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Ever hear someone say “once this whatever is over, things will relax & we can put more focus on whatever” – you can insert all manner of things into either “whatever” in that phrase. I hear it all the time […]
January 19, 2016 - (0) comments - Change, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Learning, Management, Solving Problems, Standards
I’ve written before on leadership and challenging others. Last time was about having the courage to challenge anyone when things are not right. Today I write about challenging peers. I remember once when I was the Materials, Planning & Logistics Manager […]
January 12, 2016 - (0) comments - Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Learning, Management, Standards
Several discussions over the last few days have centred around standards and more specifically, enforcing them. One of the issues that is repeatedly discussed is to what extent. There are all sorts of standards that exist in any organisation. Most […]
November 18, 2014 - (0) comments - Leadership, Make Problems Obvious, Standards, Workplace Organisation
I’m not sure when it happened, I’m sure it was over a period of years. Over the last few decades probably, leadership seems to have become the “answer” and management has become a bad word. I like leadership; I do […]
October 14, 2014 - (0) comments - Change, Dynamic Organisations, Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Management, Standards
I couldn’t count the number of organisations I have worked in/with where they have been a bit upset when I have said that they have to establish a baseline (a standard) before they can improve. In one I was working […]
August 26, 2014 - (0) comments - Change, Leadership, Make Problems Obvious, Standards, Systems Thinking, Uncategorized
The Hawthorne Effect – we’ve probably all heard about it at some point, a training course some years ago or some consultant mentions it after you show him the dramatic improvement in results after adjusting focus. I’m not going to […]
January 14, 2014 - (0) comments - Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Solving Problems, Standards, Systems Thinking
We’ve probably all worked for a tyrant at one point or another, the one who likes confrontation, in fact thrives on the fear it instills in the rest of us who don’t. We probably looked forward to another time, when […]
December 17, 2013 - (0) comments - Leaders Developing People, Leadership, Standards
I wrote last week about the 3 root causes of pretty much all problems; lack of a standard, a standard that exists but is not followed and a standard that exists & is followed, but is insufficient in detail to […]
December 10, 2013 - (0) comments - Leadership, Learning, Make Problems Obvious, Process Confirmation, Standards
What is the standard? Do you have a standard? When drilling down to the root cause of any problem, this is probably THE key question to ask. Arguably, any root cause will be related to either a lack of a […]
December 03, 2013 - (0) comments - Solving Problems, Standards, Uncategorized
Struggling with the balance between standards & flexibility?
June 04, 2013 - 2 Comments - Change, Leadership, Lean, Standards
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