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Architecting Success: Strategic Insights for Selecting Your Organization's Ideal Structure

Choosing an organizational structure is a complex decision that senior leaders should make with a comprehensive understanding of the organization's strategic objectives, operational needs, cultural norms, and external environment.
Doug Brown
March 6, 2024
Performance Excellence, Process Improvement & Lean Concepts

The CEO Team

Selecting and building the team is one of the essential responsibilities of the top executive. Only people who pledge to support the unifying principles should join the team. Diversity should be built on that foundation.
Grant Tate
March 6, 2024
Leadership & Management Effectiveness

Why Would I Read One More Article on Management Team Structure?

The world is changing around us. Businesses need to adapt quickly and, ideally, get ahead. Fielding the right combination of leadership talent within the leadership team structure is imperative to cast challenges as opportunities to lead from the front, not the rear.
Janice Giannini
March 6, 2024
Leadership & Management Effectiveness

Do You Want Forever Resolutions or a Forever Fulfilling Life?

To embark on an adventure towards a forever fulfilling life, consider a carefully crafted plan that extends beyond the annual tradition of New Years resolutions. The foundation rests on self-leadership and effective communication with self and others.
Janice Giannini
January 24, 2024
Individual Coaching & Self-improvement

The Succession Test

Most business leaders or owners take (or ought to take) a vacation sometime. That is a significant opportunity to test a candidate's capability for succession. And…it is a unique opportunity to provide actionable feedback and a foundation for future personal development.
Grant Tate
January 24, 2024
Succession & Human Resource Planning

Soft Skills vs. Hard Skills: Navigating Key Differences in Training Approaches

While training for both "soft skills," such as interpersonal and communication skills, leadership, teamwork, or emotional intelligence, versus "technical areas," such as finance and budgeting, coding, machine operations, engineering design, or data analytics are essential for professional development, their strategies, execution, and assessment methods differ considerably due to their inherent differences. Design it accordingly.
Doug Brown
January 24, 2024
Performance Excellence, Process Improvement & Lean Concepts

Process Excellence Progress: Navigating Pitfalls and Powering Success

Enhance the effectiveness of your process improvement initiatives by avoiding these common pitfalls and adopting best practices that can help ensure their success.
Doug Brown
December 20, 2023
Performance Excellence, Process Improvement & Lean Concepts

Wait! Don't Mess Up Our Process.

We want our employees to be creative and look for improvements, but innovation is a process in and of itself. However, in crucial manufacturing or business processes, innovations should be tested outside the ongoing process. This makes sure the change to a particular step in the process produces the required result in quality and efficiency.
Grant Tate
December 20, 2023
Performance Excellence, Process Improvement & Lean Concepts

The Most Significant Broken Process of Your Life

The process to repair the most significant broken process in your life is shared in this article. The most significant broken process may surprise you!
Janice Giannini
December 20, 2023
Performance Excellence, Process Improvement & Lean Concepts

Looking Beyond the Obvious - Construction Partnering Facilitation

Construction partnering facilitation not only contributes substantially to a project's success in terms of completion and cost, but our holistic approach also fosters a positive, collaborative, and innovative work environment that extends beyond mere efficiency, embracing safety, environmental stewardship, and community engagement.
Doug Brown
November 30, 2023
Performance Excellence, Process Improvement & Lean Concepts
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