Effective Meeting Agenda: A Kaizen Opportunity

Effective meeting agendas are a vital management tool... When running a business process, standard meetings are a vital tool to use. But, what makes up an effective meeting agenda? Agenda points

Building the team: What if everyone improved by 10%?

Building the team is one of the challenges of running a business process. Stopping to make things better is a double edged sword. If you aren't abundant with resources you

Business Change: Are you serious about it?

Business change is a topic that affects all of us. The recent months have been testament to that. The problem with business change is that there is a big difference

Why are so many managers scared of Kaizen?

Kaizen is one of those methods that can really deliver results. It is also something that a good number of managers will hide away from. Why is this? For those of you

What is Kaizen?

I often get asked why I talk about Kaizen in certain situations and don't just use the phrase 'continuous improvement'. I live in the UK and a lot of people

A simple strategy to become a better manager

There are many strategies that you can undertake if you want to become a better manager. This article is going to focus on one particularly powerful approach; the CCC method. Firstly,

How do you choose the best Kaizen improvement option?

It's a challenge that faces all of us when we have an engaged team that put forward lots of great ideas. How do you decide what to spend your time

Is your Kaizen programme dis-empowered?

Is Kaizen yielding the results you had hoped for? For many businesses Kaizen just doesn't seem to work; the principles are often in place but the activities and results just don't