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Want to be a success… Have P.R.I.D.E.!

November 29, 2007

Their is one simple personal attribute that makes a huge difference in your success… it is P.R.I.D.E.. Without P.R.I.D.E. you can’t even enjoy your success should you have it. With P.R.I.D.E. you will have the personal motivation to look at what you are up to and to develop yourself with the tools you need to [...]

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How does a management encourage an employee base to be World Class People

November 29, 2007

People are not born to be champions, leaders or world class: they are developed by having an overall work atmosphere that is conducive to their success.
If you want to have world class people working for you, you have to make sure the environment they work in offers Strong Leadership, Individual and Company Goal Setting, Proper [...]

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MANAGING PERFORMANCE: WE CAN HELP YOU.

November 27, 2007

Here are some thoughts and steps that are important in your efforts.
To manage performance, it is necessary to set up a playing/working field which is conducive to the performer’s success.
There are three essential aspects to playing this field…
1. Antecedents 2. Feedback 3. [...]

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Are you reinforcing your quality message with your employees?

November 19, 2007

The holiday season is approaching! Why not show your employees you appreciate their quality efforts with a small gift? there’s a lot to choose from out there, but I personally like this. it’s an inexpensive gift(especially in quantity), and it allows your employees to build it to their liking. just a neat little thing that [...]

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Whole Operation Downtime

November 18, 2007

We’ve all had that day at work where nothing seems to go right. You get to work late, your boss is going crazy, every one at work seems to be slacking. Nothing is moving along as it should.
Even with all of this said, the company is still producing. You’re still making and selling products. You’re [...]

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What’s in your bag of quality tricks?

November 17, 2007

Every quality manager looks at quality with a slightly different eye, a slightly different experience and a slightly different way of doing things. What’s in your quality process bag of tricks?

Are you a leader that lets your staff engage in their own quality standards or do you impose a strict code of quality that you [...]

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Quality extends to how we enjoy things, and the quality within that enjoyment

November 16, 2007

When was the last time you were at a sports game and the beer you ordered came out as warm as the ambient temperature? Or perhaps you took a long ride into the country to find that your warm coffee or cocoa was now cold? Or perhaps you went fishing and your catch of the [...]

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Improvement in Quality put you a cut above the rest

November 15, 2007

I find that my best moments in quality process come when I can find little things to make my job easier or faster. These little things can be as simple as putting a more experienced person on a task or splitting a task among two employees. I also find that these tend to be the [...]

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How do you keep your quality checklists in line?

November 13, 2007

No one likes carrying around a pile of paper to do their quality checks, always having to find a flat surface to write on when you need to make notes. This is especially true if you’ve got many departments or hundreds of processes to look over. This is where I find the use of a [...]

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Overheating your quality process? Take a break and regroup.

November 12, 2007

Sometimes, we’re overwhelmed by the tasks put before us as Quality Process personnel. The pursuit of perfection can lead us to frustration, contempt and irritability. It’s at these points where it’s best that we take a step back from the situation and remember three important facts about quality.

Quality is an infinite process. Any improvements [...]

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