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The power of outside thinking in solving business problems

Work Life

Across every industry, from energy to manufacturing, to aerospace, there are problems so deeply entrenched that they seem insurmountable. In almost all cases, leaders, consultants, and task teams spend years and enormous budgets to tackle these challenges, too often to no avail. The lessons from our story are universally applicable.

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Kaizen Principle: How to Improve Performance and Empower Your Team

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These changes evolved into the Toyota Production System, and in the 1980s, management consultant Masaaki Imai attributed this system to a process of continued improvement. This extensive collaboration leads to the kind of trust that all but guarantees better teamwork.

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There’s More To Goal Setting Than Making Them SMART

Tanveer Naseer

The next day at the executive meeting, people started asking all sorts of questions: How would you actually define our manufacturing practice? There were 5-10 elements of the goal plan that should have gone through a much more rigorous vetting and consultation process before they ended up on the list.

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This is how to stop being afraid to ask questions at work

Work Life

The ability to ask questions can lead to more productive teamwork, which means faster task completion for businesses and goal achievement. Imagine if the manufacturers of certain soda pops never asked the question, ‘What would happen if we experimented with new flavors?’ Staying silent at work is not helpful.

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Do Your Meetings Crackle Or Flat Line?

Tanveer Naseer

Your power shapes meetings The question faces every leader: How do I use my power to construct meetings that build teamwork among the participants and advance the work of the organization? Dick Axelrod is an author, speaker, and consultant who co-founded with his wife Emily The Axelrod Group, Inc. , When’s your next meeting?

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Leadership Infrastructure – A Prerequisite To Mightiness

Tanveer Naseer

It includes the board of directors, the management team, subject matter experts, and consultants. Leadership Infrastructure in Action Pelican Products is a manufacturer of high-performance protective cases and flashlights. Leadership infrastructure includes these four elements: 1. Quality leadership with deep experience. Sound good?

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A Simple Workaround to Overcome the Bureaucratic Mindset

Tanveer Naseer

Russell is an educational psychologist, author, executive coach and management consultant whose clients include Fortune 500 executives in aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications and oil and gas. The following is a guest post by Russell Bishop. So sue me” was the response.