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GROW your Coaching and Mentoring0
- Development/Training, Leadership
- August 24, 2022
As a leader, one of your most important roles is to coach your people to do their best. By doing this, you’ll help them make better decisions, solve problems that are holding them back, learn new skills, and otherwise progress their careers. The GROW Model is a simple yet powerful framework for structuring your coaching
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10 Characteristics of Effective Performance Metrics0
- KPIs
- August 22, 2022
Most businesses understand the value of using metrics to assess the state of their company and validate the company is heading in the right direction. Organizational metrics, sometimes called Key Performance Indicators (KPI), are developed to understand the overall health of an organization. They provide the fundamental element of balanced scorecards and dashboards, which are
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Lean Quote: Don’t Fly Blind, Collect the Right Metrics0
- Lean Quote
- August 19, 2022
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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4 Ways To Build Trust During Times of Change0
- Leadership
- August 17, 2022
Trust is essential in a team, especially in times of change. People commonly resist change for a variety of reasons. Although you intend for the change to result in a positive outcome, change is often viewed as negative. If the people in an organization don’t trust their leaders, they won’t buy-in to the change. They
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7 Pitfalls to Avoid When Selection the Right Metrics0
- Lean Management
- August 15, 2022
Choosing the right metrics is critical to success, but the road to good metrics is fraught with pitfalls. As your endeavors to become more metrics-driven, beware of errors in the design and use of metrics. Here I compile the most common mistakes that teams are committing when using metrics, so you’ll know what not to
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Lean Quote: 7 Traits of a Leader0
- Leadership, Lean Quote
- August 12, 2022
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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Lean Tips Edition #191 (#3076 – #3090)0
- Lean Tips
- August 10, 2022
For my Facebook fans you already know about this great feature. But for those of you that are not connected to A Lean Journey on Facebook or Twitter I post daily a feature I call Lean Tips. It is meant to be advice, things I learned from experience, and some knowledge tidbits about Lean to
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Quality Excellence Culture: Going Above and Beyond0
- Quality
- August 8, 2022
Quality plays a critical role in every aspect of business performance. In today’s competitive environment, a strong quality excellence culture is no longer optional—it is a defining factor that separates sustainable organizations from those that struggle with customer trust, operational inefficiencies, and rising costs. Quality is not limited to products or services alone. It extends
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Lean Quote: A Boss vs A Leader0
- Lean Quote
- August 5, 2022
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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