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Six Sigma Relevancy Question and Kotter's Theory of Transformation
One such exchange that was of particular interest centered on Dr. John P. Kotter’s 8 steps for organizational transformation. Rather than paraphrase my dialogue with a forum member from the Superfactory Group on LinkedIn, I thought that it would be more interesting and beneficial to provide an actual account. That said I am pleased to share the following with you.

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The Transition Suspicion: How Ready Are Your New Leaders?
Brushing up on 'stages of change" could make your management and supervision time way more productive. Read here.
Herd Mentality
Booths featuring products and services related to employee engagement, web-based delivery, global performance, and talent management were overflowing with conference attendees as I walked the trade show at a national conference where I was speaking. Just a few years ago the magnets were initiatives like total quality management, six sigma, diversity, work-life-balance, and customer driven.
Outsourcing as a Tool to Maximize Accounting Firm Profitability
Accounting firms are accustomed to Bookkeeping, Accounting and other support functions like payroll processing, accounts payable processing and Financial Statements. Outsourcing builds on that concept but does not require day-to-day management and direction from an on-site supervisor or manager. When a function is outsourced, the individual has total responsibility for the project or work and has the ability to take it from beginning to end with minimal, if any, direction. The trend of outsourcing Accounting will continue for several reasons: # Client service demands that we exceed, not just meet, client expectations. How can we be an expert and 100% focused on everything? # The annual cost of an employee today is enormous when you consider the total compensation package; the risk and the downside can be equally as great.
DEBT-TO-INCOME RATIO
A small business’s debt-to-income ratio (DIR) is most easily explained as the ratio of a borrower's total debt as a portion of their total gross income. This ratio, more commonly expressed as DIR or simply “debt ratio,” measures how much you can borrow based on your expenses in relation to your total monthly income. Lenders’ experience shows that you may borrow from 33% to 40% of your monthly income, on average.
Deadly Sin #7: Sales Materials & Support Activities aren't dovetailed to optimize sales
Prospect Development must be a total team effort: Management and salespeople see things differently. But the prospect has an even different perspective: The prospect's interest in buying is rarely as urgent and intense as the supplier's is to make the sale.

Management Development Secrets - The Easy Skill Of Coaching Your People
There are many ways to develop those employees that you have within your team. Some are more productive than others and depend on your own, personal management style. The easiest way is to ensure that you use the momentum each individual has within themselves...
Time Management: The Formula for Stress Relief
Better time management is the key to guaranteeing a less stressful and more productive day.
Competencies: The Core of Human Resource Management
Competency-based human resource management is currently all the rage. Unfortunately, it also has all the dangers of being relegated to the place of Management by Objective (MBO), Total Quality Management (TQM), and other similar programs that also really worked, but were so little understood and so poorly implemented by most that they are now considered unacceptable programs.

Load Rage
If you are like most people, you are feeling a greater load of things to do and less time to do them. If this does not describe you, check your pulse, you may be dead! Although we are all incredibly busy, the fact is that we are still using less of our total capacity than we think. Nobody can sustain working at full capacity for long, but in truth we can manufacture time to help us deal with the load in more productive ways.

How Total is Your Quality Management?
Many well intentioned "Total Quality Management" improvement efforts aren't working. In their international study of Total Quality Management practices, the Conference Board of Canada found one study which showed that "seven out of ten North American companies fail in their attempt to execute a total quality strategy".
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