Sharing Best Practices

Twas a 5S Christmas 0
- 5S, Sharing Best Practices
- December 24, 2012
The folks over at Graphic Products received this great holiday poem which they shared in their newsletter. I thought it would be great to share with all of you. Anonymous, 2012 ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the plant Machines were not running; production was scant. We’d been forced to shut down and
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Paul Akers Shares Tips for Morning Meetings 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- November 21, 2012
What’s the point of the morning meeting? Paul Akers says it is about building a team. You can not build a team when the leader is talking. The leader must ask employees questions so they talk. When employees talk you are building a team. What do you ask? Ask them “what bugs you?” Problems are
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A Ted talk about the Laws of Subtraction by the Author Matthew E. May 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- November 5, 2012
We live in an age of excess everything–an era of overwhelming choice, crippling complexity, and feature overload. Standing out in the age of excess everything demands a singular skill: Subtraction. The world’s most original innovators all know this: less is best. They know that by removing just the right things in just the right way,
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The Secrets of Success in Eight Words, in Three Minutes 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- October 31, 2012
Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart, or are they just lucky? Analyst Richard St. John condenses 7 years of research and 500 interviews from TEDTalks into an unmissable 3-minute presentation on the real secrets of success. If the video leaves you wanting more, St. John has written a book on these eight
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Fight Workplace Woes With On-The-Job Training 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- October 18, 2012
If you notice a decline in employee enthusiasm, it may be more than just spring fever in the air. Low morale is typically a symptom of something more serious than temporary mood swings or day-to-day conflicts among your employees. But fear not: one of the simplest and surest ways to lift employees’ spirits is to
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Productivity Today, To Do List are Evil, Life is for Living 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- September 13, 2012
Productivity is a frequent topic for discussion here. I came across and interesting presentation on productivity. This talk was presented at Ignite Charlotte 2 on February 8, 2011 at the Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte, NC. Flaviu Simihaian was speaker #13. Originally from Romania, now in Charlotte NC. Flaviu is obsessed with learning more about web
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