Category: Training and Coaching
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Skill Matrix: A Simple, Mind-Bending Tool
In many (perhaps most?) companies, there's a cycle that unfolds almost unchanged: a form or process to identify training needs, a plan, and implementation. Sometimes, training programs also arise not from current needs but from future plans, or even from prejudices or assumptions. What are the results?
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Working all day and delegating on top of that!
Between us… isn't that the feeling? That delegating means "extra work"? To start dispelling this notion, the first step is to properly assess the situation by answering a few questions: Are you drowning in work while those around you have free time? Are you doing almost the same things…
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The Necessary Competitiveness
The need to continuously gain competitiveness is undeniable in any company and becomes not just a temporary requirement but a permanent one in order to achieve the goal of "making money today and in the future," as Eliyahu Goldratt said. Assuming the company is locally viable, we understand competitiveness as the ability to reach…
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THE 16 GREATEST INDUSTRIAL LOSSES – TPM
The goal of TPM is to combat losses. The Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) offers a list of 16 Major Industrial Losses that are independent of the sector or size of the company. Each company faces the challenge of investigating how each of these losses impacts its own organization, quantifying them, and eliminating them.
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Women: Leadership, Power and Empowerment
Every day, new activities, organizations, groups, and individuals dedicated to discussing, working on, developing, and promoting women's empowerment can be found. The approaches, of course, are varied. However, most share a common foundation: women must empower themselves to achieve something that lies somewhere between a spiritual journey and micro-entrepreneurship. In…
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Why sometimes the one who shouts the loudest wins
You've probably heard of, or perhaps even worse, experienced workplace bullying. We know it's terrible, that it increases absenteeism, demotivation, and, in some places, labor lawsuits. We understand that it's disruptive. We even sometimes suspect with a fair amount of certainty how much time people waste…