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Create Business Rapport in an Instant
Rapport usually happens at a level that we are unaware of so people will say that they had a gut instinct or a feeling to describe having a good or bad rapport with another person. Statements such as ” I had a good feeling about her” or ” There was something just not right about him” will be used to describe communications such as interviews or sales meetings.

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The Smart Alternative to Layoffs
The slowing economy has sent many of my clients back to the drawing board to take a sharp pencil to next year's budget. Small businesses run lean and mean most of the time, so there aren't many significant line items available for reduction… until you get to payroll.
Marketing your Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma Consultants
I believe that Lean Six Sigma Consulting has the greatest opportunity ever and in my terms, opportunity = NEED. What we need is the greatest transformation of efficiencies from know-how to implementation, and I think Lean Six Sigma is ideally suited to fulfill that need.
Making Lean Part of the Business Strategy
With the best of intentions, many companies fail to secure the desired results for lean manufacturing initiatives. Why? Because the lean initiatives are not part of the overall business strategy.
Working at Warp Speed in a Lean Turnaround!
A Lean Transformation in your company may be the best way to create the scenario you need for success. You need to instill processes, culture, manage events and work at warp speed. Lean has a structure that is well defined, a proven commodity that you can follow in a step by step basis.

Theory of Constraints + Lean + Six Sigma = Ultimate Improvement Cycle
What caught my interest in Bob's book The Ultimate Improvement Cycle is that recently there has been an added push from TOC disciples to bring TOC on an equal playing field as Lean and Six Sigma. I find it interesting because bottlenecks and constraints are an integral part of Lean and Six Sigma training but TOC has never seemed to be on an equal platform.
Building a Lean Healthcare Value Stream
Many or most Lean teachings come from the Toyota Production System - which is why it is common for Lean practitioners to assume that the thing being processed is a physical inventory item (like a car). But it doesn't have to be. Literally 99% of Lean concepts apply to ANY industry.
Business Reality Check for Our Tough Economic Environment
In today’s chaotic business environment, all business, big and small, in virtually every sector, must get back to the basics of running lean and mean. It is not business as usual. Things are not normal nor will it ever be back to normal. For many reasons to numerous to mention the business environment is change forever. Provided in this article are a number of bold statements, which if followed can help your organization better survive in the next several years.

When Lean Thinking Fails
Most of us are familiar with the term "Lean Thinking." The technique for making continuous improvement has been around for nearly 30 years, and it produces remarkable progress in any organization when it is applied correctly. There are numerous examples of how a well-engineered Kaizen event can yield a more than 50% improvement in productivity in a single week. My observation is that there are nearly as many failures of lean programs as successes. This article outlines some reasons why.
Shocking Shark Shenanigans!
The bottom line is this: the Tea Party is a major threat to our increasingly-socialist way of life. Left unchecked, they'd have us go back to the failed policies of the past, under which people got away with insane capers like starting a business, building wealth, or even furnishing others with private employment. Say it isn't so! We must not go back! We must always, always lean forward....
Advancing the Concepts of Lean Methodologies in Optimizing the Extended Sales Enterprise
Lean Management is a practice that assesses the expenditure of resources associated with any organizational process. If a step within a process does not advance the cause of creating value for the organization, it becomes a target for elimination. Most of us are well aware of the principles of lean manufacturing and lean thinking.
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