The Greatest Lesson Is To Learn Faster Than Your Competitors

Th way to compete going forward is to learn faster than your competitors. The world is changing very fast and the best bet to outwit and out run your competitors is to learn and cope faster.

The Tongue is the Window of Your Health

The doctor often examines the tongue to determine the general state of health of the patient. The tongue is the organ used by the body for communication. Similarly, we determine the morale level and state of mental health of the company by examining the manner of its communication. What the heart and mind think, the tongue speaks.

Rumour is Like the SARS Virus, It Can Spread by Mouth, by Phone

Troubled companies are often plagued with negative unverified information, otherwise called rumour mongering. This is extremely unhealthy and can be deadly and infectious like the dreaded Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus. Misinformation and rumour are very dangerous for companies.

Recovery and Strengthening - Long Term Programs to Sustaining Good Financial Health

Once a company has come out of the ‘intensive care’ stage, it is of paramount importance that it can continue to nurse itself to health through long-term programs in recovery and strengthening.

Two Lean Tools You Can Use to Improve Processes at Your Site

You will find two illustrations of the use of lean tools at healthcare sites. These illustrations will quickly demonstrate how to save time, energy, and money while improving patient and client satisfaction. You will be able to easily translate the use of these tools to quality projects at your site.

A Sick Company Needs to Concentrate on its Core Competence

The surgeon operates only one patient at a time. Similarly, a sick company needs to concentrate on its core competence.

A Sick Company Needs To Undergo Surgery, Resuscitation And Nursing

To ensure full recovery, remember to finish the full course of antibiotics of surgery, resuscitation and nursing by the turnaround doctor.

Your Propensity to Change - How Far Would You Go?

It is easy to dream about an exotic island. It takes a bit more to prepare a trip to this island and spend some time there. But the real challenge is to take your stuff and migrate to this little island. Knowing your propensity to change is knowing - in advance - how far you would go.

Know When to Exit, Do Not Be the ‘Living Dead’

Within the corporate world, there are the ‘living dead’, which are the sick companies that go on a wretched existence, without any hope of turnaround.

Managers Aren't Always Leaders

Talk to a manager at almost any level – office, factory, service crew – and most will say they are a leader. And well they may be, though most often only within their particular work group. Few are leaders on any larger scale. Few, in fact, may have what it takes to be a leader. But that doesn't mean they can't learn.

How To Manage Long Term Environmental Influences (1)

The environment is the number one change driver; either for your personal change “program” or for organizational moves. The environment brings the necessary conditions for change. But on short term there seems no need...

How To Implement an IT Asset Management System

As a matter of fact IT asset management is extremely important if you want minimized risks. However, until recently organizations tend to put it off because it actually looks like a lot of trouble, Is that right?

Project Management Software

Project management software offers significant benefits for all those involved within the project as it helps to enhance performance, productivity and priorities of a diverse project portfolio. It serves as the lubricant to adapt project tactics to project practices.