The Most Effective Way to Minimize Downtime in Manufacturing is… #1 Do Not Plan for It: Sounds obvious but it’s NOT.… Too often management fails to assign enough work for their employees. They tend to underestimate how much work someone can actually achieve when completely focused and working against the clock. In some cases, employees …
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Always Be Prepared to Engage After participating in a 3-week long study, I was asked to be a part of a client presentation focusing on a project we are going to work on. Being newly acquainted with the organization, my Operations Manager thought that it would be beneficial for me to become accustomed to the …
Are You a Socially Engaged CEO? An important part of my job is to explore social media websites and decipher how they are benefitting businesses. Among various platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, I find LinkedIn to be the most practical in the professional world because of its modern ways of connecting professionals and …
Quick Insight: Effective Business Strategy! After reading hundreds of business strategy articles and biographies of many successful people I have concluded that the best strategy that serves many great leaders is actually straightforward: Select the right team Challenge your team to develop an aggressive but S.M.A.R.T Plan of Action Provide the right setting and …
Are You a Manager or a Leader? What makes a manager versus a leader? This question has been debated in college classrooms, business conference rooms, and on golf course greens for many years. I find myself engaged in this conversation far too often, though in my experience, there is a clear explanation differentiating between …
Accomplishing More with Less: A Powerful Business Lesson from Covid-19 Not many business plans include how to handle pandemics or how to address shut downs and extended absences. The 2020 Covid Pandemic challenged both small and large business in unimaginable ways; pushing companies to find creative solutions to stay afloat during such a trying time. …
You suddenly have a surge in sales or realize that schedule is slipping, so you decide to increase headcount to catch up. Is this the best way to alleviate this problem and if so, how do you minimize impact on cost and schedule? Many studies have shown the negative impact of new hires on productivity, …
If you’ve ever attended board meetings, you’ll quickly realize that everyone tends to have an opinion on how tasks should be carried out, what the next corporate initiative should be, or on corporate objectives in general. The list of topics could go on, proving that leadership and management teams are never short on ideas, recommendations, …
I ask many of my clients to identify their company as being a “Patch and Go” or “Stop and Fix” organization and the answers always surprise me. Although it was originally used to describe the practice in maintenance departments it certainly applies to many business areas. Patch & Go: In order to keep going and …
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Job seekers and Employers are equally frustrated! We hear it every day: “We can’t find good employees” and “I can’t get a good job”. Apparently, there is an undeniable gap between what employers are looking for and what they really need. The most common misconception is that employers need to fill a vacancy with someone …
As a frequent flyer, there is a level of customer service that is expected in the air. The courtesy of stewards, attentive to the needs of the passengers, can constitute what makes for a pleasant flight. Unfortunately, it has been my experience that effective customer service is becoming difficult to come by and it is …
