The best ideas can come from anyone within an organization. Leaders must remember that if they want employees to embrace a new organizational “Dream” or strategy, they need to include them and seek their ideas. Creativity is NOT just for the R&D department.
BILL CAPODAGLIOne of the reasons for The Walt Disney Company’s long- term success is really the first of Dr. Deming’s famous points, “create constancy of purpose.” In his professional career,
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The role of any exceptional facilitator or consultant is to work themselves out of a job.
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Productivity starts with doing the right things.
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In today’s global economy, innovations and improvements to products and services are not only happening more rapidly than ever before in history, they are being communicated instantaneously. So, it’s “innovate or die”!
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Knowledge is the understanding of what, how and why we need to do something. Skill is applying that knowledge in a practical situation.
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In the long run, it costs more to provide poor rather than good service.
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Often we will learn more from our failures than we do from our successes.
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Always look for ways to improve even the “good show.”
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An idea becomes great when it becomes tangible.
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My mother’s work ethic, her attitude, and the way she treated each and every customer as if they were her best friend were better lessons than could be found in all the text books in the world.
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When you focus on results, you will very seldom see a change in your culture. But, if you focus on a customer-centric culture, you will realize long-term results.
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If your values are not used as the constitution of your organization, or if they are compromised, they become just words on paper.
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Values must be demonstrated through behaviors, but they are truly significant when they represent the beliefs of an entire organization.
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The two greatest role models in my professional career were Walt Disney and Dr. Deming. Dr. Deming was the Father of Total Quality Management and the person who redefined quality for the entire world.
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In 1962, Sam Walton changed the face of retailing with Wal-Mart. As we speak, Amazon is again changing the face of retail with on-line buying.
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The key is to make sure you are doing the “right things” before you worry about doing things “right”.
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