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11 Dec Do Business Your Way

Posted at 19:48h in Business, Culture, Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, 80/20, Management, Manufacturing 0 Comments

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Entrepreneurs and business leaders in every industry work hard to bring out the best in people in order to get the most out of their business. Unfortunately, they often find themselves frustratingly stuck in the day-to-day issues that consume an inordinate amount of their time,...

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27 Nov Macro vs. Micro Management

Posted at 15:11h in Business, Culture, Ethics, Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, 80/20, Life, Management, Manufacturing, Team Performance 0 Comments

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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him. But of a good leader who talks little when his work is done his aim fulfilled they will say: We did...

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29 Oct Three Questions Every CEO Must Answer Correctly

Posted at 09:25h in Business, Leadership, Management, Morality, Team Performance 0 Comments

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Question 1: Are You Effectively Communicating What's Really Important? When a leader can truthfully and accurately answer this critically important question, the power of the 80/20 Principle can be tapped to motivate behaviors that unite organizational oneness in ways of purpose, attitude, goal and labor. Caution, are...

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22 Oct The Chief Mood Regulator

Posted at 14:49h in Leadership, Life, Management, Team Performance 0 Comments

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Harvard Business Review's Dan Goleman, declared, "The most effective leaders are alike in one crucial way: They all have a high degree of what has come to be known as emotional intelligence." Virtually every business leader will face growth and profit issues, but their inability to regulate...

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17 Sep The Dignity of Work

Posted at 15:57h in Business, Education, Ethics, Family, Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, 80/20, Management, Manufacturing 0 Comments

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We Were Born to Provide To awake each day with the purpose of doing something greater than self -- in the best interest of others -- might be the most uncontainable source of joy on earth. It's the Golden Rule in action. It's an honor beyond...

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21 Aug Be a Culture Fixer-Upper

Posted at 04:56h in Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, 80/20, Management, Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Team Performance 0 Comments

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Six Sigma has been described as the break-though improvement management tool of the last century. Recent business history showed that a typical company operated at 3.5-sigma based on process cost of quality. Companies that performed below 3-sigma were considered vulnerable to extinction. This is analogous to...

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14 Aug The Paradox of Pain

Posted at 12:45h in Business, Education, Ethics, Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, 80/20, Life, Management, Manufacturing, Morality, Six Sigma, Team Performance 0 Comments

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Utilitarianism is defined as an ethical philosophy in which the happiness of the greatest number of people [in society] is considered the greatest good. Absence of pain is considered good if it leads to happiness and pain is bad if it leads to unhappiness. Some people...

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12 Jun The Vital Leadership Link

Posted at 15:44h in Business, Culture, Leadership, Management, Morale, Team Performance 0 Comments

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Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt, in his highly praised and successful © 1984 book titled THE GOAL, A Process of Ongoing Improvement, first introduced his Theory of Constraints (TOC). It was a novel [and novel idea] that changed manufacturing [and business-thinking] throughout the world. Fundamentally, it was a...

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04 Jun Failing to Plan is a Plan to Fail

Posted at 14:18h in Business, Culture, Leadership, Management, Manufacturing, Team Performance 0 Comments

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The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. -Max de Pree It is astonishing to think how few companies define their market reality or have a master plan. After all,...

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28 May Leadership Fitness

Posted at 12:02h in Business, Education, Leadership, Lean Manufacturing, 80/20, Life, Management, Manufacturing, Teaching, Team Performance 0 Comments

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"Every time you eat or drink, you're either feeding disease or fighting it" - Heather Morgan, M.S., N.L.C. Optimal health begins on the inside. Exercise is an important part of any fitness journey, but the most critical element to achieving good health comes from the food...

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