Anyone can slay a dragon he told me, but try waking up every morning and loving the world, that takes a real hero – seen on a retail store wall
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The world is a better place because of those who refuse to believe they cannot fly Bill Gray
The Change Maestro’s Management Tip – When choosing a project to be undertaken, choose those that are leaning toward alignment with the corporate goals and mission
Your organization is presented with a problem, large or small, that is threatening to disrupt your process flow and the needs of your customer so how do you select the route forward/ First after selecting the makeup of the cross functional team members you need to review where you stand as an organization. Your empowered […]
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When I dream alone it is a dream, but when we dream together it is the beginning of reality – Yoko Ono
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Leader’s who don’t listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say (Andy Stanley)
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Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future Deepak Chopra
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Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer
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To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often Winston Churchill
The Change Maestro’s Management Tip – We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are
When we look at a problem. reality is not our companion. We tend to look at things in the way that creates the solutions to our problems in the easiest way. We are biased towards looking at the way to resolve the problem that entails the least amount of effort. But that is not how […]
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A goal should scare you a little, and excite you a lot. Joe Vitale
Reality, Perception and Your Workplace Culture Part 1: Is there a Problem?
In our book Reality, Perception and Your Workplace Culture I discussed the two views of the world that organizations have regarding problems. They either see them from looking in the mirror or looking out the window. They either see problems how they see the problems, or they see them as their customers see the problems. […]
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Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural environment. It has to be the fabric of the organization, not part of the fabric. Philip Crosby
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Quality is everyone’s responsibility Andy Stanley
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Quality means doing it right when nobody is looking Deepak Chopra
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Quality is not an act it is a habit Wayne Dyer
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The main difference between service and manufacturing is that the service department doesn’t know they have a product Winston Churchill
Don’t Let Racial Bias Creep into Work Assignments
Normally on Wednesday ‘s blog post we present issues surrounding process improvement, however I saw this post from the Harvard Business Review and thought it was appropriate for the times we are facing. When trying to address racial disparities, managers often focus on recruiting and hiring. But if you want to create a truly diverse, […]
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Putting out fires is not improvement of the process Joe Vitale
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A company cannot buy its way into quality Phillip Crosby
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The greatest waste in America is failure to use the abilities of people W. Edwards Deming
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Successful teams require team members to find meaningful experience from the team The essences of the world of collaboration that we are in coupled with the demands of the VUCA age and the generational demands is that in order to have successful teams all of the team members must feel that they have a worthwhile […]
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The aim of leadership should be to improve the performance of man and machine, to improve quality, to increase output, and simultaneously to bring pride of workmanship to people W Edwards Deming
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Cease dependence on inspection to achieve quality. Eliminate the need for inspection on a mass basis by building quality into the product in the first place. Henry Ford
Employee Empowerment Part 2
Have you every traveled to Montreal or gone into the ethnic sections of some of our bigger cities? What was the problem that you encountered? The chances are you encountered conversations, which you could not comprehend what was going on. For all you know they could be saying adverse things about you or your organization […]
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Your main responsibility is to seek solutions, not solve problems Aristotle
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You can’t see the picture, if you are inside the frame W. Edwards Deming
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You might say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one, I hope someday you’ll join us and the world will live as One. John Lennon
The Change Maestro’s Management Tip – A team is greater than its parts, It is not dependent on a single part
If you have followed this blog or are familiar with the tenants of process improvement you know that the basis of that effort is the coming together of the collective ideas of the organization to achieve that continuous process improvement. This collective effort should be in the form of a cross-functional team. Let’s explore what […]
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You are empowered to bring about change in your organization. Believe it!! W. Edwards Deming
Employee Empowerment Part 1
On July 1, Productivity Press will be releasing our new book on Employee Empowerment. One of the major discussions in the business world is: How do we get our human capital assets more engaged in the organization? Current Gallup Polls state that 85% of our employees are not engaged within their organizations. Employee Empowerment is […]
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You are perceived as being a commodity or a mediocre part of the organization if you don’t speak the language of business. W.Edwards Deming
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Why bake only a third of the pie? Use every tool at your disposal, not just one W. Edward Deming
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Who in your organization really matters – the people W. Edward Deming
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When we discover that the organization has some problems how we resolve the issue is not the desired end result.
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On cross functional teams, authenticity among members is the key to success Cross Functional Teams are the basis of our process improvement efforts in any organization. Because of that it is critical that members of the team be comprised of those who are working to solve our organizational issues be there because they really want […]
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What would it take for you to be the organizational super hero? John Lennon
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We must recognize the worth of everyone involved in the organizational processes #Empowerment
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We need to be speaking each other’s business languages
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We exist to meet the needs of our customers
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Waste is the silent corporate killer
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Are your cross-functional teams empowered to change? Empowerment is the key to successful process improvement. Sustainable change management only occurs when you have an empowered organization. An empowered organization occurs when you have an empowered and engaged human capital assets. To carry the thought forward, if you have engaged and empowered human capital assets they […]
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Want to learn what is going on in your organization take an employee to lunch
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Voice of the customer is paramount to success
Attached to choices are consequences, choose wisely
The source for many of my posts over the years has been the local churches announcing their upcoming sermons for the Sunday services and this one is no different. Originally I thought about this in a different context but the events of the past week have changed my focus. We are involved in an ever-changing […]
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Understand how one internal process feeds the next one
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The Future will be won by those who can spread their ideas better, faster, and more durable Jeremy Heimans, Henry Timms in New Power
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The Change Maestro’s Daily Tip -Try and lend a hand, not point a finger
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Be a mentor to those beneath you, in order to bring the organization up to the quality level you are seeking. #TLSContinuum We are in a new normal if you will and it began before the CoVid-19 shutdown. The role of the manager has changed to this new normal. The role of upper management has […]
Who are we as a Society or an organization?
I am currently experiencing the thrills of having a 4 year old old grandson running around the house. This is an experience, which I have not had to deal with in over forty years since my sons were born. But the events of this past week make me stop and wonder what type of organizations […]
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Truth in Brand – Our messages are centered on the importance of the customer to the organization