Empower the Organization – Everyday Excellence

How to Minimize Bias in Workplace Decisions

Posted onAugust 11, 2020August 11, 2020Leave a comment

We all have bias. We form our bias from experience, interacting with others, responding to our environment and gathering and processing information that we read, see or hear. All these things shape our viewpoint, our personality and our perspective. It’s just

Equity & Inclusion: Stop Talking and Start Doing by Creating a Line-of-Site

Posted onAugust 11, 2020August 11, 2020Leave a comment

If your company is serious about improving workplace equity and inclusion, you’ll have to do more than talk about it, donate to non-profits and hire consultants. You will need to change the way your organization thinks and acts. Real change requires

Best Tool for Rapid Change

Posted onMay 24, 2020May 24, 2020Leave a comment

The rapid change in customer demands and supply chains brought on by COVID 19 has required many businesses to quickly adjust their processes to keep things on track. Changing the way you do business and getting everyone on board can

Embracing a Culture of Everyday Excellence

Posted onNovember 19, 2019November 19, 2019Leave a comment

What does it mean to have a culture of Everyday Excellence? It’s not about working a bunch of improvement projects. It’s about looking at everything you do with keen eye of how to make it better. It’s not about big change. It’s

The NeverEnding Challenge

Posted onSeptember 20, 2019September 20, 2019Leave a comment

Better. Cheaper. Faster. These words have become the mantra of today’s business world creating an environment of NeverEnding challenges. How many times have we heard the words, “Let’s just get through this year and next year will be better”? Some

LITE Up Your Bright Ideas

Posted onMay 2, 2019June 27, 2019Leave a comment

Better, cheaper, faster. These words have become the mantra of today’s business world. Technology is reinventing itself at an exponential rate driving businesses to seek new and innovative ways to meet growing customer and shareholder expectations. But creating a work

Leading Innovation Takes Grit

Posted onJanuary 7, 2019June 27, 2019Leave a comment

Whether it’s developing new products or services, changing how they are delivered or restructuring work processes to be more efficient, being able to find new and innovative ways to meet customer demands is critical to success. Innovation is no longer reserved

Engagement + Productivity = High Performance

Posted onOctober 2, 2018June 27, 2019Leave a comment

Productivity drivers provide the foundation for success by making sure there is a work structure, trained and skilled employees, and processes to get the work done. Technology and innovation enables the organization to move forward and compensation structures provide incentives

The Hamster Wheel

Posted onJuly 29, 2018June 27, 2019Leave a comment

A common occurrence when making change or implementing improvements is finding yourself on what I call the “hamster wheel”. Everyone is working hard, things are getting done but in the end the results don’t get realized. This happens when the organization gets

Just Saying So Doesn’t Make it So

Posted onJanuary 10, 2018June 27, 2019Leave a comment

Change, even on a good day, is difficult. As companies look to reinvent themselves to meet the challenges of the future, change is inevitable. Whether expanding a business, restructuring an offering or just improving an existing product, it will require