Striving for excellence in everything we do
Radical Candor by Kim Scott What is Radical Candor? It’s when you are able to “Care Personally” and “Challenge Directly” Care Personally – It is not enough to care only about people’s ability to perform a job. It’s about caring, and sharing more than just your work self, and encouraging everyone who reports to you …
To improve any process, the most effective method is to follow a structured set of steps to identify and remove the limiting factors inherent to the system. This approach works remarkably well, as illustrated by its recent success in improving Emergency Department (ED) operations. The Operational Excellence team utilized a framework known as the Theory …
Who doesn’t want the prestige to ‘be the boss’? Calling all the shots, casting the vision to the group, making all the money… For a lot of professionals this may sound like an exciting goal to strive towards, and rightfully so. Being a manager can be a gratifying and fulfilling position, but, just like anything …
Lean manufacturing from Vinny Monteiro
It’s not luck from Vinny Monteiro
‘So great, I have around 20 people to manage, now what? The first thing that I started doing is printing reports of the late jobs every day and tackling them starting with the latest (one of the steps in “The Goal.” Common sense, yes, of course). The first issue to address was the fact that …
Reality check from Vinny Monteiro
Hey Y’all, My name is Vinny, I’m a christian and I love God. I got my Industrial Engineering degree from University of Texas at Arlington and currently doing my masters in Engineering Management and very excited about it. I have an awesome girlfriend and I’m so lucky to have Miri by my side. <!–more–>I’m interested …
To get some basic info about me, read the “About” section =) I have been working in the custom converting industry for over 9 years and it’s pretty interesting and always changing. I’m into reading books, but mostly non-fiction books. John Maxwell is by far my favorite author (and “Today Matters” my favorite book of …