Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

I’d like to focus on a few areas of Dr. Deming’s career that perhaps are under appreciated, not talked about as much as some other areas. The third under appreciated area is the call for statistical leadership. Related: A Historical Look at Deming’s Career: Lecture by J. And that was a sincere concern of his.

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Rogers Deming Six Sigma Engineering 28

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

What I would offer, instead, are some ways to think about the problem, some guiding principles to keep in mind over the long haul of a career: Be realistic about work. At Quest Diagnostics, we turned things around, in part, by adopting Six Sigma, which aims at a standard of perfection. Walk Your Way to More Effective Leadership.

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Career Six Sigma Deming Advice 22

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 26, 2012

If I had to single out the leadership job that's hardest to do, I'd say head of sales. Manufacturing leaders can look to Six Sigma and other well-defined processes. I don't want to imply, of course, that just because leading sales is hard other leadership jobs are easy. I doubt there's an easy leadership job anywhere.

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Six Sigma Leadership Metrics Learning-by-Doing 17

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

Our team put Six-Sigma thinking to work. Dr. Burns' career has spanned scientific research; issues management; science and technology leadership and business management. Stephanie A. Burns, Ph.D., is CEO and Chairman of Dow Corning Corporation.

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Govindarajan Six Sigma Energy Transportation 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2013

The cultural values of loyalty and leadership are being redefined by the economic value of forecasting methodologies (PDF). Think of it as Six Sigma predictive analytics for talent. Yesterday" is a sunk cost. That changes the social — as well as the professional — contract. Or doesn't that matter anymore?

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Loyalty Franchising Six Sigma Sports 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2012

If you're an MBA-trained manager or executive, the odds are you were never, at any point in your educational or professional career given permission to fail, even on a "little bet." This seems like common sense; so why is it so hard? Three words: fear of failure. And modern management systems must become far more adaptive.

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Creativity Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Entrepreneur 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2014

Companies define career paths accordingly and carefully map, often in a linear fashion, the various roles one has to fill to reach higher management ranks. But they do have, say, strong leadership skills or a different set of experiences that may be useful in a wider context. Human resources Leadership Leadership development'

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Six Sigma Health Care Fashion Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A new civic infrastructure or group of senior leadership from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors must be built and dedicated to the problem. The keys to success: sustained executive leadership, including from the mayors themselves; specific, audacious goals; and data-informed decision making.

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Six Sigma Long-term Innovation Definition 9

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Obama nominated Robert McDonald , an Army veteran and experienced executive who had honed his leadership skills during a 33-year career at Proctor and Gamble, to attempt the difficult turnaround. The leadership team had to work through vestiges of VA’s rule-based past. Could the organization turn itself around?

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Six Sigma Learning-by-Doing Crisis Kotter 8