Process Improvement

Anyone who thinks that reengineering purchasing is not the most radical and corporate changing process that a company can undertake is greatly mistaken.  Reengineering cannot be done in a piecemeal half-hearted manner. It requires the total changing of all aspects of purchasing. It is important to change everything about the former traditional purchasing department.   Michael […]

Empowerment Tips and Stories By Dr Tom DePaoli For more tips read Dr. Tom’s Book Broken Windows Management available on Amazon. Anticipate Opposition to Broken Windows Management. Many people think that spending money on constantly fixing the issues that employees have is coddling them. However, there are many other management theories or flavors of the

When I ran a Human Resources department, I was alarmed by the high turnover rate of new employees during the first year of employment. This was not only costly but caused more work in the department. We decided to form a team to look at the current process of employee selection. We had good data

Introduction Most business professionals have skills in their particular business specialty or the specific services or materials that their organization sells. A lot have certifications. Employees have dutifully enhanced their skills in all these areas and many pursue continuing education. However, what many organizations value are operations skills, or what people know about the core

Many business professionals are intimidated by Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and its proponents. Relax. It is just a disciplined approach to problem solving. LSS uses many tools that have been around for years; in many cases the tools have just been cleverly repackaged by consultants. Decisions are data-based, disciplined and plodding. Without top-down commitment, LSS is

Some Broken Windows Management Tips and Stories By Dr Tom DePaoli For more tips read Dr. Tom’s Book Broken Windows Management available on Amazon. Anticipate Opposition to Broken Windows Management. Many people think that spending money on constantly fixing the issues that employees have is coddling them. However, there are many other management theories or

The Amazing Success of Pay-For-Skill Compensation Plans  Are Quality Improvements Hype or Fact? Dr. Thomas De Paoli Ph.D., C.P.M., SPHR            Pay-for-skill compensation plans have the highest success rate bar none among management innovation programs.  Is it hype or fact?   A pay-for-skill compensation plan raises the pay of existing employees for acquiring new work skills