LEAN IMPLEMENTATION

As a Manufacturing Advisory Service Champion (MAS), I had the delight of seeing various implementations. There was no doubt that the experts were very competent at Lean. Unfortunately they forgot that there isn’t a good process that people can’t make worse, or a bad process that people can’t make work. I watched a competent Lean implementation in a large SME, and every visit I asked the same question: Are your people involved in this?

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Creating a positive culture

It’s strange but true, that no-one wants to work in a negative culture, but most of us have! Why not make sure your people get everything they should from their employment with you, instead of a culture which uses negative culture to make sure your staff to the minimum acceptable. Do you manage your staff to make sure they achieve the minimum acceptable performance? Have you tried explaining that decision? Enjoy the video.

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Reward Strategy

How do you reward someone for a job well done? How do you explain that one person’s reward is smaller than another’s reward? Never has a management tool been used so blindly!

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National Minimum Wage Hikes

The National Living Wage is due to increase by 6.6% from April 2022. The media always claims the impact of the April rise in the minimum wage “ramps up” costs. Although it’s not so easy to fill a job paying the minimum these post-pandemic days. Even then we would be behind our erstwhile friends in Europe. What effect does this 2022 6.6% increase in minimum wage have on your business?

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Today Has Been A Good Day!

Motivating people at work is quite a difficult thing to achieve. The correct actions are simple in themselves but choosing which of the vast range of possible actions to implement, is complicated. The right action depends on the organization culture, the work content, the individual’s aspirations and, of course, the desired behaviour. One thing I do recommend, however, is a daily note of achievement.

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A New Book – Not Called ‘Getting Stuff Done’

My first book ‘The Manager’s Guide to Conducting Interviews’ is seven years old now! It seemed like a good idea to write the next one. Sufficient time has passed to erase the memory of the excruciation pain of creating a new book. The blank page, the flashing cursor, the ticking clock and the rumble of approaching deadlines. But as Douglas Adams said “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by” – with apologies to my future Editor!

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