“He’s got to go! I can’t believe he said that to my customer.” I could almost feel the tension radiating from my client as he told me about his latest employee debacle. His face was red and his foot was tapping. I took a deep breath and asked the question that I already knew the [...]
Continue Reading →Your work environment will either IMPROVE from today’s standard or ERODE. It definitely will not stay the same! That means that if your looking for that stapler today… well, you more than likely will look for it again in the future. When you consider not only our physical work space but also consider the [...]
Continue Reading →So the question is, should you invest your time, energy and money making that idea that hit you in the shower this morning come into existence? Can it really make a difference in your business? There are two easy approaches to evaluating improvement ideas, the first approach is one that I find works well with [...]
Continue Reading →Do you or have you ever had an improvement idea suggestion box for your company? How is it or how did it work out for you? Did you ever really get good ideas? Where you ever able to take any of those good ideas and get them done? The sad thing is that most improvement [...]
Continue Reading →The last time you had to estimate the length of time a project would take, how reliable was that estimate? Often this is one the hardest things for people to do accurately and yet it is also one of the most important things that you can learn how to do. We need to understand how [...]
Continue Reading →As business owners we are often bombarded with things to do, some are of our own choice; many are from our associates, suppliers, customers and the organizations with which we are affiliated. Today I want to share with you a quick system to help you prioritize those tasks and gain control over your “To-Do” List. [...]
Continue Reading →Once you’ve decided to get your workplace organized using the lean tool 5S (as discussed in prior episodes of our show) you no doubt will come across items that you no longer need or use, but that you feel are just too valuable to throw away. I recommend two approaches to help justify getting rid [...]
Continue Reading →Last week on our show we discussed Lean ways to market your business that were less costly yet still effective. One technique to market your business in a Lean way is to network with other professionals. Over time networking can produce great results once you have established visibility by doing it regularly and credibility by [...]
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