Develop effective leadership skills, inspire employee engagement and learn to make choices that help you create and enjoy the life you are here to live while having the impact you want to have in your world. Good leadership skills are developed through training, coaching and practice. We are what we repeatedly do. Aristotle 11 Principles … [Read more...]
Kaizen – The Art and Science of Continuous Improvement
February 1, 2018 by
KAIZEN has two meanings. In Sanskrit, kaizen means, renew the heart and make it good. Kaizen is also a Japanese philosophy and system of continuous improvement...Kai meaning "change", "renew", "reform" and Zen meaning "good", "virtue". A literary translation of kai-zen is "betterment" that focuses on doing more with less which we, in the West, have … [Read more...]
Crafting New Year’s Resolutions that Stick is an Art and a Science
January 16, 2015 by
According to a recent article in Scientific American, “Getting discouraged by setbacks is one of the most common reasons people fail to meet their goals.” This, I am sure, is no great news. What’s important to learn is how to set and manage expectations. In doing that right, you’ll soon experience fewer and fewer setbacks. The small steps, kaizen … [Read more...]
Coaching Success Starts with SMART Program Design
April 3, 2014 by
To realize any goal, you have to define it first, embrace it as worthy of your investment of time, money and attention and commit to it. It’s this preliminary clarification of purpose, vision, values and desired results that sets the framework for what follows. Having a framework for the coaching program, helps to clarify the process map, clarifies … [Read more...]
KAIZEN and Change
August 23, 2013 by
Kaizen continuous improvement methodologies come into play when you start moving into action, once you've’ve clarified your intention and know where you want to go. It's the management end of things. Kaizen attitudes and values: Foster a participatory culture - we're all in it together Are results-oriented and process focused - adjustments … [Read more...]
Why KAIZEN?
August 23, 2013 by
KAIZEN has two meanings. In Sanskrit, kaizen means, “renew the heart and make it good.” In Japanese, kai means continuous and zen means improvement. In Japan, kaizen is a philosophy, a system of coherence to continuous improvement practices that focuses on process improvements and total quality management…doing more with less, that we, in the West, … [Read more...]
