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Are we really preparing leaders for the future? For decades, leadership styles have been cut from the same mold. The way you act, interact and even dress have been outlined and detail in many ‘how-to’ books, platforms and educational curriculum. There have been generations of leaders shaping the future of our workforce from practices that are […]
[VIDEO] Building the Future With Elon Musk
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Elon Musk…innovator and visionary. The guy is mass producing electric cars that are sexy, digging tunnels under Los Angeles and trying to go to Mars. When he gets focused on a vision he typically makes it happen, against all odds. Recently, Tesla hit a downturn with manufacturing, and a board of directors who were seeking […]
5 Important Trends in Business Process Management
Business process management is constantly evolving, and it’s important to stay in touch with the current trends in the field, no matter how critical your leadership position might be to your organization. Generally speaking, every leader is a critical figure in the company they work for, and everyone should be on the same page when […]
How Run Charts Can Drive Improvement in Healthcare Settings
The run chart is a very simple, yet very powerful tool that sees many various kinds of uses across different industries and sectors. Some people tend to ignore it due to its apparent shallowness and inability to convey complex concepts, but the truth is that this kind of simplicity can actually be extremely beneficial in […]
5 Unique Challenges Seen in the Transactional Environment
Working in the transactional environment can present many unique problems for an organization to overcome, and a competent leader must learn to recognize them and possess the skills to overcome them. This can sometimes be particularly challenging, for example in cases of leaders who’re more used to working in a manufacturing environment and therefore familiar […]
Project Charter: Understanding the Main Elements
A project charter is an integral part of setting up and starting a major new project in any serious organization, and you will need to familiarize yourself with the basic concepts behind it if you want to be an able and well-informed leader. A project charter can basically be described as a combination between a contract […]
Thoughts for Success in 2018
Savvy business leaders understand that during the month of December, there just isn’t the same focus on success. There are too many distractions. Now that the holidays are over, the clock is ticking on 2018 and it is time to get refocused and back to work! For some, that is going to be much easier […]
Affinity Diagram – Why Is It Used?
Sometimes when running a major project in your organization, the amount of information you have to work with can start to quickly pile up, overloading you with details from all directions. It can be useful to have some sort of analytical grouping tool to make sense of it all, and thankfully, there are various utilities […]
Lean Manufacturing: The Basics of Workplace Organization
An efficiently organized workplace is the most fundamental step to guaranteeing the organization’s productivity and preparing it for major expansions in the future. Of course, actually knowing how to set things up in the most appropriate way for your current type of company is a different story, and it’s something that takes a lot of […]
Fundamental Parts of Statistics for a Lean Leader
Statistics is an integral part of lean methodologies, and any leader pursuing a professional development in the lean direction should definitely take a lot of time to fully grasp all the intricate details of the field that are relevant to their job. As it turns out, not all of statistics is directly relevant to someone […]