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Baldrige and Lean Six Sigma
There are many synergies between the Baldrige framework and the Lean Six Sigma improvement methodology. I recently wrote a short paper...
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Jul 24, 20201 min read
Important New Service
The need to improve organizational efficiency and productivity has never been greater. Even before – but especially because of –...
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Jul 16, 20201 min read
Continuous Improvement Summit
Continuous Improvement frameworks and practices like Lean, Six Sigma, and Baldrige have been essential elements of high performance...
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Aug 23, 20191 min read
Changing Corporate Mission
Major corporate CEOs are beginning to look beyond shareholder interests and state their purpose as more balanced and long term. The...
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Aug 20, 20191 min read
What's In Our Name?
StatOrg is a combination of "statistical" and "organizational." It was chosen as the company name because it accurately blends into a...
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Jun 30, 20191 min read
Getting Maximized Results
As Patrick Below and I complete the development of our book that will help organizations get results we have concluded that we need to go...
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Jun 11, 20192 min read
Working the Vital Few
I see this in many organizations in other economic sectors, too. Organizations have to have a process to select and work the Vital Few. ...
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May 21, 20193 min read
Baldrige Tools
Baldrige tools use the Baldrige Framework above and pose a series of questions for organizations to use to assess their level of...
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Feb 24, 20191 min read
Named to WCPE Board
Jim Christensen was recently named to the board of the Wisconsin Center for Performance Excellence. He joins the Board in February and...
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Jan 31, 20191 min read
Metrics Matter
INTERVIEW – In this thought-provoking conversation, Michael Ballé and Mark Graban discuss metrics and the managerial attitude towards ...
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Oct 5, 201810 min read
Vision without Execution
Einstein once said, "Vision without execution is hallucination." I am collaborating on a book on the subject of Plan Execution, and will...
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Jul 28, 20181 min read
Good Leadership is Asking Good Questions
Kathleen Paris found an excellent article to make a good point: This HBR article reinforces the power of asking good questions. It is a...
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Jul 27, 20181 min read
You Could Be Too Much of a Team Player
This is an article from the Wall Street Journal that poses an interesting question: By Sue Shellenbarger July 23, 2018 9:27 a.m. Amid a...
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Jul 24, 20184 min read
Four ways managers subconsciously sabotage their own teams
I find many good articles on Fast Company. Here is one I like: BY MICHELLE VITUS AND CHRISTY TONGE 4 MINUTE READ Mean, self-interested,...
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Jul 23, 20183 min read
These are the six things the best mentors never do
Gwen Moran at Fast Company wrote this excellent article: BY GWEN MORAN Good mentoring relationships can yield a variety of benefits for...
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Jul 23, 20184 min read
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