Women on Business

JANUARY 23, 2011

I’m very happy to announce that we have a Six Sigma Black Belt joining the WomenOnBusiness.com team of contributors. Please join me in welcoming Leona Charles of SPC Business Consulting to WomenOnBusiness.com. I know she’s going to bring unique insight with her!

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Six Sigma Team Consultative 167

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Originally this was written for a workshop called ‘Long Term Implementation of Lean Six Sigma within Organizations’ … and with some changes the content is applicable and valuable to anyone who manages, works on, and puts work teams together. The 10 Pitfalls are from ‘Six Sigma Team Dynamics’ George Eckes.

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Six Sigma Team Resistance Teamwork 139

Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 9, 2010

All the Six-Sigma, Lean, benchmarking and metrics in the world won’t help us lead people if we fail to recognize these realities. When we work in an environment that fails to recognize these realities, it affects our ability to become engaged and deliver sustainable results. It’s also damaging to our mental and physical health.

Leadership 400

Leadership Six Sigma Competitive Advantage Consensus 400

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

Implementing Lean Principles: Lean methodologies, like Six Sigma, can optimize processes and minimize inefficiencies. According to Carol Dweck’s research, individuals with a growth mindset are more likely to embrace challenges and persevere in the face of setbacks.

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Learning Organization Innovation Organization Six Sigma 259

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Specifically, become highly focused on who you are, what you stand for, and what your purpose is; identify the Top 20 Percent, Vital 70 Percent, and Bottom 10 Percent for each area of your life; achieve Six Sigma in all key aspects of your life and strive to accept nothing less than your best. The Not-So-Golden Rule.

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Six Sigma How To Self-aware Bottom-up 284

Engaging Leader

DECEMBER 6, 2012

A certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Megan has worked with companies throughout North America and in 14 different countries. A certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Megan has worked with companies throughout North America and in 14 different countries.

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Resistance Six Sigma Supply Chain Stakeholder Analysis 184

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Signs of a Lemming Leader: Use of jargon: Do you use the terms restructuring, high reliability, six sigma, just culture, strategic sourcing, population health, or employee engagement in your organization? Sounds a lot clearer than saying “we are going to embark on a six sigma project to improve efficiency,” doesn’t it?

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Six Sigma Storytelling Peer Review Open-book 209

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 23, 2013

I recently attended a fascinating webinar by MIT Sloan Professor Nelson Repenning that explained why proven capability building processes and tools like LEAN and Six-Sigma often go unused. Useful doesn’t always mean used.

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Management Six Sigma Leadership Short-term 298

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 12, 2013

Led a six-sigma project. . - Led a multi-function, diverse team. Worked in at least two difference countries. Have turned around a struggling business. Created an implemented a new go-to-market strategy. -

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Planning Skills Development Six Sigma 238

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Referenced : Six Sigma Team Dynamics; The Elusive Key to Project Success ; Eckes, George;Wiley: 2003. Facilitation is a skill that takes knowledge, practice and patience. Contact Mike and join the Train-The-Trainer workshop to master your facilitation skills. michael cardus is create-learning. image by dingler1109.

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Six Sigma Document Workshop Objective 153

Rich Gee Group

APRIL 26, 2022

A part of QI (quality improvement) and Six Sigma, the FADE Cycle is used by many prominent organizations globally. History: The FADE model was developed by Duke University, analyzing the acronym into four steps — Focus, Analyze, Develop, and Execute.

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Gantt Chart Tools Six Sigma Management 195

Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We got our black belts in six-sigma; words or acronyms like Kaizen, PDCA, TQM, QC and ISO became everyday parts of our work language. I was about to teach the customer segment of a Six Sigma class near Palmdale, CA, for Lockheed Martin. The benefits were significant. Fun Leaders Are Light.

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Six Sigma TQM Airlines Wilde 150

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

From Rath & Strong’s Six Sigma Team Pocket Guide.

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Six Sigma Team Building Conference Comparison 119

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Design by 12GrainStudio Developing::Leading::Be a part of High Performance Teams Thursday, October 07th, 2010 Posted by: mike ASQ Buffalo NY Lean Six Sigma Conference. The slide show information for the workshop I am facilitating with for the 2010 ASQ Buffalo Lean Six Sigma Conference.

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Six Sigma Development Team Workshop 108

Mike Cardus

MAY 20, 2013

Corporate Team Building Images Leadership Management Manager Training Organization Development Power Point Products Speaking Engagement Team Building create-learning team building and leadership leadership development lean leadership lean organization development quality leadership quality speaker quality teams six sigma team building'

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Quality Leadership Development Six Sigma Development 137

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 16, 2014

He has been practicing Lean Thinking and Six Sigma for 15 years as a certified Master Black Belt. David Shaked is an independent consultant—a positive change leader for individuals, teams, and organizations.

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Six Sigma Wilde Drucker Tools 75

Rich Gee Group

MARCH 16, 2018

I learned this method over 20 years ago during my Six Sigma/QAT training at ADVO. Here's a simple way of presenting your case - not only to yourself to fully analyze each permutation, but to convince all parties that you're on the right track. So here goes: 1. Start by defining the Current State. What's been happening?

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Six Sigma Metrics Audience Analysis 150

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 19, 2012

day training of Lean Six Sigma Master Belt Belts’ in Change Management, Project Management and Training Techniques. The above image was taken at a 2.5

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Six Sigma Document Training Participative 112

Rich Gee Group

MARCH 16, 2018

I learned this method over 20 years ago during my Six Sigma/QAT training at ADVO. Here’s a simple way of presenting your case – not only to yourself to fully analyze each permutation, but to convince all parties that you’re on the right track. So here goes: 1. Start by defining the Current State.

