Your team will not execute
Decisions get made where the work is, or they do not get made.
"My team will not get behind the changes we need to make."
A decision the company made in a meeting is not a decision until the shift that has to live with it believes in it. Until then it is an announcement that people work around.
Most of the work is structure: a clear line from the executive team down, so the person nearest the problem is allowed to solve it, and knows they are allowed.
Empower your workforce to support change. That line is on the profile, and it is the whole job.
Questions about this one
- Is this training?
- Some of it. Financial acumen taught to leadership teams was part of the Cogent Analytics work. Most of it is structure rather than a course.
- What does Six Sigma have to do with it?
- It is the discipline underneath: Yellow, Green and Black Belts, applied to a floor rather than to a binder.
The other five reasons people call
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The seat is empty
Your plant manager just left
The seat is filled while you find the right permanent person.
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Orders are late
You are missing what you promised customers
On-time delivery is the number your customers judge you on.
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Cash is stuck in stock
Too much cash tied up in inventory
Cash sitting in parts nobody needs this quarter.
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The plant is behind
Your plant is falling behind
Safety, quality and efficiency, looked at together.
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The schedule slips
Your schedule keeps slipping
A schedule that looks right on Monday and is gone by Wednesday.
Let's talk about what is going wrong.
A few sentences is enough. What is late, what is stuck, or which seat is empty.