It is believed that about 70% of Operational Change Management (OCM) Programs fail to deliver the promised or expected results.And this is 70% of programs that had clear goals and strategies established! There may be a plethora of (sub-)causes for this to happen, but the most important ones are around organization and execution:– No clear Accountability for […]
Once again, Canada’s low and declining productivity is in the news. “Productivity” relates to how much we produce per hour of work. In the blue-collar settings that I work in, increasing productivity means improving “Operational Efficiencies”. In a time of exploding living expenses, both business owners AND their employees (!) should be interested in this,
Companies going out of business is always a tragic affair, severely affecting real people’s lives. Covid loan repayments are listed as a major contributor to this current trend. However, for years, metrics have also told us that productivity in Canada is relatively low. The Business Council of BC lists as reasons that companies here use
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A friend of mine recently described to me a quite common situation at his workplace: senior management is mainly focused on driving more sales, while paying little attention to the money they are losing in their internal operations, such as lower-than-desired productivity, caused by an in-effective hiring process, non-structured training and resulting low retention. Business
In its recent Succession Tsunami report, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) said that 76% of business owners plan to exit their businesses within 10 years. For many owners, the proceeds from the sale of their business needs to fund their retirement (!).
As part of the “Current State” assessments during the discovery phase of my Operational Change program, I do so-called “open brainstorms” with management and staff (no management in the room).
Just over the last few weeks I’ve heard again from several friends and family how their job searches are being frustrated by endless wait times, unresponsiveness and indecisiveness by their potential employers. The result, of course, is that the slowest employers miss out on the best candidates.
I recently had a great chat with a jr. Project Manager (let’s call her Sam) who explained to me her struggles with some of the stakeholders in her project. It perfectly confirmed one of the topics I touch on in my Project Management Workshop.
Two things are certain in life: taxes and death. With regards to the latter, we use life insurance to provide financial support for our spouse, and a last will to document the preferred arrangements regarding children and estate.
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The use of Non-Conformance Reports (NCR’s) is common in manufacturing to identify and fix problems with physical parts (incorrect dimensions, insufficient welds, material cracks, faulty electronics etc).
