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Other Added - Status Quo Pep Talks That Can Threaten Your Leadership
Exploding Six Sigma Myths
Six Sigma doesn't improve the customer experience. It may seem that Six Sigma turns the focus away from the customer because it is driven by data. In so many companies, quality improvement is driven by the latest customer complaint, or some manager's latest issue. This may seem like you are being responsive to the customers, but such an ad hoc and scatter-shot approach is inefficient and ultimately doomed to failure. The question you need to ask is what data is presented to the organization in order to select improvement projects? Without the right data, how can you succeed? Unless the approach is systematic and t
tatus quo isn't that it gets poor results. After all, if you know you're getting poor resulSix Sigma doesn't improve the customer experience. It may seem that Six Sigma turns the focus away from the customer because it is driven by data. In so many companies, quality improvement is driven by the latest customer complaint, or some manager's latest issue. This may seem like you are being responsive to the customers, but such an ad hoc and scatter-shot approach is inefficient and ultimately doomed to failure. The question you need to ask is what data is presented to the organization in order to select improvement projects? Without the right data, how can you succeed? Unless the approach is systematic and t
Franchise Success in Food
Fast food and restaurants is and will still be the fastest growing segment of the franchise industry. While this may be so, your success is not guaranteed when you enter this race. Because of the popularity of food franchises, the market tends to become saturated with this type of business. More and more you see fast foods and restaurants vying for the same market are opening shops back to back or side to side in malls, commercial areas and almost every other place in the downtown area. Of course with the daunting number of choices, the overall financial performance of these types of franchises tends to bottom
Organizations live and die by results. Yet most organizations get a fraction of the results they are capable of. There are many reasons for this: poor strategy, poor leadership, insufficient resources, etc. But one main reason is overlooked by most leaders. Many organizations stumble because they are permeated with a robust status quo.Fast food and restaurants is and will still be the fastest growing segment of the franchise industry. While this may be so, your success is not guaranteed when you enter this race. Because of the popularity of food franchises, the market tends to become saturated with this type of business. More and more you see fast foods and restaurants vying for the same market are opening shops back to back or side to side in malls, commercial areas and almost every other place in the downtown area. Of course with the daunting number of choices, the overall financial performance of these types of franchises tends to bottom
The trouble with the status quo isn't that it gets poor results. After all, if you know you're getting poor result
Lean Manufacturing Quality Concept And Traditional Quality Concept – A Comparison
Have you ever thought “quality products are expensive”? You might be prepared to pay some extra money for a high quality product. I believe you have taken the correct move. It is always better to buy a better quality product or service than a low quality one. But I have a small problem regarding your concept about higher price you are paying. Why you should pay extra money to get good quality product. Strange question isn’t it? But I believe it is very much a valid question. I do not believe that you have to pay extra money for the quality. I will explain why.There are two types of manufacturers around. One
they are capable of. There are many reasons for this: poor strategy, poor leadership, insufficient resources, etc. But one main reason is overlooked by most leaders. Many organizations stumble because they are permeated with a robust status quo.Have you ever thought “quality products are expensive”? You might be prepared to pay some extra money for a high quality product. I believe you have taken the correct move. It is always better to buy a better quality product or service than a low quality one. But I have a small problem regarding your concept about higher price you are paying. Why you should pay extra money to get good quality product. Strange question isn’t it? But I believe it is very much a valid question. I do not believe that you have to pay extra money for the quality. I will explain why.There are two types of manufacturers around. One
The trouble with the status quo isn't that it gets poor results. After all, if you know you're getting poor resul
Vision, Feedback and Action – Three Meals a Day Keep the Corporate Doctor Away
Someone said that feedback is the breakfast of a champion. However, in today’s turbulent marketplace, surviving on breakfast alone is insufficient. You need three meals a day to keep the doctor away.In the corporate dietary system, you need vision for breakfast, feedback for lunch and action for dinner. Vision is a clear and precise mental portrait of a preferred future. Feedback is the return of a portion of the output to the input. Action is to the take a decision and execute. Vision and feedback without action is dreaming. Action without vision and feedback is wasting time. But vision, feedba
ficient resources, etc. But one main reason is overlooked by most leaders. Many organizations stumble because they are permeated with a robust status quo.Someone said that feedback is the breakfast of a champion. However, in today’s turbulent marketplace, surviving on breakfast alone is insufficient. You need three meals a day to keep the doctor away.In the corporate dietary system, you need vision for breakfast, feedback for lunch and action for dinner. Vision is a clear and precise mental portrait of a preferred future. Feedback is the return of a portion of the output to the input. Action is to the take a decision and execute. Vision and feedback without action is dreaming. Action without vision and feedback is wasting time. But vision, feedba
The trouble with the status quo isn't that it gets poor results. After all, if you know you're getting poor resul
Are You Suffering from Customer Service on the Brain
Every customer loves great customer service and nearly every company claims to have great customer service. Unfortunately the customers who have been surveyed generally say that only about 10 to 15% of the companies out there have this so-called great customer service.So what does this tell us really? It tells us that the rest of the 85 to 95% of the companies out there that tell us they have great service do not have good customer service at all.Show me a company with great customer service and I will show you a company full of employees from the top CEO all the way down to the janitor who are suf
ons stumble because they are permeated with a robust status quo.Every customer loves great customer service and nearly every company claims to have great customer service. Unfortunately the customers who have been surveyed generally say that only about 10 to 15% of the companies out there have this so-called great customer service.So what does this tell us really? It tells us that the rest of the 85 to 95% of the companies out there that tell us they have great service do not have good customer service at all.Show me a company with great customer service and I will show you a company full of employees from the top CEO all the way down to the janitor who are suf
The trouble with the status quo isn't that it gets poor results. After all, if you know you're getting poor resul
Do Business Owners Rely on Professionals Too Much? (DO They Have Any Choice?)
Do Business Owners Rely on Professionals Too Much? (Do They Have Any Choice?)By Art Consoli, author of “How to Evaluate and Profit from a Business Opportunity - The Entrepreneur’s Guide”I just had a conversation with a very successful real estate developer who told me two stories about lawyers; they are both worth passing on. In the first he mentioned that he had just received a bill from an attorney for sending a letter to a tenant who had not paid their last month’s rent. My friend said that the letter was less than a full page and the bill was for $1500. He decided this was excessive and took the
tatus quo isn't that it gets poor results. After all, if you know you're getting poor results, you can do something about it. You can start taking steps to turn them into good results.Do Business Owners Rely on Professionals Too Much? (Do They Have Any Choice?)By Art Consoli, author of “How to Evaluate and Profit from a Business Opportunity - The Entrepreneur’s Guide”I just had a conversation with a very successful real estate developer who told me two stories about lawyers; they are both worth passing on. In the first he mentioned that he had just received a bill from an attorney for sending a letter to a tenant who had not paid their last month’s rent. My friend said that the letter was less than a full page and the bill was for $1500. He decided this was excessive and took the
The trouble with the status quo is that it gets mediocre results but represents them as good results. And poor results are less harmful to an organization than mediocre results misrepresented as good results.
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