Premium Tactical Execution eliminated non-value-added work Greg Gaskey lean six sigma operational efficiency strategydriven All high-performing organizations continually look for ways to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency. In fact, in slower economic times or sales periods, organizational leaders often find themselves in situations that require the reduction of discretionary budgets and resources while trying to maintain throughput and organizational expertise. MORE
Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven Silent Killer #6: Modern Indentured Servitude. Today’s world is one of sharp contrasts. As a society, we have more choices, opportunities, wealth, and prosperity than at any other point in human history. Yet, we are also more depressed, dissatisfied, and despondent than ever before. MORE
We’ve been working with more and more executive teams who proclaim strategies for transforming their culture toward higher safety, customer service, innovation, Lean/Six Sigma approaches, productivity, employee engagement, or new technology platforms. Six Core Components for a Peak Performance Culture. Organizational culture development is a complex topic with many intertwined leadership components. MORE
Bob's blog entries "Black Belts" Brad Power Business Process Management (BPM) Chemical company Air Products four process improvement "religions" General Electric Harvard Business Review blog Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts Kaizen Lean Lean "senseis" Lean Enterprise Institute Michael Hammer Motorola Shell Oil Six Sigma the Toyota Production System Toyota Uniting the Religions of Process Improvement MORE
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. I was about to teach the customer segment of a Six Sigma class near Palmdale, CA, for Lockheed Martin. I was a part of a consulting team bringing six sigma and lean thinking to Lockheed-Martin. Few American presidents were more fun loving than Theodore Roosevelt. MORE
The post Six Sigma, Kaizen And… Love? It is truly annoying – and expensive – to have a business process that does not actually work and just wastes up all of your resources. What can make it even duller is its. Read more. MORE
We must now focus our attention on eliminating the six ‘modern’ wastes: Degenerative Moods. Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven The last decade ushered in an economic meltdown and technological breakthroughs that have forever changed the business world as we knew it. MORE
A certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Megan has worked with companies throughout North America and in 14 different countries. A certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Megan has worked with companies throughout North America and in 14 different countries. ©iStockphoto.com/AnsonLu. Guest Megan Burns is a consultant, speaker, & managing director of Operations Strategy Consulting. MORE
Design by 12GrainStudio Developing::Leading::Be a part of High Performance Teams Thursday, October 07th, 2010 Posted by: mike ASQ Buffalo NY Lean Six Sigma Conference. The slide show information for the workshop I am facilitating with for the 2010 ASQ Buffalo Lean Six Sigma Conference. To register Developing / Leading / Being Part of Effective 6 Sigma Teams Who should attend and why? MORE
Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven Silent Killer #5: Suppressing Innovation. Thanks to the bureaucracy and lack of listening that exists in most companies today, we have created working environments that stifle the creativity, original thought, and innovation that make our human capital so valuable. MORE
Whilst the improvement of process is a mature activity, with methods such as lean, six sigma and BPM decades old. Continuous improvement is one of those areas that no organisation can afford to overlook. You are not watching this post, click to start watching read more MORE
Premium Tactical Execution Greg Gaskey lean operations lean six sigma overproduction strategydriven waste MORE
Corporate Team Building Team Building front line team development lean leadership manfacturing six sigma team buildingLeading team building & leadership consulting, coaching and training for several different sectors, levels of organizations, and people. Manufacturing is a place of that I enjoy working. Having my start in training and development while working for Bic in Charlotte NC. That time really impacted my life. MORE
Thinking the Six Sigma way for customer service). Without going into detail, my wife and I had a disappointing experience with a restaurant over the weekend. Not terrible – just disappointing. I got to thinking… It’s no secret that customer service needs to improve, in a lot of arenas. MORE
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…. Pitfalls in Six Sigma Teams. Steps to Keep Lean Six Sigma Within the Organization. Hire Mike. Want to discuss your company and working with your quality team to create a culture of quality improvement? MORE
I learned this method over 20 years ago during my Six Sigma/QAT training at ADVO. Too often, people tend to solve problems by taking two divergent directions: They think of an idea — and zip off in that direction with no real assessment or planning. Measure once, cut twice. They over-analyze their problem to death without taking action. Analysis-Paralysis. The hardest part of any initiative or project is usually getting everyone on-board - mentally and physically. MORE
Six Sigma Related Topics Steve Farber
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
The post Six Sigma, Kaizen And… Love? It is truly annoying – and expensive – to have a business process that does not actually work and just wastes up all of your resources. What can make it even duller is its. Read more.
