Striving for excellence in everything we do
The second lie in The One thing that derails us is M-U-L-T-I-T-A-S(squirrel!)-K-I-N-G We are always helping our clients identify areas which they are multitasking, and help them focus. It’s not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do, it’s that we feel the need to do too many …
In The ONE thing, he talks about the lies that mislead and derail us. They Are: Everything matters equally Multitasking A disciplined life Willpower is always on will-call A balanced life Big is bad Let’s take the first one: Everything matters equally. One way to quickly realize the fallacy of this is remembering the 80/20 …
The One Thing – it’s a good book reminding us the power of focus. It revolves around a central question for you to ask yourself: “What’s the ONE thing I can do (today, this week) such that by doing it everything else would be easier or unnecessary?” He tells you to Go Small. Going small …
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 …
‘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 …
October 1, 2010, my first day as a production manager at a $5 million company. Small company you may say? Yes, it may be, but it’s still a challenge for me. Even though I had just graduated with my bachelors in Industrial Engineering, I have been working for the company for 8 years and understand …