When you are preparing to start a new improvement project, or perhaps look for a new job, promotion or grow your business there are lots of things that you need to prepare in advance. You need to give attention to those things will yield success and this requires focus. By following the 5 ways to…
Believe in yourself If you’re faced with a ‘failing’ improvement project what would you do? There’s many reasons why projects fail. I’d say that the lack of stakeholder engagement is a common cause.
Getting your key performance indicators (KPIs) wrong can be a costly error for your business. When used effectively they can give significant competitive advantage, improve cost control and reduce overall process waste. If KPIs are that important why is it that understanding KPIs can be a real conundrum for some managers?
What is this thing called Lean? The science of Lean could help you improve your business, drive quality and delivery performance to customers, reduce business costs and empower your workforce towards a culture of continuous improvement. Too good to be true, it doesn’t have to be?
Lean and quality improvement are an excellent way to drive operational excellence across your organisation, empower staff in process improvement and drive customer satisfaction. The thought of quality improvement can be daunting as you’re ‘really busy’, and ‘it’s just not the right time to be thinking about an improvement project’.
Planning and preparing to be productive is a full-time job, let alone the time actually spent being productive. From the early morning review, to focussing on being ‘focussed’ and not flicking from one social media notification to the other, being productive is tiring. Being productive is rewarding (let’s face it you get loads done) and…
One of the many things that all good leaders have in common is they have the respect and admiration of those around them and being acutely aware of the responsibility that they carry. Yet, becoming a ‘good’ leader can be so elusive. In this post I’m going to share my 6 Simple daily actions…
