Sharing Best Practices

5 Keys to Leveraging Your Time: Making the Most of Every Moment 0
- Productivity, Sharing Best Practices
- November 19, 2025
Time is one of life’s most precious resources. It can’t be stored, multiplied, or replaced—once it’s gone, it’s gone. That’s why leveraging your time isn’t just about getting more done; it’s about making sure what you do truly matters. In business, leadership, and life, the difference between “busy” and “effective” often comes down to how
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Unlocking the Hidden Factory 0
- Productivity, Sharing Best Practices
- April 23, 2025
A “Hidden Factory” forms when a defect flows downstream. When the defect is caught, a workaround is created as it is removed from the line, fixed, and placed back on the line. This may solve the problem in the short term, but when you do the same thing over and over again, the workarounds add
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5 Continuous Improvement Ideas to Try Out 0
- Lean Management, Sharing Best Practices
- February 5, 2024
Maybe you don’t have buy-in from Executive leadership for a Lean transformation or maybe you do. You know your organization can fall behind the competition if you aren’t actively looking for ways to streamline and improve processes. One way you can combat this is by implementing continuous improvement or Kaizen. If you’re looking for ways
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Effective Meetings Should Have a PAIR 0
- Facilitation, Sharing Best Practices, Teamwork
- July 5, 2023
If I told you that only 50% of meeting time is used effectively, would you believe me? (Don’t answer. I can hear you nodding from here.) There’s evidence that virtual meetings score even lower. And not only are pointless meetings annoying, but they are also a drain on your revenue: two hours per week spent in pointless meetings
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6 Steps for Benchmarking Best Practices 0
- Sharing Best Practices
- September 12, 2022
In Lean improvement, benchmarking is the regular, systematic measuring of an organization’s own products, services or processes against those of the recognized best practitioners in the world. The information collected about a company’s own processes analyzed in relationship to the best-in-class practices provides insight into the actions the company can take to improve its performance.
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Benchmark Your Leadership Skills 0
- Leadership, Sharing Best Practices
- April 25, 2022
Every person has a unique DNA that guides his or her natural behavioral (personality) strengths and struggles—yes, everyone has both strengths and struggles. This knowledge is grounded in science (i.e., it’s measurable and predictable, not just “touchy feely”), but the application requires awareness and flexibility to adjust your leadership and management to fit the talents and
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