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Posted on - You’ve probably had a bad boss, but you might not realize how easy it is to become one. Leadership experts Jamie Woolf and Christopher Bell unpack “power blindness” — how authority can warp your perspective — and share smart, practical ways to break the cycle of toxic bosses for good.
This article is provided courtesy of theleanmag, a content partner of the Operational Excellence Society. theleanmag’s strategic goal is to grow and nurture the lean community knowledge sharing. we’re stronger together and knowing more prepares us for the daily struggle by Jamie Flinchbaugh When I ask an organization about their learning strategy, they almost always show me…
The Canadian Division of a global food manufacturer saved 28 million dollars in eight months, and saved several plants from closing, despite their high cost of production in an underutilized manufacturing system. It all began when the senior management stopped resisting what the workforce had to say. They returned to zero and started to listen….
AT FIRST glance it would appear that China has gone digital with great gusto. The country now has more households with internet access than any other, and boasts an e-commerce industry that turned over $300 billion last year. So, it’s rather surprising to hear that much of Chinese business has still not plugged in AT FIRST glance…
If you thought that Italy’s seemingly unassuming yogurt industry was just that, think again. French dairy group Lactalis have historically set their sights on Italian owned company Parmalat. A strategic, successful bid for a greater percentage of the Italian-owned company placed the French stakeholders too uncomfortably close to the company takeover threshold for the Italians….
Give a listen… My guest today is Stephan Meyer PhD, CEO of Almademey Ltd. I have known Stephen for some years now, he being one of the first professionals when I arrived in Germany over a decade ago. I have always found our conversations quite interesting. Like me, he knows you can’t hit home-runs without…
When redesigning a supply-chain organization, it’s intuitive to look to successful companies’ design choices. But our research finds that other factors correlate better to bottom-line performance. How do decisions about the design of supply-chain organizations affect the overall performance of a business? We recently analyzed the supply-chain organizations of more than 50 companies in a…
