Metrics for Evaluating Your Team’s Success
Sometimes it's easy to keep score on whether a team is successful or not. Did they win the contest? Yes or no. But sometimes, the team is working on a long-term project that doesn't complete for months and months, which means there aren't any wins and losses to...
Do You Have The Right Partners?
"No man is an island, entire of itself..." John Donne No man is an island, and neither is a business. It doesn't matter if the business is a large corporation, a small business, or led by a solo-preneur. Everyone and every entity needs relationships and partnerships...
Who Else Wants to Double Their Productivity with One Simple Technique?
How many times have you resolved to go on a diet or look for a more rewarding job only to find yourself back to your old habits within a few days? While you may be motivated to make positive changes in your life, it’s also important to use strategies that will make...
How to Have a Life Outside of Work
There’s more to life than work. But it’s not that easy to have a life outside of work in our society. People interact less in person. Everyone is obsessed with their electronic devices. Most people are genuinely pretty busy, too. However, you can have a life outside...
Working with Outsourced Providers
One of the most empowering decisions you can make in your business is the decision to outsource tasks. We enjoy outsourcing those things that we are either not good at or just have no time to do in our businesses. We have to sit down and identify our strengths and...
Detaching from the Outcome
Many, many years ago, I started reading Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. I was really excited about reading it until I bumped into the concept of detaching from the outcome in the first ten pages or so. I couldn’t fathom a world where I should detach...
Which of the Lean Wastes Cause You The Most Pain
In the world of Lean Six Sigma, we aim to remove wastes from processes. Wastes are considered any action or step that does not add value to the customer. In other words, waste is any process that the customer does not want to pay for. For example, what if your...
Why Customers Crave Consistency
Everybody craves consistency. Sure, we like to be wowed and surprised periodically. But we don't want to be underwhelmed. One of my favorite things to do as a lover of food is to try new restaurants. I have my own proprietary algorithm for determining where to dine...
Quickly Setting up a Temporary Resource to be Impactful
We have all been in a place where we need help quickly. We ask and plead for permission for a new resource. And finally, we get permission to get an additional resource. Voila – Mr. or Mrs. “Awesome Temp” shows up and they are ready. But as ready as you thought you...