The Ultimate Sales and Marketing Tool

Lean Sales and Marketing is built upon the philosophy that there has been a subtle shift to knowledge as the way to engage, develop and retain your customer base. The sales and marketing team must act as a vehicle to cultivate ideas not only within their four walls but more importantly from their customers and Read More …

Improve Collaboration by using Medieval vs South Park Figures

Ingenious isn’t it. More than 13 million people across the world have discovered Kingdomality, an extraordinary way to learn about others, maybe more than you thought possible. This is a book you’ll want to share with everyone from the CEO to the newest entry-level hire. I have used this simple survey many times working with Read More …

How long should your meeting be?

Have you always wondered why your problem solving meetings failed before they even started? How do you calculate the actual time that you need or do you just do it from experience or maybe just pick the time slot available? Most Continuous Improvement, Lean experts know the answer but I am not sure that they Read More …

Create a Great Workplace eBook

Ed Muzio, president and CEO of Group Harmonics was my guest on the Business901 Podcast. This is a transcription of the podcast, Creating a Great Workplace. We had a great discussion on his new book,  Make Work Great: Super Charge Your Team, Reinvent the Culture, and Gain Influence One Person at a Time. He is Read More …

How to have a 22–minute Meeting

Great 5 minute video – Lots of fun! Found it via @MindEdgeOnline on Twitter. Meetings can be a huge productivity & time suck. So what if you took out all of the stupid, wasteful stuff and left only the useful parts? Nicole Steinbok explains how to do just that in 9 easy steps. The Poster Read More …

Creating a Great Workplace

Ed Muzio, president and CEO of Group Harmonics was my guest on the Business901 Podcast. We had a great discussion on his new book,  Make Work Great: Super Charge Your Team, Reinvent the Culture, and Gain Influence One Person at a Time. He is a leader in the application of analytical models to group effectiveness Read More …