ASQ's Influential Voices Archives

10 Ways to Be a Successful Change Leader 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Change Management
- June 17, 2019
This month’s ASQ’s Influential Voices topic is about change leadership. In today’s current climate transformation is a common term and transformative efforts are a regular occurrence. Although these efforts are common, according to Harvard Business Review two-thirds of large-scale transformation efforts fail. Research has proven that effective leadership is crucial for a change initiative to be
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Change Management: Advice on Managing Resistance to Change 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Change Management
- September 17, 2018
ASQ’s Influential Voices were asked in the recent roundtable topic about change management, specifically: It’s often said that people don’t resist “change” so much as they resist “being changed.” So, the job of change management is clear: In a nutshell, you must explain why the affected people should want to change, and thereby cultivate readiness
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5 Ways to Get Management Buy-in 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Lean Management
- December 7, 2015
This month Dr. Suresh Gettala writes about the Talking To the C-Suite About Quality in the monthly ASQ Influential Voices post. Management commitment is a “must” to any initiative. In fact, it is the driving force. Procedures, tools, and database are all useless if the management does not want to see an improvement culture in
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Leadership is Responsible for Vision, Strategy, and Alignment 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Leadership
- September 16, 2015
On ASQ’s blog the monthly topic presented by Influential Voices Blogger Pat La Londe is about vision, leadership, and values. Strong leadership is essential to developing and sustaining a culture of quality. If an organization is seeking to improve its culture of quality, a closer look at the three areas —vision, values and leadership—is likely
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Shaping Your Company’s Culture to Drive Performance 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Culture
- August 24, 2015
On ASQ’s blog the monthly topic presented by Influential Voices Blogger James Lawther is about what not to do when creating a performance culture. Culture change is a frequent topic for us change managers where continuous improvement initiatives are underway. Corporate culture, safety culture, quality culture, lean culture, … We talk about culture all the
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Sharing Knowledge Technology and Networking 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Sharing Best Practices
- August 10, 2015
This month on ASQ’s blog ASQ Influential Voices blogger Manu Vora started a discussion on sharing knowledge technology. Learning is the key to success—some would even say survival—in today’s organizations. Knowledge should be continuously enriched through both internal and external learning. For this to happen, it is necessary to support and energize organization, people, knowledge,
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