Powerful, Practical and Proven Paths
 

1. WorkSmart! is an accelerated decision making and problem solving process where those closest to and impacted by an important business, customer or organizational issue/opportunity are brought together to create a solution and commit to a plan of action. With urgency, accountability and management support, execution of solutions is carried out to produce quantifiable business results. Example of WorkSmart! focus areas:

•  Costs, waste, cycle time, customer retention, bureaucracy, order fulfillment, cash management and “backroom operations” efficiency and effectiveness

2. Accelerating Change & Transitions™ (ACT) is a disciplined methodology that includes a set of leadership concepts and tools needed in order to execute and adapt quickly.

     ACT is an action learning session focusing on real and urgent business issues where leaders learn how to better conduct their toughest set of tasks: generating a shared sense of urgency, mobilizing commitment, sustaining momentum and delivering results. Examples of ACT initiatives include:

• Restructuring, divestiture and consolidations; right sizing, product introduction cycle times, improvements in WIP and inventory management, or other operating cash turn factors

3. LEAN & Six Sigma are complementary approaches to process improvement. Both methodologies include principles, practices and tools which can be used to increase customer value—goods and services with higher quality and fewer defects—while maximizing human effort and minimizing space, capital and cycle times.

     Used systematically, they can represent a cultural transformation of values and behaviors that focus on meeting or exceeding customer expectations, seeking process improvements wherever possible , and never hesitating to reinvent the “way we do things.” Examples of Lean & Six Sigma applications include:

• Operational Excellence: To make rapid and continuous improvements in operations, e.g. reducing costs; cycle-time or waste; improving flow or quality; increasing sales; and as an alternative to outsourcing
   

• Strategic Transformation: To make dramatic strategic changes, e.g. a shift to enterprise thinking, improvements in customer satisfaction and loyalty, growth, supply chain management, and product and service development