Last week I talked about five reasons your company culture matters. This week I want to offer five steps to improve your company culture. These steps came from an infographic I saw from the Digital Information Age. You might not offer the cultural benefits like Google, Ikea, and Amazon, but there are small steps you …
When you lead people, there a million opportunities to get distracted. Phone calls, responding to e-mail. Reading reports or deliverables from your employees. People asking questions or complaining to you. These tasks take a toll on staying focused on your work. Tip 1- Stay out of e-mail jail A natural tendency is to respond to …
As the pandemic has wreaked havoc within industries across the globe, the pressure is on for manufacturers to implement automated solutions to keep their workers safe. This is great, but “lights out” factories with no human workers have not gone so well. The keyword in cobots is collaborative. Watch a cool video here: A …
If you think you don’t have a company culture than that is your culture. You haven’t made a conscious decision to develop one. The problem is, with many employees working from home; they need something they can identify with. They need a True North to guide their activities, decision making and provide something bigger they …
Toyota identified seven wastes as they developed the Toyota Production System from 1948 to 1975. As the production system was integrated into Western culture the eighth waste- Not Listening to People’s Ideas was adopted. Let’s focus on using a DOWNTIME chart to identify waste. When put into the correct order, the eight wastes spell out …
With many of your employees working from home, it’s hard to maintain your company culture and ensure your employees are being supported. Culture is everything in an organization. It’s what allows good companies to become great while average companies stay average. I want to provide some tips for supporting and engaging remote employees so that …
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These are unprecedented times. My guess is many of your employees are working from home full time or at least part of the time. As a manager, the temptation might be to check in with your employees to make sure they are getting their tasks accomplished. Doing this too often, offering constant feedback, or stepping …
This week I am fortunate to speak with Chris Luckett the Network Manager of Process Excellence for the Kettering Health Network in Dayton Ohio. I hired Chris when he was a college student to be an intern at the consulting firm I was at. It was great to re-connect with him and learn about their …
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Let’s learn how 5G and blockchain need each other for success! Apple announced that it will release 5G phones this fall. That sounds exciting but remember 5G speeds use a different technology called millimeter wave technology. This is a shorter wavelength but doesn’t travel as far. The estimate I heard for Manhattan alone, instead of …
One of the key elements of a kaizen event is conducting a report out at the end of the event. Having led over 400 kaizen events, I believe I have found a successful report out format. Learn about my successful kaizen event report out format in this blog. Every company does their report outs differently. …
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