QAspire
DECEMBER 29, 2014
It is an actionable guide titled “Implementing Lean Six Sigma in 30 Days” that aims to help readers in understanding the Lean Six Sigma methodology and solve problems that undermine quality and inhibit efficiency. Lean Six Sigma offers a way of answering this question, combining the approaches of both Lean and Six Sigma in a way that offers an opportunity for exponential improvement in a way that is manageable, flexible and sustainable.
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First Friday Book Synopsis
OCTOBER 3, 2016
Thinking the Six Sigma way for customer service). Without going into detail, my wife and I had a disappointing experience with a restaurant over the weekend. Not terrible – just disappointing. I got to thinking… It’s no secret that customer service needs to improve, in a lot of arenas.
Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 23, 2013
execution fear and courage productivity clarity Karen Martin Lean Six Sigma opportunities problem solving quality quality programs risk fear the Outstanding Organization trustWhen I first read Karen Martin’s book, The Outstanding Organization, her definition of a problem versus opportunity stuck with me. ”In recent years, it has become popular to avoid the word problem in organizations, recasting it instead as an opportunity for improvement.
First Friday Book Synopsis
MAY 16, 2014
He has been practicing Lean Thinking and Six Sigma for 15 years as a certified Master Black Belt. David Shaked is an independent consultant—a positive change leader for individuals, teams, and organizations. David is also a practitioner and teacher of several strength-based approaches to change (such as Appreciative Inquiry, Solution-Focus coaching and Positive Deviance) bringing […].
Mike Cardus
OCTOBER 15, 2013
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…. Pitfalls in Six Sigma Teams. Steps to Keep Lean Six Sigma Within the Organization. Hire Mike. Want to discuss your company and working with your quality team to create a culture of quality improvement?
First Friday Book Synopsis
JUNE 11, 2011
Bob's blog entries "Black Belts" and Green Belts armed with explicit financial targets Balancing Push and Pull Approaches to Improvement big IT implementations Brad Power Companies should complement a top-down push with as much bottom-up pull as possible Harvard Business Review blog's "Conversation" series HBR email alerts Lean Enterprise Institute Lean Six Sigma initiatives with experts ("Belts") in command making improvement and adaptation a habit (even fun?)
First Friday Book Synopsis
MARCH 31, 2012
Schoemaker Saichiro Honda Six Sigma Thomas J. In Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure, Paul J. Schoemaker observes, “Our schools and organizations are designed for efficiency and order. These are fine principles but rarely encourage mistakes, either brilliant or foolish. Students are graded on how much they know, not on the degree to which they learn from [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
APRIL 20, 2014
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Greg McKeown Crown Business/Imprint of Crown Publishing Group “Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler.” ” Albert Einstein As I began to read this book for the first time, I was again reminded of the Einstein observation as well as Greg McKeown’s previous book, Multipliers: How the Best […].
First Friday Book Synopsis
MARCH 24, 2011
Bob's blog entries "Black Belts" Brad Power Business Process Management (BPM) Chemical company Air Products four process improvement "religions" General Electric Harvard Business Review blog Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts Kaizen Lean Lean "senseis" Lean Enterprise Institute Michael Hammer Motorola Shell Oil Six Sigma the Toyota Production System Toyota Uniting the Religions of Process Improvement
First Friday Book Synopsis
APRIL 12, 2011
Here is an excerpt from an article written by Brad Power for the Harvard Business Review‘s “The Conversation&# series. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, and sign up for a subscription to HBR email alerts, please click here. * * * Do you have a process improvement [.].
First Friday Book Synopsis
JULY 15, 2011
Here is an article written by Jeff Haden for BNET, The CBS Interactive Business Network. To check out an abundance of valuable resources and obtain a free subscription to one or more of the BNET newsletters, please click here. * * * I think LinkedIn is the most effective social media platform for professional and business [.].
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 26, 2013
Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven Silent Killer #6: Modern Indentured Servitude. Today’s world is one of sharp contrasts. As a society, we have more choices, opportunities, wealth, and prosperity than at any other point in human history. Yet, we are also more depressed, dissatisfied, and despondent than ever before.
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Mike Cardus
MAY 20, 2013
Corporate Team Building Images Leadership Management Manager Training Organization Development Power Point Products Speaking Engagement Team Building create-learning team building and leadership leadership development lean leadership lean organization development quality leadership quality speaker quality teams six sigma team building Quality Leadership Development from Michael Cardus. I’ve delivered variations of this workshop and talk at conferences and to teams in many places.
