Pioneers and Settlers on the Perfect Team

Pioneers and Settlers on the Perfect Team

by | Nov 17, 2016 | Leadership Advice

I recently read an article on LinkedIn about research that Google did on managing teams. (see What Google Learned About Creating the Perfect Team) I wanted to comment about that.  I have led over 10,000 teams in my War on Waste program. Our goal is to find...
Report Honest Data

Report Honest Data

by | May 26, 2016 | Chalk the Field, Leadership Advice

As you might guess, the whole concept of measurement is based on reporting honest data. But sometimes it isn’t possible. At one of our early clients, a work cell was created to manufacture the particular product of interest and the workers were asked to report the...
Pope Francis Talks about Leadership

Pope Francis Talks about Leadership

by | May 23, 2016 | Uncategorized

It’s a rare day that I would introduce Pope Francis as the subject of a blog.  But he deserves this one.  He lectured his Cardinals about the 15 Diseases of Leadership as only he could do. It is a message that we all could listen to: The 15 diseases of...
Chalking the Field

Chalking the Field

by | Mar 8, 2013 | Chalk the Field

The term “chalk the field” means exactly what it implies. Remember the games growing up. I grew up in the country and had a field that the neighboring farm kids and he would use to play baseball. We didn’t have chalked lines to mark the field but we had things just as...