• Delegation vs Empowerment

    Delegation vs Empowerment0

    As a business leader, you have a responsibility to develop others, leverage your resources, and create an environment that engages people to volunteer their commitment. These are traits of a good leader, and one of the most effective tools you can use to fulfill your responsibilities and allow others to contribute is delegation and empowerment.

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  • 4 Ways to Build Trust in the Workplace

    4 Ways to Build Trust in the Workplace0

    Your ability to build trust in your team is essential if you are to empower them and achieve the results that will make you build confidence in yours and their abilities. Trust is needed in every aspect of performance in an organization and affects many aspects ranging from increased productivity, efficient management, job satisfaction, employee

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  • 10 Ways to Boost Empowerment in the Workplace

    10 Ways to Boost Empowerment in the Workplace0

    An empowered workforce is something that is highly desirable in an improvement culture. Your employees are the backbone of your business. Empowering your employees will help ensure they remain engaged, and willing to perform to the best of their ability. Unfortunately, just because we want it, it doesn’t make it so. Empowering your employees involves

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  • Lean Quote: Do or Do Not. There is No Try

    Lean Quote: Do or Do Not. There is No Try0

    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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  • Happy Independence Day – Lean’s Freedom Lesson

    Happy Independence Day – Lean’s Freedom Lesson0

    Today, we celebrate Independence Day in the US. The 4th of July is an extremely patriotic holiday where we celebrate the independence of our country. People celebrate with family and friend gatherings, barbecues, parties, games, food, fun, festivals, parades, musical events and fireworks. Freedom is not just the natural right of every human. It is

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  • The 3 Things That Keep People Feeling Motivated At Work

    The 3 Things That Keep People Feeling Motivated At Work0

    As part of TED’s ‘How to be a Better Human’ series, two researchers, Richard Ryan and Edward Deci, developed an idea called ‘self-determination theory’. Self-determination theory essentially argued that people are motivated when they can determine for themselves what to work on and how to work on it. Below, I’ll outline the three main drivers

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