Mike Cardus
MARCH 5, 2013
Corporate Team Building Team Building Team Building Agenda project management six sigma team building successful planning team leadershipThe team building I offer focuses on the team completing their work on time, within budget and quality specifications. Everything returns to the work and developing a team that wants to stay together and continue to work together. Team projects succeed of purpose. The 1st team meeting is crucial to setting the foundation of the work.
Curious Cat
AUGUST 4, 2016
Design of Experiments Data experiments Health care robust Six sigmaThis webcast, from GE Life Sciences, seeks to provide an understanding Design of Experiments (DoE) using an example of protein purification. It begins with a good overview of the reason why multi-factorial experiments must be used while changing multiple factors at the same time in order to see interactions between factors. These interactions are completely missed by one-factor-at-a-time experiments.
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven Silent Killer #2: Not Listening. To truly listen does not mean merely hearing or paying attention. Listening is a specific type of active interpretation that shapes our realities. This largely unknown and certainly unrecognized skill is critical in the new business world.
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
Tactical Execution excess inventory execution waste Greg Gaskey lean operations lean six sigma strategydriven
Strategy Driven
OCTOBER 22, 2013
Premium Tactical Execution Greg Gaskey lean operations lean six sigma overproduction strategydriven waste
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 12, 2013
Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven Silent Killer #4: Worship of Information. In our rush to ‘modernize’ everything and make our enterprises more efficient, we have mistakenly come to believe that information is our most valuable commodity. But data and information are useless without human beings to interpret them.
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
Premium Tactical Execution Greg Gaskey lean operations lean six sigma overproduction strategydriven waste
Mike Cardus
MARCH 26, 2012
Corporate Team Building Team Building front line team development lean leadership manfacturing six sigma team buildingLeading team building & leadership consulting, coaching and training for several different sectors, levels of organizations, and people. Manufacturing is a place of that I enjoy working. Having my start in training and development while working for Bic in Charlotte NC. That time really impacted my life.
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 7, 2013
We must now focus our attention on eliminating the six ‘modern’ wastes: Degenerative Moods. Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven The last decade ushered in an economic meltdown and technological breakthroughs that have forever changed the business world as we knew it.
Strategy Driven
OCTOBER 8, 2013
Premium Tactical Execution eliminated non-value-added work Greg Gaskey lean six sigma operational efficiency strategydriven All high-performing organizations continually look for ways to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency. In fact, in slower economic times or sales periods, organizational leaders often find themselves in situations that require the reduction of discretionary budgets and resources while trying to maintain throughput and organizational expertise.
Mike Cardus
OCTOBER 7, 2010
Design by 12GrainStudio Developing::Leading::Be a part of High Performance Teams Thursday, October 07th, 2010 Posted by: mike ASQ Buffalo NY Lean Six Sigma Conference. The slide show information for the workshop I am facilitating with for the 2010 ASQ Buffalo Lean Six Sigma Conference. To register Developing / Leading / Being Part of Effective 6 Sigma Teams Who should attend and why?
The Practical Leader
OCTOBER 12, 2011
This session is for senior operating executives and organization/leadership development support professionals such as HR, Learning/Training, Organization Development, Safety, Lean/Six Sigma, Quality, Continuous Improvement, and Customer Service. management Alvin Toffler Continuous Improvement culture change culture development customer service Health & Safety leadership Lean/Six Sigma organization change Shift Happens
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 19, 2013
Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven Silent Killer #5: Suppressing Innovation. Thanks to the bureaucracy and lack of listening that exists in most companies today, we have created working environments that stifle the creativity, original thought, and innovation that make our human capital so valuable.
Strategy Driven
DECEMBER 5, 2013
Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven Silent Killer #3: Bureaucratic Styles. To most people, bureaucracy is a bad word, synonymous with ‘red tape’ and wasted time.
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
Management & Leadership Tactical Execution business management Chris Majer employee engagement employee productivity lean six sigma strategydriven Silent Killer #1: Degenerative Moods. A mood is a predisposition for action. As human beings, we are always living in one mood or another. This is an inescapable aspect of life. We are mood-driven creatures, and our moods are the foundations from which we assess and move in the world.
The Practical Leader
AUGUST 17, 2011
It’s one of the key factors in the 50 – 70% failure rate for programs to increase safety performance, service and quality levels, Lean/Six Sigma, productivity, innovation, leadership skills. An example of this is this spring’s blogs on Lean/Six Sigma and how Toyota’s culture is what really makes the difference in their use of these tools.
