by esquared2019 | May 20, 2020 | Business, Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Lean
For many small and midsize organizations with a few hundred up to a few thousand employees, COVID-19 has jolted businesses in unforeseen ways. This pandemic has forced us into a deluge of change, from keeping people and customers safe, managing supply chain issues,...
by esquared2019 | Apr 13, 2020 | Business, Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Office, Team Facilitation
For the past several weeks, many of us began working from home (or WFH). For some of you, working in remote environments has plunged you into a realm of the unknown. However, for many, WFH has been the status quo for years. I began working from home full time in 2006...
by esquared2019 | Mar 20, 2020 | Business, Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Empower Teams, Leadership
Have you trained continuous improvement (CI) practitioners (i.e., Green/Black Belts, Lean practitioners) to see limited success with improvement project execution? Or are your newly-trained CI practitioners struggling to move forward in their improvement projects?...
by esquared2019 | Feb 20, 2020 | Business, Coaching, Continuous Improvement, Empower Leaders, Empower Teams
Soft skills can be viewed as more important than technical expertise. Some of these skills are tagged as communication, empathy, facilitation, negotiation, leadership, collaborations, time management, etc. While there is a nuanced balance that takes time to learn how...
by esquared2019 | Feb 19, 2020 | Continuous Improvement, Lean, Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma
If your organization is getting started with continuous improvement or has been on its journey for the past several years, a common success factor remains—valid project selection (see last month’s blog for more success factors and how to assess your progress). There...
by esquared2019 | Jan 29, 2020 | Business, Continuous Improvement, Empower Teams, Leadership
When I think of storytelling, I think of autobiographies and biographies that tell a life story. However, over the past few years, I learned that storytelling has a broader purpose in transformation efforts and is a critical component of process improvement work....
