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Manager's Toolbox: April 2009
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Friday, April 24, 2009. Learning from the Best. This time my blog post is a little different. It is a case example of how. I have been trying to teach business strategy to my wife. She is an elementary school teacher and could not care less about business strategy. But I decided to try, because her situation makes it rather relevant. She has been a teacher for more than ten years in Finland, which has been ranked. Jim Collins, in his book Good to Great. What you can best in the world at. The biggest educ...
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Manager's Toolbox: Really Simple Balanced Scorecard
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Really Simple Balanced Scorecard. For this blog was to document here “the best practices I have collected trough the years”. In order to “have 5 pages of text and examples of every tool and”. Enough material for 1-2 hours training and 2-3 hours workshop on each topic. While I was writing my previous posts, I realized that I in deed enough text about Balanced Scorecard as a management system. And about building a Balanced Scorecard. But I was missing the presentation. December 6, 20...
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Manager's Toolbox: Time to Look Back and to Look Forward
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Friday, December 18, 2009. Time to Look Back and to Look Forward. Another year is coming to its end, and it's time look back at what we have achieved. It's also time to set objectives and plan actions for next year. How was your year? Did you meet your objectives? Did you stay focused. Did you manage to keep your work and life balanced. How about next year? How are your objectives? Will you be able to keep yourself and your relationships healthy? It is spot on. How many things are on your agenda for 2010?
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Manager's Toolbox: How to change when change is hard
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Saturday, March 20, 2010. How to change when change is hard. What do you do when most of us know. We have a problem, but are not convinced enough. Or when the problem is huge and it's too easy to wait for somebody to appear with a huge solution? The answer is not providing more information about the problem to convince you about the need of change. It is to appeal to your emotions and give you examples of small solutions to motivate you to start the change. Download the framework here. SCRIPT THE CRITICA...
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Manager's Toolbox: March 2010
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Saturday, March 20, 2010. How to change when change is hard. What do you do when most of us know. We have a problem, but are not convinced enough. Or when the problem is huge and it's too easy to wait for somebody to appear with a huge solution? The answer is not providing more information about the problem to convince you about the need of change. It is to appeal to your emotions and give you examples of small solutions to motivate you to start the change. Download the framework here. SCRIPT THE CRITICA...
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Manager's Toolbox: August 2009
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Friday, August 28, 2009. 5S and 7 wastes. I have been thinking about Lean. Lately, and run across some great (and basic) stuff by Gemba Academy. I'll let them do the talking:. Notice how they are influenced by one of my favorite books. And how the show it on their otherwise messy bookself! Notice how the bookshelf has transformed! Gemba also gives you ideas how to apply 5S in an office. And what the 7 wastes look like in the office environment. It all starts with building the foundation on 5S. The Heart ...
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Manager's Toolbox: October 2009
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Monday, October 26, 2009. The Curse of an Open Office. It's Monday morning, and I am getting ready to start another working week. Last week I saw this video and tweeted. It My friend Cheri wrote a blog post. About it and I realized two things. The noise in open office greatly reduces my productivity, like Julian Treasure points out in the video. I suffer from both of these daily. Saturday, October 24, 2009. As operational excellence, but something completely different. An article by Spencer Stuart. I tri...
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Manager's Toolbox: Lessons Learned = Some Advice
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009. Lessons Learned = Some Advice. I created this blog. About 3 years ago because I realized there were quite a number of things I needed to cover in my first management position. About two years ago I started updating my blog. And it has become a way for me to process the challenges I face in my job. Now it is time to summarize the lessons learned - next week is my last week in my current position before relocating back to the head office. By my friend John Spence. I did my best.
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Manager's Toolbox: Thoughts on Lean and Kaizen
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009. Thoughts on Lean and Kaizen. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet with Hayashida san, a retired Japanese gentleman who used to be the factory manager for a Lexus plant. This post is based on the notes I made during his presentation and during the long Q&A after his presentation, with many references to my earlier posts. Hayashida san uses the original term TPS. Rather than the western term Lean. It all starts with building the foundation on 5S. But "An idea it self has ...