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Six Sigma Metrics Audience Learning-by-Doing 150

LDRLB

APRIL 17, 2013

Vonnegut’s argument was focused on political leaders but his list of actions that have to be done every single day whatever the cost (and preferably where there is a cost, since the psychopath likes hurting others), is familiar to many who have worked in frenzied environments. You know, “Do this! Buy ABN Ambro! Sell Orange! Reengineer!

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Six Sigma Long-term Cost Politics 166

Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Rath & Strong’s Six Sigma Team Pocket Guide. Does everyone know the method & procedure for the meetings? Do you have any examples of successful team meetings? michael cardus is create-learning. Referenced.

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Six Sigma Team Delegation Quality 142

Six Disciplines

DECEMBER 19, 2011

They won the award in 1988, drawing attention to Six Sigma as an approach to quality improvement. Since then, Six Sigma has widespread use throughout our economy. Steel) won the award , drawing attention to Six Disciplines as providing a complete program for strategy execution coaching and performance excellence.

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Six Sigma Strategic Planning Executive Coaching Knowledge Management 92

Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 4, 2016

You can have all the great plans, Six Sigma quality programs, and brilliant competitive positioning in the universe, but if the human beings doing the real work lack the competence, confidence and creativity to pull it off, you’re finished.

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Six Sigma Management How To Short-term 180

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 6, 2022

It’s a good idea for any leader to familiarize themselves with modern optimization methodologies – Lean and Six Sigma being perhaps the biggest contenders on that front. Advanced Optimization Methodologies.

Process 108

Process Six Sigma Long-term Consultative 108

Six Disciplines

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Perhaps it’s an over-reliance on highly data-driven methodologies like Six Sigma or lean. One failing in most business improvement approaches is the tendency to develop new or ideal processes on paper, without addressing elements of human behavior and human nature.

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Six Sigma Resistance Fashion Process 122

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the first phase, they highlight how companies were focused on process improvement via approaches such as Six Sigma and Total Quality Management. Stage 1 – process improvement.

Marketing 128

Marketing Six Sigma CRM Drucker 128

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Referenced: Six Sigma Team Dynamics; The Elusive Key to Project Success ; Eckes, George; Wiley: 2003. Now Your Turn; You have worked on a team, what worked? What dynamics were successful in getting the work done? Share let us know. michael cardus is create-learning.

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Team Six Sigma Project Committee 136

Six Disciplines

MARCH 24, 2011

Innovation and intrapreneurship, Total Quality Management, Six Sigma, reengineering, networked organizations — these were all conceptual handles that allowed executives to justify and develop new breakthrough practices.

Execution 101

Execution Six Sigma Strategy Information Technology 101

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 20, 2014

Bob''s blog entries "Less but better" Albert Einstein: "Make everything as simple as possible but no simpler" Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter Be Ridiculously Selective in Hiring People Check in Often to Ensure Meaningful Progress Communicate the Right Things to the Right People at the Right Time Crown Business David Shaked Discern (..)

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Six Sigma Wiseman Books Review 75

Women on Business

AUGUST 14, 2011

About the Author: Craig Calvin is Marketing Manager for [link] , leader in online six sigma certification. In this day and age, a company (even a large one) does not have to have four walls to be successful, nor does it have to have the high cost of permanent labor and all that comes with it.

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Six Sigma Insurance Guidelines Tools 189

Six Disciplines

AUGUST 16, 2013

Some of the more prominent approaches include Total Quality Management, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program, Six Sigma, ISO-9000, and Lean Manufacturing. Six Disciplines Execution Revolution by Gary Harpst. All of these programs have contributed to the Execution Revolution about to occur today. -

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Quality Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Deming 91

Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 23, 2013

When I first read Karen Martin’s book, The Outstanding Organization, her definition of a problem versus opportunity stuck with me. ”In recent years, it has become popular to avoid the word problem in organizations, recasting it instead as an opportunity for improvement.

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Definition Organization Books Positioning 443

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 6, 2012

Whilst the improvement of process is a mature activity, with methods such as lean, six sigma and BPM decades old. Continuous improvement is one of those areas that no organisation can afford to overlook. You are not watching this post, click to start watching read more

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Six Sigma BPM Maturity Management 69

Change Starts Here

JUNE 6, 2013

Jobs that focus on process improvement, such as industrial engineers, Six Sigma Black Belts, and operations managers, are usually redesigning people’s jobs. Project managers who incorporate change management into their projects facilitate smoother implementations by addressing the people element up front. Process Improvement.

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Six Sigma Management Human Resources Project 124

Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Setting a precedent Rath & Strong’s Six Sigma Team Pocket Guide. Reputation ? Others’ perception ? Control over events or departments ? Saving face ? Concerns about a relationship ? michael cardus is create-learning image by by Emergency Photography.

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Project Six Sigma Team Building How To 109

Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 16, 2015

You don’t need to be in a profit-producing role or be Six Sigma certified to be a productivity leader. Pennies aren’t worth much in today’s dollars, but add a few zeros on the end and it adds up quickly. It’s a leadership responsibility to identify and drive out waste when we see it.

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Products Productivity Six Sigma Transportation 120

Six Disciplines

JANUARY 31, 2011

Unlike most strategic planning models/frameworks that can be daunting, the Six Disciplines methodology is practical and pragmatic. Feliciano, Senior Managing Consultant / Strategy & Change Consultant, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt at IBM Global Business Services - Strategy & Change. ” ~ D.

Executive Coaching 101

Executive Coaching Execution Six Sigma Benchmarking 101