What Happened to My Linear World

I grew up in the manufacturing world. I think I might have learned how to weld before I learned how to walk. I ended up putting myself through college along with help from the G.I. bill as a welder and later moved into industrial drafting. I even built process equipment. I loved process mapping; value Read More …

Using Lean in a Turnaround

Robert(Bob) Weiner, Chief Executive Officer of PAS Technologies Inc, is a renowned as an expert in implementing Lean and Six Sigma on a global scale with incredible speed and remarkable sustained results. PAS was one of the bottom rung players in providing cost-effective repair and overhaul solutions for the aerospace, oilfield and industrial markets. In Read More …

The Aroma of a Good Vision – Ari Weinzweig

Ari Weinzweig, CEO and co-founding partner of Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor, MI continues to share the “secrets” that have helped take Zingerman’s from a 25-seat, 4-person start up to a nationally known, $40,000,000-organization employing over 500 people. Download PDF Transcript of Podcast Note: This is a transcription of a podcast. It has not gone through Read More …

Coaching Yourself

Howard M. Guttman is principal of Guttman Development Strategies, Inc. (GDS), a Mount Arlington, NJ-based management consulting firm founded in 1989 and specializing in executive coaching; building horizontal, high-performance teams; strategic and organizational alignment; and management development training. Mr. Guttman is the author of Great Business Teams: Cracking the Code for Standout Performance and Coach Read More …

Creating a Great Workplace

Ed Muzio, president and CEO of Group Harmonics is the author Make Work Great: Super Charge Your Team, Reinvent the Culture, and Gain Influence One Person at a Time and of the award-winning book Four Secrets to Liking Your Work: You May Not Need to Quit to Get the Job You Want.  Download PDF Transcript Read More …