Your business has metrics that you invest in recording and considering. In normal times you know generally how to interpret them. You can quickly perceive …
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Are Your Leading Indicators Leading You?
Earning Loyalty The Easy Way
Loyalty must be very important to companies today. Hotels, airlines, rental cars all offer loyalty programs. So to do clothing and grocery stores. Even my …
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Is Your Leadership Adequate?
For many years the phrase fit for purpose referred to whether or not a consumer product could adequately perform the function or functions for which …
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What the 3rd Wave Means for You
What a few months ago we called crisis and swirling ambiguity we now call life. Spreading equipment apart, requiring facemasks inside, sanitizing every surface that …
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We All Need a Lifeline
A few days ago, I received an email from the owner/CEO of a former client company, saying “I think I need to hire you.” The …
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Policy Policies in Manufacturing
Manufacturers have numerous policies in place. Attendance, customer returns, payment terms, and more. The vast majority are because of a lack of trust in employees …
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Manufacturing–Does the Degree Matter?
A recent LinkedIn post of mine attracted responses from a wide variety of degree’d professionals — biologists, film, ethics, psychology. I asked what from their …
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The Discipline of Accountability in Manufacturing
Would you describe your business culture as accountable? Many CEOs I talk with want more accountability in their organizations and are not quite sure how …
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Should Manufacturers Invest Now?
I saw today that two privately held manufacturers in the Greater Cleveland Ohio area are investing heavily in expanding their production footprint. I am excited …
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Quit Searching for a Case For Change
There are two primary reasons why any business would change: Fear, or Opportunity. Today, how can any manufacturing business in North America not see a …
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