Leadership
We Want You to be the Jury Foreman
I remember opening the mail one day and seeing a jury summons notice. If I’d gotten three, I gotten a dozen and always figured out a way to get out of jury duty. Something about this time was different. I [...]
How Business Leaders Cheat Thier People and Limit Growth
Last week I was with two executives from the same company discussing an issue they were having. One (Joe) was feeling overrun and overworked. The other (Mike) agreed and was concerned about it.
The discussion continued and I asked for a specific example [...]
How to Lead Your Business Through the Recession
What on earth should business leaders do in a recession? What should managers and executives do in THIS recession?
One by one, countries are succumbing to recession as a result of the global credit crunch. Every day, more companies announce thousands of redundancies, the [...]
The Key to Retaining the Right Staff
What is it ‘exactly’ that motivates people? Prestige?Money? A key to the executive bathroom?
Honestly, I doubt weather any of them individually that well or for very long. Yes we all need money. We have to feed and house ourselves and our [...]
Conflict in the Workplace
Conflict is part of life, and it is perhaps close to inevitable in the workplace. As you and your coworkers work toward developing new ideas and improving and marketing your products and services, clashes in personality, philosophy, and intent are not just expected, [...]
What We Miss from Our Leaders
What do we really know about our leaders? We yearn to know enough to be confident in following them and, ideally, to emulate them. Perhaps you can name the leaders in the forefront of your industry or profession. Maybe you believe you could [...]
Overcome Divisions to Joyfully Connect People and Accomplish More as a Constructive Business Leader
In explaining success, some people are quick to assert that “It’s all in who you know.” But how many act on that observation to get to know more people?
Relatively few, I believe. More often, this statement serves merely as an excuse to [...]
Six Sigma Benchmarking Details
The Six Sigma methodology focuses on the drastic reduction of process variation and product defects. The result is processes which are very robust, which make very efficient use of resources and assets, and which result in highly efficient organizations. Achievement of Six Sigma [...]
Six Sigma Green Belt Training
Most organizations find it useful to have a way to evaluate the capacity of products, services, and processes. This step provides them with an idea of where they are on the Six Sigma map, where to focus improvement projects, as well as point [...]
Lean Six Sigma Certification Top to Bottom
Training for Six Sigma must flow down from top to bottom. If Six Sigma is to be driven off the strategic issues of the business, then it follows that senior management must gain adequate exposure to Six Sigma philosophy, concepts, and methodology before [...]
