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#Mangement #Consultants focusing on #Business #Performance #Improvement ; #Operations #Excellence ; #Technology & #Innovation ; #Enterprise #Value #Creation

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But What If the #Customer Is Wrong?
The benefits of #lean are best realized in precisely this type of circumstance. A focus on improving the value delivered to the customer is #sustainable; cutting #costs isn’t.
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The #marketplace for #talent has shifted. You need to think of your #employees like #customers and put thoughtful attention into #retaining them. The need to see for who they are, what they are contributing & #Leadership needs to ensure this is happening. https://t.co/vDkD1ufzZV

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Manufacturing organizations learned some hard lessons over the last two years. Prior to the pandemic, digital transformation initiatives were conducted mostly as speculative and experimental.
Black Belts + Machine Learning Can Be a Powerful Combination

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How to #Build a Transparent Relationship with Your #Suppliers?
To minimize and mitigate #supplychain risks, companies need to engage their suppliers as #partners. Dynamics need to shift to #proactive not #reactive flow of information to #manufacturers. https://t.co/emYzghWpSv

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How to Measure #Progress on Your Continuous Improvement Journey. #Culture change is Step 1 on any #improvement journey. The #mindset of continuous improvement is a journey, not a destination. Plan, Track Progress - recognize, respect and appreciate.https://t.co/VnzUO1UDf7

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Much of what we #accomplish in the #workplace relies on building #relationships and having the #trust of our colleagues, and when we take the time to #connect and understand each other, we position ourselves for #success.
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#Agility Should Not Be Sacrificed at the Altar of #Efficiency. Add #Leadership to #Management. #Prioritize #Purpose Over #Process. Recognize Tradeoffs – Then Make Conscious #Decisions. Focus on Problems and #Opportunities.
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Here are five terms you should know if you want to be a better ally at work — and how to act on them. #Privilege; #Microaggressions ; #Ableism ; #BenevolentSexism ; #OpportunityGap
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Here are four steps to take to rebuild our sense of #professional joy: Build your strengths into your day, focus on your professional #growth, share your emotions with a trusted #colleague, and rebuild relationships through the work itself.
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Given that artificial intelligence is increasingly overtaking people on a range of expert tasks, will it someday make human #managers obsolete? There’s one cognitive ability where people still have a big edge: #reframing.
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#AI #ArtificiallIntelligence

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5 Reasons Your Employees Don’t Understand Your Company’s Vision
Lack of #communication; #Vision and #Strategy statements are at a high; Decisions & individual actions not aligned; Team members disagree with vision; Employees worry about additional work. https://t.co/mYgLKg6jsf

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It’s not enough to be guided by simple measures of #productivity as we move to hybrid work. #Managers must embrace a expansive view of productivity in a #hybridworld — one that promotes #well-being, #collaboration, and innovation for you and your #team. https://t.co/GhIwWnYYf3

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There are three questions you need to ask yourself before deciding whether the entrepreneurial path is right for you: Are you interested in solving other people’s problems? Do you enjoy selling? How resilient are you?
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Due to the life-altering experience of the pandemic, thinking about the workplace has changed. Dubbed the “great resignation, it’s a wake-up call for leaders who must figure out both how to hold onto employees and be able to attract future workers.
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#Outsourcing order fulfillment for #ecommerce #business can be intimidating, but a beneficial step towards #sustainable long-term #growth. Outsource when #growth overwhelms #operations; #team members focus on wrong things; #logistics needs grow complex https://t.co/KDyYfSGC3r

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Could #Automation Eliminate Your Boring Job Components?
According to a study by the IBM Value Institute, more than 85% of #businesses using AI today are reducing their #operatingcosts. Automation is not about elimination of the current #jobs.
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After 18 months of leading #organizations remotely, #CEO's must learn to combine the best parts of what they’ve learned about virtual #leadership with the most effective parts of #managing face-to-face.
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When a #team struggles with a problem, there’s a temptation for a #boss to provide answers. A better approach is to ask questions that help the team arrive at answers itself - 1) What do you recommend? 2) How can we test that? 3) What do you need from me? https://t.co/JZncJC3kpG

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Knowing which #opportunities to accept and which ones to turn down can be a #challenge. But being deliberate in how you make #decisions can be the difference between a #successful and fulfilling life, and one that is significantly less so.
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Since the #pandemic began, there’s been a call for #managers to be understanding & lenient with #employees. Rather than thinking of it as a trade-off between #compassion & #accountability, think how you can combine the two. https://t.co/K63HvDhgiq