The Practical Leader
JULY 11, 2011
However, as we then helped Clients apply this approach, we ran into two problems: 1) Shortcomings in the customer-perceived quality of the organization’s core product or service and the quality of the support processes often subverted attempts to enhance Third Ring service; 2) Our narrower focus on service was not harnessing the power of the techniques within the emerging Total Quality Management/Continuous Quality Improvement movement (now evolved to Lean/Six Sigma.).
The Practical Leader
AUGUST 31, 2011
We’ve been working with more and more executive teams who proclaim strategies for transforming their culture toward higher safety, customer service, innovation, Lean/Six Sigma approaches, productivity, employee engagement, or new technology platforms. Six Core Components for a Peak Performance Culture. Organizational culture development is a complex topic with many intertwined leadership components.
The Practical Leader
MAY 14, 2012
Starting in the late eighties and eventually morphing into Lean/Six Sigma, the quality movement completely revolutionized management thinking throughout much of the western world. management American Society for Quality Control ASQ culture development leadership Lean/Six Sigma quality improvement safety improvements W.
Women on Business
JANUARY 23, 2011
I’m very happy to announce that we have a Six Sigma Black Belt joining the WomenOnBusiness.com team of contributors. Please join me in welcoming Leona Charles of SPC Business Consulting to WomenOnBusiness.com. I know she’s going to bring unique insight with her! About Leona Charles Leona Charles began SPC Business Consulting Ltd in 2007 to
Strategy Driven
SEPTEMBER 28, 2019
During our discussion, Forrest Breyfogle, author of Integrated Enterprise Excellence, Volume I – The Basics : Golfing Buddies Go Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard and CEO of Smarter Solutions, a global management coaching and consulting firm specializing in the design and application of innovative enterprise-wide performance measures and business solutions, shares his insights regarding: the importance of an integrated approach to organizational performance improvement.
Lead Change Blog
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
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. I was about to teach the customer segment of a Six Sigma class near Palmdale, CA, for Lockheed Martin. I was a part of a consulting team bringing six sigma and lean thinking to Lockheed-Martin. Few American presidents were more fun loving than Theodore Roosevelt.
Chartered Management Institute
MAY 6, 2012
Whilst the improvement of process is a mature activity, with methods such as lean, six sigma and BPM decades old. Continuous improvement is one of those areas that no organisation can afford to overlook. You are not watching this post, click to start watching read more
Let's Grow Leaders
JUNE 18, 2014
You can have all the great plans, six sigma workouts, and brilliant competitive positioning in the universe, but if the human beings doing the real work lack the competence, confidence, and creativity to pull it off, you’re back to muddling through. Your strategy is only as strong as the ability to execute at the frontline.
Six Disciplines
DECEMBER 19, 2011
They won the award in 1988, drawing attention to Six Sigma as an approach to quality improvement. Since then, Six Sigma has widespread use throughout our economy. Steel) won the award , drawing attention to Six Disciplines as providing a complete program for strategy execution coaching and performance excellence. Here's what they had to say about Six Disciplines. ).
Great Leadership By Dan
OCTOBER 19, 2017
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? Guest post from Sandy Coletta: I know what you are thinking - a lemming is a follower and by its very definition, a leader isn’t a follower.
Engaging Leader
DECEMBER 6, 2012
A certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Megan has worked with companies throughout North America and in 14 different countries. A certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Megan has worked with companies throughout North America and in 14 different countries. ©iStockphoto.com/AnsonLu. Guest Megan Burns is a consultant, speaker, & managing director of Operations Strategy Consulting.
Rich Gee Group
MARCH 16, 2018
I learned this method over 20 years ago during my Six Sigma/QAT training at ADVO. Too often, people tend to solve problems by taking two divergent directions: They think of an idea — and zip off in that direction with no real assessment or planning. Measure once, cut twice. They over-analyze their problem to death without taking action. Analysis-Paralysis. The hardest part of any initiative or project is usually getting everyone on-board - mentally and physically.
Rich Gee Group
MARCH 16, 2018
I learned this method over 20 years ago during my Six Sigma/QAT training at ADVO. Too often, people tend to solve problems by taking two divergent directions: They think of an idea — and zip off in that direction with no real assessment or planning. Measure once, cut twice. They over-analyze their problem to death without taking action. Analysis-Paralysis. The hardest part of any initiative or project is usually getting everyone on-board – mentally and physically.
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