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Management Improvement Carnival #52

Management Improvement Carnival #52
The 2008 Annual Management Improvement Carnival Review (published on a number of site) I am counting as #51, making this #52. That annual review turned out to be a very interesting collection, if you have not read all of ... Read More
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Guest Article: “Making Audiences More Receptive to Your Message,” by Thomas Freese

Guest Article: “Making Audiences More Receptive to Your Message,” by Thomas Freese
Making Audiences More Receptive to Your Message by Thomas Freese I don’t teach presentation skills like voice inflection, gesturing, or how to utilize visual aids in front of an audience. That doesn’t mean presentation skills aren’t important. They are! But so is ... Read More
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Boost Your Sales series: “There’s No Such Thing as a Warm Call,” by Joanne Black

Boost Your Sales series: “There’s No Such Thing as a Warm Call,” by Joanne Black
Big Day at the Sales and Sales Management Blog as We Celebrate Our 500th Post And that post is Joanne Black’s “There No Such Thing as a Warm Call” continuing our Referrals/Word of Mouth Marketing week Tomorrow Dr. Martin Russell discusses “Marketing Is ... Read More
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Two more Lean Blog Podcasts

Two more Lean Blog Podcasts
More excellent management podcasts from the Lean Blog: Part 2 of 2 with Dr. Liker, Lean Healthcare and Jamie Flinchbaugh on Muda. As Jamie explains the reason for talking about the seven wastes (muda) is the value added ... Read More
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Dr. Shigeo Shingo

Dr. Shigeo Shingo
Norman Bodek responds to, Shigeo Shingo’s Influence on TPS by Art Smalley, with: Dr. Shigeo Shingo – The Greatest Manufacturing Consultant. As the title shows this article focuses on the contributions of Dr. Shingo. I still find the ... Read More
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How Private Equity Strangled Mervyns

How Private Equity Strangled Mervyns
I do not like the actions of many in “private equity.” I am a big fan of capitalism. I just object to those that unjustly take from the other stakeholders involved. It is not the specific facts ... Read More
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Dress Code Woes

Dress Code Woes
I like this post from the HR Capitalist called, Why Enforcing Dress Codes Will Drive All Men Out of HR. Here is a snippet:Could the manager have had the conversation without getting you involved?  Sure.  Without saying something to get ... Read More
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Creating Connections

Creating Connections
Business is a contact sport and management is a social act. Until the robots take over, we need to get things done through people. And what that really means is that our relationships are the conduits for results. Think of ... Read More
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Why Use Designed Factorial Experiments?

Why Use Designed Factorial Experiments?
One-Factor-at-a-Time Versus Designed Experiments by Veronica Czitrom: The advantages of designed experiments over OFAT experiments are illustrated using three real engineering OFAT experiments, and showing how in each case a designed experiment would have been better. This topic is important ... Read More
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Lean Consumption

Lean Consumption
Lean Consumption by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones, Harvard Business Review. An excellent article on the topic of their book: Lean Consumption. The Principles of Lean Consumption The concepts underlying lean consumption boil down to six simple principles that ... Read More
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